1997 Seniors Pot Black

August 2016 August 2016 Seniors Pot Black Early 1997 (broadcast 1997 03 3 1997 03 14 y) Goodwood House Chichester England WPBSA Non-Ranking event ENG Joe Johnson (57) ENG Joe Johnson WAL Terry Griffiths 2–0 1993 2005 http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/seniors-pot-black/1997/973 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false The 1997 Seniors Pot Black was a one-off invitational snooker tournament of the popular series Pot Black. Recording took place during early 1997 and broadcast in March. The tournament was held at Goodwood House in Chichester, Sussex. It featured 12 veteran players in a knock-out system both aged over 40. All matches until the final were one-frame shoot-outs and the final being contested over the best of three frames. Broadcasts were shown on teatime daily on BBC2 and the series started at 17:30 on Monday 3 March 1997.BBC Television – 3 March 1997 – Seniors Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1997-03-03 BBC Genome Project BBC 1 March 2017 David Vine presented the programme and Ted Lowe and Clive Everton were the commentators while there were more referees in this event than previously. Alan Chamberlain and John Newton joined long time referee John Williams. The players were all over 40 years of age. Some had retired from the game and some were still competing in tournaments. All the previous Pot Black champions aged over 40 were there including Ray Reardon, John Spencer and Eddie Charlton. Joe Johnson who never competed in any previous series of Pot Black won the title beating Terry Griffiths 2–0 to become the only champion of Seniors Pot Black.BBC Television – 14 March 1997 – Seniors Pot Black http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1997-03-14 BBC Genome Project BBC 1 March 2017 17 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017071936/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1997-03-14 dead http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/seniors-pot-black/1997/973 CueTracker - 1997 Seniors Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database Main draw Round 1 Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast DateENG John Spencer47–74NIR Dennis Taylor3 March 1997WAL Ray Reardon80–46ENG Willie Thorne4 March 1997RSA Perrie Mans30–87ENG Joe Johnson5 March 1997ENG Graham Miles75–26ENG Rex Williams6 March 1997 Quarter-finals (7-11 March 1997) Semi-finals (12-13 March 1997) Final Best of 3 frames(14 March 1997) WAL Doug Mountjoy 28 NIR Dennis Taylor 101 AUS Eddie Charlton 31 ENG Joe Johnson 50 CAN Cliff Thorburn 33 ENG Graham Miles 63 WAL Terry Griffiths 95 WAL Ray Reardon 40 NIR Dennis Taylor 6 ENG Joe Johnson 112 ENG Graham Miles 5 WAL Terry Griffiths 111 ENG Joe Johnson 2 WAL Terry Griffiths 0 Final Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: John Williams Goodwood House, Chichester, England, Early 1997 (Broadcast 14 March 1997). Joe Johnson 2–0Frame scores85-32, 70–17 Terry Griffiths References 1997 Seniors Category:Snooker competitions in England Category:1997 in snooker Category:1997 in English sport Category:Senior snooker competitions Category:Sport in Chichester