1983 Junior Pot Black

The 1983 Junior Pot Black was the third staging of the junior snooker tournament and last of the original run which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 8 young players were competing in a knockout format. The matches are one-frame shoot-outs and a 2 frame aggregate score in the final.

Junior Pot Black 83
Tournament information
DatesSpring 1983 (Broadcast 5–21 July 1983 (1983-07-05 – 1983-07-21))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
FormatNon-Ranking event
Winner's share£250
Highest breakEngland John Parrott, Steve Ventham (65)?
Final
ChampionEngland John Parrott
Runner-upEngland Steve Ventham
Score1-1
← 1982
1991 →

Broadcasts were twice weekly on BBC2 except the final which was on three times and the series started at 18:30 on Tuesday 5 July 1983.[1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and with John Williams unavailable, Vic Bartlam took the role as referee.

The only players from the last series competing this year were defending champion John Parrott, the runner-up John Keers and semi-finalist Steve Ventham. Among the new players for this series was 14 year old Stephen Hendry who was making his television debut. He beat Nicolas Pearce in the first match before losing to Ventham in the semi-final who then lost to Parrott in the final giving the Liverpudlian his second title.[2]

Main draw
Quarter-finals 5-6, 12–13 July 1983 Semi-finals 19 and 20 July 1983 Final 21 July 1983
England Mark Thompson 1
England John Keers 0 England Mark Thompson 0
England John Parrott 1 England John Parrott 1
England Brian Rowswell 0 England John Parrott 1
Scotland Stephen Hendry 1 England Steve Ventham 0
England Nick Pearce 0 Scotland Stephen Hendry 0
England Steve Ventham 1 England Steve Ventham 1
England Chris Hamson 0

References
  1. "BBC Television – 5 July 1983 – Junior Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. "BBC Television – 21 July 1983 – Junior Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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