1977 UK Championship

1977 Super Crystalate UK Championship 1977 11 26 1977 12 3 y Tower Circus Blackpool England WPBSA Non-ranking event £7,000 £2,000 Alex Higgins NIR (129) Patsy Fagan IRL Doug Mountjoy WAL 12–9 1978 The 1977 UK Championship (officially the 1977 Super Crystalate UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Tower Circus in Blackpool between 26 November and 3 December 1977. Mike Watterson instituted this new championship with sponsorship from manufacturers of the Super Crystalate balls.Turner Chris UK Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160153/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 30 November 2010Everton Clive 1985 Guinness Snooker - The Records Guinness Superlatives Ltd 60 0851124488 The inaugural UK Championship was held in Blackpool, but the following year the tournament moved to the Guild Hall in Preston, where it remained for twenty years. The event was won by Patsy Fagan, a London-based Dubliner, who had been a professional for less than a year. The final was televised and shown on BBC One's Grandstand programme. Saturday TV The Times (London) 10 3 December 1977 The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 24 November 2019. Retired English snooker player Joe Davis presented Fagan with the trophy.1977 UK Championships Final Patsy Fagan vs Doug Mountjoy rare snooker video en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP_Gvi4Ti0E 24 November 2019 18 Fagan earned £2,000 out of the £7,000 total prize money. Main draw 1977 UK Championship Results http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=129 Snooker Database 13 October 2010 29 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150929093339/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=129 dead1977 UK Championship Results Grid http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=129 Snooker Database 30 November 2010 7 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111007102543/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=129 deadUK Championship http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071813/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 17 June 20111977 UK Championship http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/77UK.htm Global Snooker Centre 21 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20060901190546/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/77UK.htm 1 September 2006 200 Last 24Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 23 frames 10 Doug Mountjoy WAL 5 Roy Andrewartha WAL 2 15 Willie Thorne ENG 5 Bernard Bennett ENG 4 12 John Dunning ENG 5 Maurice Parkin ENG 4 9 David Taylor ENG 5 David Greaves ENG 4 13 John Virgo ENG w/o John Barrie ENG w/d 16 Jack Karnehm ENG 4 Chris Ross SCO 5 14 Patsy Fagan IRL 5 Jackie Rea NIR 1 11 Jim Meadowcroft ENG 5 Pat Houlihan ENG 4 1 John Spencer ENG 3 10 WAL Doug Mountjoy 5 8 Rex Williams ENG 4 15 ENG Willie Thorne 5 5 John Pulman ENG w/d 12 ENG John Dunning w/o 4 Alex Higgins NIR 5 9 ENG David Taylor 4 3 Dennis Taylor NIR 2 13 ENG John Virgo 5 6 Graham Miles ENG 5 SCO Chris Ross 1 7 Fred Davis ENG 0 14 IRL Patsy Fagan 5 2 Ray Reardon WAL 4 11 ENG Jim Meadowcroft 5 10 WAL Doug Mountjoy 5 15 ENG Willie Thorne 4 12 ENG John Dunning 0 4 NIR Alex Higgins 5 13 ENG John Virgo 5 6 ENG Graham Miles 2 14 IRL Patsy Fagan 5 11 ENG Jim Meadowcroft 4 10 WAL Doug Mountjoy 9 4 NIR Alex Higgins 2 13 ENG John Virgo 8 14 IRL Patsy Fagan 9 10 WAL Doug Mountjoy 9 14 IRL Patsy Fagan 12 Final Final: Best of 23 frames. Referee: John WilliamsTower Circus, Blackpool, England, 2 and 3 December 1977. Patsy Fagan 12–9 Doug Mountjoy First session: 57–21, 34–81, 48–47, 48–57, 40–68, 45–13, 68–31 (53), 64–57Second session: 64–43 (57), 48–73, 52–79 (Fagan 52, Mountjoy 51), 38–73, 41–70, 98–0 (68), 58–57Third session: 37–87, 34–72, 75–16 (53), 73–55 (52), 47–39, 80–28 (63) 68 Highest break 51 0 Century breaks 0 7 50+ breaks 1 Century breaks 129 Alex Higgins References 1977 UK Championship UK Championship UK Championship UK Championship