1983 Junior Pot Black

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.

Junior Pot Black 83

Tournament information
Dates	Spring 1983 (Broadcast 5–21 July 1983)
Venue	Pebble Mill Studios
City	Birmingham
Country	England
Format	Non-Ranking event
Winner's share	£250
Highest break	John Parrott, Steve Ventham (65)?
Final
Champion	John Parrott
Runner-up	Steve Ventham
Score	1-1
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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.[1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and with John Williams unavailable, Vic Bartlam took the role as referee.

The only players from the last series competing this year were defending champion John Parrott, the 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. He beat Nicolas Pearce in the first match before losing to Ventham in the semi-final who then lost to Parrott in the final giving the Liverpudlian his second title.[2]

Main draw

	Quarter-finals 5-6, 12–13 July 1983					Semi-finals 19 and 20 July 1983					Final 21 July 1983
		Mark Thompson	1
		John Keers	0				Mark Thompson	0
		John Parrott	1				John Parrott	1
		Brian Rosewell	0									John Parrott	1
		Stephen Hendry	1									Steve Ventham	0
		Nicolas Pearce	0				Stephen Hendry	0
		Steve Ventham	1				Steve Ventham	1
		Chris Hamson	0

References

1. "BBC Television – 5 July 1983 – Junior Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
2. "BBC Television – 21 July 1983 – Junior Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2017.