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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 1981 (Broadcast 1 May – 19 June 1981) |
| Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
| City | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Highest break | ??? |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Dean Reynolds |
| Runner-up |  Dene O'Kane |
| Score | 151–79 |
← 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]
Main draw edit
Qualifying round edit
| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Paul Ennis |
0–1 |  Greg Jenkins |
1 May 1981 |
| Tony Pyle |
1–0 | Danny Adds |
1 May 1981 |
| Jonathan White |
0–1 | John Keers |
8 May 1981 |
| Neal Foulds |
0–1 | Dean Reynolds |
8 May 1981 |
| John Parrott |
1–0 |  Mark Bennett |
15 May 1981 |
| Terry Whitthread |
0–1 | Dene O'Kane |
15 May 1981 |
Group 1 edit
| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Jenkins |
1–0 | John Keers |
22 May 1981 |
| Greg Jenkins |
0–1 | John Parrott |
29 May 1981 |
| John Keers |
0–1 | John Parrott |
5 June 1981 |
Group 2 edit
| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Pyle |
0–1 | Dean Reynolds |
22 May 1981 |
| Tony Pyle |
0–1 | Dene O'Kane |
29 May 1981 |
| Dean Reynolds |
0–1 | Dene O'Kane |
5 June 1981 |
Knockout stage edit
| Semi-finals (12 June 1981) | Final (19 June 1981) | ||||||||
| Dene O'Kane
| 1 | ||||||||
| Greg Jenkins
| 0 | ||||||||
| Dene O'Kane
| 79 | ||||||||
| Dean Reynolds
| 151 | ||||||||
| Dean Reynolds
| 1 | ||||||||
| John Parrott
| 0 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "BBC Television – 1 May 1981 – Junior Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "BBC Television – 19 June 1981 – Junior Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2017.