Laid out similarly to the Pontins Professional championships, the tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 7 frames, the semi-final matches over the best of 9 frames, and the final over the best of 17 frames.
Alex Higgins won the event, beating Dennis Taylor 9–7 in the final after Taylor had taken a 5–0 lead. Higgins received £2,000 as winner, with Taylor taking £1,500 as runner-up.[3][1]
^ ab"Revenge win for Higgins". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. July 1980. p. 10.
^. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ abLayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 147.
January 01, 1970
1980, pontins, camber, sands, championship, professional, invitational, snooker, tournament, which, took, place, 1980, england, tournament, informationdates10, 1980, 1980, 1980, venuecamber, sands, holiday, villagecityryecountryenglandorganisationwpbsaformatno. The 1980 Pontins Camber Sands Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in May 1980 in Rye England 2 1980 Pontins Camber SandsTournament informationDates10 17 May 1980 1980 05 10 1980 05 17 VenueCamber Sands Holiday VillageCityRyeCountryEnglandOrganisationWPBSAFormatNon ranking eventWinner s share 2 000Highest break Alex Higgins NIR 111 1 FinalChampion Alex Higgins NIR Runner up Dennis Taylor NIR Score9 7 Laid out similarly to the Pontins Professional championships the tournament featured eight professional players The quarter final matches were contested over the best of 7 frames the semi final matches over the best of 9 frames and the final over the best of 17 frames Alex Higgins won the event beating Dennis Taylor 9 7 in the final after Taylor had taken a 5 0 lead Higgins received 2 000 as winner with Taylor taking 1 500 as runner up 3 1 Main draw edit 3 Quarter finalsBest of 7 framesSemi finalsBest of 9 framesFinalBest of 17 frames nbsp Alex Higgins4 nbsp Bill Werbeniuk2 nbsp Alex Higgins5 nbsp Graham Miles1 nbsp Graham Miles4 nbsp John Pulman0 nbsp Alex Higgins9 nbsp Dennis Taylor7 nbsp Dennis Taylor4 nbsp Cliff Thorburn3 nbsp Dennis Taylor5 nbsp Doug Mountjoy3 nbsp Doug Mountjoy4 nbsp Kirk Stevens1References edit a b Revenge win for Higgins Snooker Scene Birmingham Everton s News Agency July 1980 p 10 Brief History of the Pontins Open and Professional Chris Turner s Snooker Archive Archived from the original on 28 February 2012 Retrieved 12 January 2018 a b Layton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker p 147 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1980 Pontins Camber Sands amp oldid 1175098058, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
