1980_Pontins_Camber_Sands

1980 Pontins Camber Sands

1980 Pontins Camber Sands

Snooker tournament

The 1980 Pontins Camber Sands Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in May 1980 in Rye, England.[2]

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Laid out similarly to the Pontins Professional championships, the tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 7 frames, the semi-final matches over the best of 9 frames, and the final over the best of 17 frames.

Alex Higgins won the event, beating Dennis Taylor 9–7 in the final after Taylor had taken a 5–0 lead. Higgins received £2,000 as winner, with Taylor taking £1,500 as runner-up.[3][1]

Main draw

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Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
         
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 4
Canada Bill Werbeniuk 2
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 5
England Graham Miles 1
England Graham Miles 4
England John Pulman 0
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 7
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 4
Canada Cliff Thorburn 3
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 5
Wales Doug Mountjoy 3
Wales Doug Mountjoy 4
Canada Kirk Stevens 1

References

  1. [1]
    "Revenge win for Higgins". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. July 1980. p. 10.
  2. [2]
    "Brief History of the Pontins Open and Professional". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. [3]
    Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 147.
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