Pontins Professional 1974
Pontins Professional 1974
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Attendees: | 8th |
| Venue: | Pontins, Prestatyn , Wales |
| Opening: | May 4th 1974 |
| Endgame: | May 11, 1974
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| Winner: |
 Ray Reardon
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| Finalist: |
 John Spencer
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| Highest Break: | 115 ( Ray Reardon )
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The 1974 Pontins Professional was a snooker tournament as part of the 1973/74 season . It was the first purely professional tournament at the holiday operator Pontins' holiday park in Prestatyn on the north coast of Wales. It took place in May 1974 following the World Cup .
Welshman Ray Reardon and Englishman John Spencer played the final . The game went the full distance and World Champion Reardon won the first title 10: 9.
Prize money
The game was played for £ 1,000 , which the tournament winner received as prize money.
Final round
The tournament had 8 participants and was high-ranking. Four world champions, including the reigning Ray Reardon , and top players from Australia and Canada competed . An elimination tournament was played in three rounds until the winner was determined. Very long games were played, the quarter-finals were already played on 7 winning frames ( best of 13 ), the winner in the final was whoever won 10 frames first.
| Quarter Finals (Best of 13) |
Semi-finals (Best of 15) |
Final (Best of 19) |
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| Ray Reardon
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7th | ||||||||||||
| Fred Davis
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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8th | ||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn
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5 | ||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
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7th | ||||||||||||
 Jackie Rea
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2 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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10 | ||||||||||||
| John Spencer
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9 | ||||||||||||
| John Spencer
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7th | ||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton
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5 | ||||||||||||
| John Spencer
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8th | ||||||||||||
| Rex Williams
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Rex Williams
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7th | ||||||||||||
| John Pulman
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6th | ||||||||||||
Century breaks
Four breaks of 100 or more points were scored during the tournament, two of which went to finalist John Spencer .
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Ray Reardon
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115 |
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John Spencer
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113, 112 |
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Rex Williams
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104 |
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- ^ Pontins Open / Pontins Professional / Pontins World Pro-Am Series. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on December 8, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c 1974 Pontins Professional - Finishes. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 8, 2018 .
- ↑ 1974 Pontins Professional. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 8, 2018 .