1981 Junior Pot Black

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Junior Pot Black 81
Tournament information
DatesApril 1981 (Broadcast 1 May – 19 June 1981 (1981-05-01 – 1981-06-19))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-Ranking event
Highest break???
Final
ChampionEngland Dean Reynolds
Runner-upNew Zealand Dene O'Kane
Score151–79
← 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 Ennis 0–1 Australia 1 May 1981
England 1–0 England 1 May 1981
England Jonathan White 0–1 England 8 May 1981
England Neal Foulds 0–1 England Dean Reynolds 8 May 1981
England John Parrott 1–0 Wales Mark Bennett 15 May 1981
England Terry Whitthread 0–1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane 15 May 1981

Group 1[]

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
Australia 1–0 England 22 May 1981
Australia 0–1 England John Parrott 29 May 1981
England 0–1 England John Parrott 5 June 1981

Group 2[]

Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England 0–1 England Dean Reynolds 22 May 1981
England 0–1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane 29 May 1981
England Dean Reynolds 0–1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane 5 June 1981

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals (12 June 1981) Final (19 June 1981)
      
New Zealand Dene O'Kane 0
Australia 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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