1983 Irish Professional Championship

Irish Professional Championship 1983 03 9 1983 03 13 y Maysfield Leisure Centre Belfast Northern Ireland Non-ranking event £16,000https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19821102/461/0020 subscription £16,000 Irish title is the richest pot Belfast Telegraph 2 November 1982 20 £6,000Higgins trails Sunday Sun Newcastle 13 March 1983 44 Alex Higgins NIR (132) NIR Alex Higgins NIR Dennis Taylor 16–11 1982 1985 The 1983 Smithwicks Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 9 and 13 March 1983.Taylor in protest The Guardian London 23 February 1983 26 The tournament was played at the Maysfield Leisure Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and featured eight professional players.Irish Professional Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishpro.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155813/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishpro.html dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 8 February 2018 Alex Higgins won the title beating Dennis Taylor 16–11 in the final.Hayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 149 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Hughes Kevin Higgins regains Irish title Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham April 1983 16–17 Winner: £6,000 Runner-up: £3,000 Semi-final: £1,500 Quarter-final: £750 Round 1: £350 Highest break: £300 Total: £16,000 Qualifying round IRL Billy Kelly 6–3 Paul Watchorn IRL IRL Pascal Burke 6–4 Dessie Sheehan IRL Main draw 1983 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=575 Snooker Database 8 February 2018 8 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123854/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=575 dead Quarter-finalsBest of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 31 frames NIR Alex Higgins 6 NIR Jackie Rea 1 IRL Eugene Hughes 6 IRL Pascal Burke 2 NIR Dennis Taylor 6 IRL Billy Kelly 0 IRL Patsy Fagan 6 NIR Tommy Murphy 4 NIR Alex Higgins 6 IRL Eugene Hughes 2 NIR Dennis Taylor 6 IRL Patsy Fagan 1 NIR Alex Higgins 16 NIR Dennis Taylor 11 References Category:Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship