1983 Junior Pot Black

August 2016 August 2016 Junior Pot Black 83 Spring 1983 (Broadcast 1983 07 5 1983 07 21 y) Pebble Mill Studios Birmingham England Non-Ranking event £250 ENG John Parrott (71) ENG John Parrott ENG Steve Ventham 2-0 1982 1991 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. 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.BBC Television – 5 July 1983 – Junior Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1983-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20141016225016/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1983-07-05 dead 16 October 2014 BBC Genome Project BBC 26 February 2017 Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and with John Williams unavailable, Vic Bartlam took the role as referee.September 2025 The only players from the last series competing this year were the defending champion John Parrott who had just turned professional at the time of the series being broadcast, 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. Hendry beat Nicolas Pearce in the first match before losing to Ventham in the semi-final who then lost to Parrott in a two frame aggregate final giving him his second consecutive title.BBC Television – 21 July 1983 – Junior Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1983-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20141016230051/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1983-07-21 dead 16 October 2014 BBC Genome Project BBC 26 February 2017 Main draw Quarter-finals 5-6, 12–13 July 1983 Semi-finals 19 and 20 July 1983 Final 21 July 1983 ENG Mark Thompson 1 ENG John Keers 0 ENG John Parrott 1 ENG Brian Rowswell 0 SCO Stephen Hendry 1 ENG Nick Pearce 0 ENG Steve Ventham 1 ENG Chris Hamson 0 ENG Mark Thompson 0 ENG John Parrott 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 0 ENG Steve Ventham 1 ENG John Parrott 1 ENG Steve Ventham 0 Match dates of transmission Player 1Player 2Broadcast DateENG Mark ThompsonENG John Keers 5 July 1983SCO Stephen HendryENG Nick Pearce 6 July 1983ENG John ParrottENG Brian Rowswell 12 July 1983ENG Steve VenthamENG Chris Hamson 13 July 1983ENG John ParrottENG Mark Thompson 19 July 1983ENG Steve VenthamSCO Stephen Hendry 20 July 1983ENG John ParrottENG Steve Ventham 21 July 1983 References Category:Pot Black Category:Snooker competitions in England Category:1983 in snooker Category:1983 in English sport Junior Pot Black, 1983