1981 Junior Pot Black

Junior Pot Black 81
Tournament information
Dates early 1981 (Broadcast 1 May-19 June 1981)
Venue Pebble Mill Studios
City Birmingham
Country England
Format Non-Ranking event
Highest break ???
Final
Champion England Dean Reynolds
Runner-up New Zealand Dene O'Kane
Score 151–79
← first
1982 →

The 1981 Junior Pot Black was the first staging of the junior snooker tournament which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 12 young players were competing in a qualifying round before 6 of the winners go on to the round-robin stage of 2 groups of three. The matches are one-frame shoot-outs and 2 frame aggregate scores in the final.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 18:55 on Friday 1 May 1981 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.

Notable players in the first championship include John Parrott, Neal Foulds and the two finalists Dean Reynolds and Dene O'Kane. Reynolds won the title 151–79 and soon turned professional afterwards.[2][3]

Main draw

Qualifying Round

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Republic of Ireland Paul Ennis0–1Australia Greg Jenkins1 May 1981
England Tony Pyle1–0England Danny Adds1 May 1981
England Jonathan White0–1England John Keers8 May 1981
England Neal Foulds0–1England Dean Reynolds8 May 1981
England John Parrott1–0Wales Mark Bennett15 May 1981
England Terry Whitthread0–1New Zealand Dene O'Kane15 May 1981

Group 1

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Australia Greg Jenkins1–0England John Keers22 May 1981
Australia Greg Jenkins0–1England John Parrott29 May 1981
England John Keers0–1England John Parrott5 June 1981

Group 2

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England Tony Pyle0–1England Dean Reynolds22 May 1981
England Tony Pyle0–1New Zealand Dene O'Kane29 May 1981
England Dean Reynolds0–1England Dene O'Kane5 June 1981

Knockout stage

Semi-finals (12 June 1981) Final (19 June 1981)
      
New Zealand Dene O'Kane 0
Australia Greg Jenkins 1
New Zealand Dene O'Kane 79
England Dean Reynolds 151
England Dean Reynolds 1
England John Parrott 0

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Television – 1 May 1981 – Junior Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "BBC Television – 19 June 1981 – Junior Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "CueTracker - 1981 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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