1983 Welsh Professional Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16–20 February 1983 |
| Venue | Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre |
| City | Ebbw Vale |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £13,500[1] |
| Winner's share | £6,000[2] |
| Highest break | Cliff Wilson (WAL) (93)[2] |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ray Reardon |
| Runner-up | Doug Mountjoy |
| Score | 9–1 |
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The 1983 Woodpecker Welsh Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 16 and 20 February 1983 at the Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre in Ebbw Vale, Wales.[1][3]
Ray Reardon won the tournament defeating Doug Mountjoy 9–1 in the final.[4]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]
- Winner: £6,000
- Runner-up: £3,000
- Semi-final: £1,700
- Quarter-final: £150
- Highest break: £500
- Total: £13,500
Main draw
| Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Roy Andrewartha | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Clive Everton | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Marcus Owen | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Colin Roscoe | 4 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Mountjoy faces up to February deadline". South Wales Argus. 20 December 1982. p. 14.
- ^ a b "Champ Ray set sights on seventh". Gwent Gazette. 24 February 1983. p. 18.
- ^ "Welsh Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 149.
- ^ "Mountjoy defends Welsh title". Snooker Scene. February 1983. p. 19.
- ^ "1982 Welsh Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 February 2018.