1981 Junior Pot Black

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.

Junior Pot Black 81
Tournament information
DatesApril 1981 (Broadcast 1 May-19 June 1981)
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-Ranking event
Highest break???
Final
Champion Dean Reynolds
Runner-up Dene O'Kane
Score151–79
← first
1982 →

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
Paul Ennis0–1 Greg Jenkins1 May 1981
Tony Pyle1–0 Danny Adds1 May 1981
Jonathan White0–1 John Keers8 May 1981
Neal Foulds0–1 Dean Reynolds8 May 1981
John Parrott1–0 Mark Bennett15 May 1981
Terry Whitthread0–1 Dene O'Kane15 May 1981

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

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

Knockout stage
Semi-finals (12 June 1981) Final (19 June 1981)
      
Dene O'Kane 0
Greg Jenkins 1
Dene O'Kane 79
Dean Reynolds 151
Dean Reynolds 1
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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