Stand-up comic Tom Glover will battle it out to be cream of the comedy crop this weekend.

Tom, from Bridport, is to compete in the finals of a national competition which offers the biggest cash prize in comedy.

He will compete against eight other comedians in the final of the Petfringe Comedian of the Year in Petworth, West Sussex, on Sunday for a chance to win the comedy crown and a cash prize of £10,001.

Tom, who now lives in Axminster, hosts regular comedy nights at the Bridport Arts Centre, Weymouth Pavilion, Lyme Regis Marine Theatre, Honiton Beehive and Teignmouth Pavilions.

He said: "It's great to have made the final of this competition, there were so many top acts involved and comics much more experienced and successful than me.

"Most comedy competitions in this format are only open to brand new acts so once you've been going a couple of years you can't enter any of them so it's great to have a competition that recognises more established acts.

"It's a very strong line up in the final so anyone could win but I'm just happy to be there representing the south west."

This is the first year of the Petfringe Comedian of the Year competition, dubbed the FA cup of comedy as it's open to acts of all levels, and it offers £10,001 to the winner - making it a bigger cash prize than the main Edinburgh Fringe Award.

After entering with a video clip of his stand up act, Tom was selected from hundreds of entries to compete in the south west heat. This week he was told he had made the final beating competition from acts of all levels, including stars of Live at the Apollo, Impractical Jokers and Russell Howard's Good News.

The final will be held tomorrow at the Leconfield on Top in Petworth with a paying audience for the winner takes all prize.

Tom can be seen performing in the area this month at Jurassic Fields Festival in Bridport on July 14, the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis on July 14,

Bridport Arts Centre Comedy Cafe on July 25 and at Sunday Night Comedy at Weymouth Pavilion on September 9.

See tomglovercomedy.co.uk for more information.