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1979 Forward Chemicals Tournament
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Forward Chemicals Tournament 1978 10 23 1979 01 28 y Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester England WPBSA Non-ranking event £3,000 WAL Ray Reardon ENG John Spencer 9–6
The 1979 Forward Chemicals Tournament was a non-ranking snooker tournament held on one occasion between October 1978 and January 1979.
Similar in format to previous Park Drive 2000 events, four professionals played each other three times in a round-robin format at various venues around the country, with the two best performing players reaching the final. Held at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, Ray Reardon defeated John Spencer 9–6 in the final.Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#FCT https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160510/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#FCT dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 22 February 2018
Main draw
Hayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 147
Round-robin
Player 1ScorePlayer 2 NIR Alex Higgins 5–3 ENG John Spencer NIR Alex Higgins 5–3 WAL Ray Reardon NIR Alex Higgins 5–4 WAL Doug Mountjoy WAL Doug Mountjoy 5–1 ENG John Spencer WAL Doug Mountjoy 5–2 ENG John Spencer WAL Doug Mountjoy 5–3 NIR Alex Higgins WAL Doug Mountjoy 5–3 NIR Alex Higgins WAL Ray Reardon 5–0 WAL Doug Mountjoy WAL Ray Reardon 5–1 WAL Doug Mountjoy WAL Ray Reardon 5–2 WAL Doug Mountjoy WAL Ray Reardon 5–3 ENG John Spencer WAL Ray Reardon 5–3 NIR Alex Higgins WAL Ray Reardon 5–3 NIR Alex Higgins ENG John Spencer 5–0 NIR Alex Higgins ENG John Spencer 5–3 WAL Ray Reardon ENG John Spencer 5–3 NIR Alex Higgins ENG John Spencer 5–4 WAL Ray Reardon ENG John Spencer 5–4 WAL Doug Mountjoy
Knockout stage
FinalBest of 17 frames WAL Ray Reardon 9 ENG John Spencer 6
References
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