Priestley wins Kitchener Open
Dennis Priestley claimed his second PDC Pro Tour victory of the year with a 3-1 win over Lionel Sams in the Kitchener Open Players Championship.
The veteran Yorkshireman won a Players Championship in Bristol, and his tremendous recent form continued in Canada as he claimed the first prize.
He saw off Sams 3-1 in the final of the event, having overcome Robert Thornton in straight sets in the semis.
Travelling PDC stars Andy Jenkins and Dave Honey were also defeated, along with Steve Davies and Bruce Davey, earlier in the event as Priestley swept to victory.
Sams's run saw him reach the final of a PDC Pro Tour event for the first time and was his best run since reaching the semi-finals at the 2006 Sheppey Classic.
He took full advantage of the defeat of World Champion John Part, the number one seed, to Jayson Barlow in round one to reach the decider.
Sams overcame north Americans Kory Nicholls, Dave Switzer, Martin Tremblay, John Verwey before seeing off Adrian Gray in straight sets in the quarter-finals, before a semi-final win over Denis Ovens.
Thornton followed up his win in last week's Australian Open Players Championship by reaching the semi-finals in Canada.
The Scot included Wes Newton and Co Stompe among his victims before losing to Priestley.
Ovens, who reached the last 16 in Australia, was the other semi-final loser, going down 3-2 to Sams after earlier seeing off Kevin McDine and Ronnie Baxter.
America's Bill Davis was another seed to fall at the first hurdle, losing to Quebec's Martin Tremblay, while number two seed Terry Jenkins was a second round loser to Steve Cusick.
Manchester's Cusick enjoyed his best-ever run in a PDC Pro Tour event, also defeating top Canadian Gerry Convery on his way to the quarter-finals, where he went down to Thornton.
