1981 British Professional Championship

Darts tournament British Professional Championship Fiesta Club Stockton-on-Tees ENGEngland BDO Sets £12,000 £6,000 September SCO Jocky Wilson 1982 The 1981 British Professional Championship was a major darts tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 1981. It took place in late September at the Fiesta Club, Stockton-on-Tees. It was broadcast on BBC Television.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/50e00607e4674169bbbbab0d66303ede Broadcast - BBC programme BBC Genome 4 May 2026 The tournament featured 32 of the best players from around the world. Prize money Total Prize fund was £12,000 Champion £6,000 Runner-up £3,000 Results https://dartsdatabase.co.uk/display-event.php?eid=1530&tna=British%20Professional&eda=1981 British Professional 1981 DartsDatabase 7 November 202527 September 1981 Wilson shock for Evans Sunday Sun (Newcastle) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/877322523/ 7 November 2025 First round (best of 5 sets) Second round (best of 5 sets) Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets) Semi-finals (best of 9 sets) Final (best of 11 sets) 250 high icon WAL Tony Clark 3 icon SCO Rab Fotheringham 0 icon ENG John Lowe 3 icon ENG Doug McCarthy 2 icon ENG Les Capewell 3 icon SCO Rab Smith 1 icon WAL Leighton Rees 3 icon ENG Bill Lennard 2 icon ENG Dave Whitcombe 3 icon ENG Roger Dight 0 icon ENG Gerry Haywood 3 icon WAL Ceri Morgan 1 icon ENG Rab Scott 3 icon ENG Ronnie McElroth 1 icon ENG Tony Brown 3 icon ENG Barrie Done 1 icon ENG Alan Glazier 3 icon WAL Wayne Lock 1 icon SCO Jocky Wilson 3 icon SCO Angus Ross 1 icon ENG Eric Parkinson 3 icon ENG Peter Masson 2 icon ENG Bobby George 3 icon NIR Billy Mateer 1 icon WAL Byron Wozencraft 3 icon ENG Cliff Inglis 1 icon ENG Cliff Lazarenko 3 icon ENG Lionel Smith 1 icon WAL Alan Evans 3 icon SCO Alistair Forrester 0 icon ENG Eric Bristow 3 icon WAL Tony Ridler 0 icon WAL Tony Clark 0 icon ENG John Lowe 3 icon ENG Les Capewell 2 icon WAL Leighton Rees 3 icon ENG Dave Whitcombe 3 icon ENG Gerry Haywood 1 icon ENG Rab Scott 3 icon ENG Tony Brown 0 icon ENG Alan Glazier 0 icon SCO Jocky Wilson 3 icon ENG Eric Parkinson 3 icon ENG Bobby George 0 icon WAL Byron Wozencraft 3 icon ENG Cliff Lazarenko 1 icon WAL Alan Evans 3 icon ENG Eric Bristow 2 icon ENG John Lowe 4 icon WAL Leighton Rees 2 icon ENG Dave Whitcombe 4 icon ENG Rab Scott 1 icon SCO Jocky Wilson 4 icon ENG Eric Parkinson 2 icon WAL Byron Wozencraft 2 icon WAL Alan Evans 4 icon ENG John Lowe 5 icon ENG Dave Whitcombe 2 icon SCO Jocky Wilson 5 icon WAL Alan Evans 2 icon ENG John Lowe 5 icon SCO Jocky Wilson 6 References Category:British Darts Organisation tournaments Category:Sport in County Durham Category:Sport in Stockton-on-Tees Category:Darts in England Category:20th century in County Durham Category:1981 in darts Category:1981 in English sport Category:September 1981 sports events in the United Kingdom