1985 Welsh Professional Championship

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Welsh Professional Championship 1985
BCE Welsh Professional Championship
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Tournament type: Non-ranking
Attendees: 10
Venue: Abertillery Leisure Center , Abertillery , Wales
Opening: May 7, 1985
Endgame: May 11, 1985

Defending champion: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy
Winner: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
Finalist: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy
Highest Break: 119 ( Terry Griffiths ) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
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The 1985 BCE Welsh Professional Championship was a professional snooker tournament of the 1984/85 season without affecting the world rankings and determining the Welsh professional champions. The tournament was held from 7 to 11 May 1985 at the Abertillery Leisure Center in Abertillery , Welsh , so it came to a new location after five editions in Ebbw Vale. The winner of the tournament was ex-world champion Terry Griffiths , who won the tournament for the first time with a 9-4 win over defending champion Doug Mountjoy . Griffiths also played the highest break of the tournament with a 119 break.

Prize money

Compared to last year, the prize money has increased by £ 500 to £ 15,000, with exactly two fifths going to the winner. The tournament was sponsored by the table manufacturer BCE.

Prize money
winner £ 6,000
finalist £ 3,750
Semi-finalist £ 1,500
Quarter finalist 375 pounds
First round £ 0
Highest break 750 pounds
All in all £ 15,000

Tournament course

After there had been a constant number of eight players for several years, this edition increased to ten, so that a first round was necessary before the quarter-finals . These and the quarter-finals were played in the best of 11 frames mode , the semi-finals and the final finally in the best of 17 frames mode .

  First round
best of 11 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-final
best of 17 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
                             
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Tony Chappel 6th     WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 6th  
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Marcus Owen 0     WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Tony Chappel 0  
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9  
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 3  
        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 6th
        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Clive Everton 2  
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 4th
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Steve Newbury 6th     WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 6th  
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wayne Jones 2     WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Steve Newbury 5  
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 9
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cliff Wilson 2  
        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cliff Wilson 6th
        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Colin Roscoe 3  

final

In the final there was a remake of the 1982 final , when Mountjoy won 9-8. For Griffiths it was the only final participation in this tournament so far, while Mountjoy had won the tournament three times by 1985.

The final was a relatively clear affair: Griffiths was already leading 4-0 before Mountjoy could win a frame. When Griffiths was already leading 7-1, Mountjoy came up to 7-4, but Griffiths then won the two frames necessary to win the tournament.

Final: Best of 17 Frames
Abertillery Leisure Center ,  Abertillery , Wales , May 11, 1985
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9 : 4 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy
61 : 51, 112 : 5, 123 : 22 (116), 74 : 44, 1: 67 (60), 96 : 17 (54), 70 : 19, 119 : 16 (119),
0: 86 (60) , 51: 67 (T. 50), 20: 67 (50), 67 : 20, 77 : 21
119 Highest break 60
2 Century breaks -
4th 50+ breaks 3

Century Breaks

Three Century Breaks were played during the tournament, all of which were played by Terry Griffiths .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1985 Welsh Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed June 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Chris Turner: Welsh Professional Championship. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on June 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1985 Welsh Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed June 11, 2019 .