Welsh Snooker Championship

The Welsh Snooker Championship is a national competition to determine the Welsh champion of snooker billiards .

history

The competition was held for the first time in 1928, the first winner was J. Emrys Harris. The first serial winner was Tom Jones , who won from 1930 to 1936 and 1947. No competition was held from 1940 to 1945 during World War II . In the 1950s, the later six-time world champion Ray Reardon won the competition six times. His toughest competitor was John Ford , who won in 1949 and made it to the finals five times by 1955. Ford also played a bigger role in the 1960s - along with Des Meredith , Mario Berni and Lynn O'Neill . Also in the 1960s and 1970s the Welsh snooker championship produced a world champion and a runner-up world champion. Doug Mountjoy , who won the competition in 1968 and 1976, was runner-up in 1982; Terry Griffiths was to become world champion four years after winning the 1975 title. Other defining players of the 1970s were Geoff Thomas and Alwyn Lloyd , who won the competition one or three times and made it to the final four or two times.

At the same time as the snooker boom among professional players, Welsh amateur sport became more professional. There were eight winners in the 1980s and nine in the following decade. In the new millennium, numerous amateurs have made it through the Welsh Snooker Championship.

Acting Master is Darren Morgan .

Title holder

year	winner	finalist	Result
1928	J. Emrys Harries	T. Atkins	4-0
1929	C. Curtis	H. Martin	5: 2
1930	Tom Jones	unknown
1931	Tom Jones	A. Withers	4: 1
1932	Tom Jones	Brin Grosvenor	4: 1
1933	Tom Jones	Brin Grosvenor	4: 2
1934	Tom Jones	Brin Grosvenor	4: 3
1935	Tom Jones	Gwyn Howells	4: 3
1936	Tom Jones 1	unknown
1937	Gwyn Howells	RO James	4: 2
1938	Brin Grosvenor	Tom Jones	4-0
1939	Willie James 2	WP Eastbrook	4-0
1940-1945 not held
1946	Brin Grosvenor	WV Hayes	4: 1
1947	Tom Jones	Richie Smith	unknown
1948	Richie Smith	John Ford
1949	John Ford	C. Coles
1950	Ray Reardon	John Ford
1951	Ray Reardon	Richie Smith
1952	Ray Reardon	John Ford	5: 3
1953	Ray Reardon	Aubrey Kemp	5: 3
1954	Ray Reardon	John Ford	unknown
1955	Ray Reardon	John Ford
1956	Cliff Wilson	V. Wilkins
1957	Des Meredith	Noel Williams	5-0
1958	Aubrey Kemp	Des Meredith	unknown
1959	John Price	Mario Berni
1960	Len Luker	Aubrey Kemp
1961	Terry Parsons	John Price	6: 2
1962	John Ford	Mario Berni	unknown
1963	Des Meredith	John Ford
1964	Mario Berni	John Ford
1965	Terry Parsons	Bob Berryman	6: 2
1966	Lynn O'Neill	Doug Mountjoy	unknown
1967	Lynn O'Neill	Ken Weed
1968	Doug Mountjoy	John Terry	6: 5
1969	Terry Parsons	John Prosser	6: 1
1970	Of May	Geoff Thomas	unknown
1971	Of May	Roy Oriel	6: 4
1972	Geoff Thomas	Terry Griffiths	6: 2
1973	Alwyn Lloyd	Geoff Thomas	8: 6
1974	Alwyn Lloyd	Geoff Thomas	8: 5
1975	Terry Griffiths	Geoff Thomas	8: 7
1976	Doug Mountjoy	Alwyn Lloyd	8: 6
1977	Cliff Wilson	Dai Thomas	8: 1
1978	Alwyn Lloyd	Steve Newbury	8: 4
1979	Cliff Wilson	Geoff Thomas	8: 5
1980	Steve Newbury	Alwyn Lloyd	8: 6
1981	Colin Roscoe	Elwyn Richards	9: 5
1982	Terry Parsons	Mario Berni	9: 7
1983	Wayne Jones	Terry Parsons	8: 4
1984	Terry Parsons	Wayne Jones	8: 7
1985	Mark Bennett	Dilwyn John	8: 7
1986	Kerry Jones	John Griffiths	8: 2
1987	Darren Morgan	John Herbert	8: 4
1988	Paul Dawkins	Ron Jones	8: 3
1989	Paul Dawkins	Nick Jones	8: 3
1990	Ron Jones	Robert Harrhy	8: 3
1991	Dominic Dale	David Bell	8: 7
1992	Ron Jones	John Mills	8: 6
1993	Andrew Peters	David Bell	8: 5
1994	Elfed Evans	Ron Jones	8: 4
1995	John Payne	Tim English	8: 7
1996	David Bell	Ron Jones	8: 5
1997	Milton Davies	Mattew Farrant	7: 5
1998	Ryan Day	Ron Jones	8: 4
1999	Ian Preece	Milton Davies	8: 7
2000	David Mills	Tim English	8: 7
2001	David Mills	David John	9: 7
2002	Tim English	Elfed Evans	8: 4
2003	Elfed Evans	Gavin Lewis	8: 2
2004	Tim English	Gavin Pantall	7: 4
2005	Andrew Pagett	Michael White	6: 4
2006	Jamie Jones	Philip Williams	10: 9
2007	Philip Williams	Anthony Davies	8: 3
2008	Jamie Jones	David Donovan	7: 2
2009	Michael White	Darren Morgan	8: 2
2010	Andrew Pagett	Gareth Allen	8-0
2011	Daniel Wells	David John	8: 4
2012	Duane Jones	Elfed Evans	8: 4
2013	David John	Alex Taubman	8: 4
2014	Jamie Rhys Clarke	Lee Walker	8: 6
2015	Darren Morgan	Daniel Wells	8-0
2016	David John	Darren Morgan	8: 7
2017	Rhydian Richards	Darren Morgan	8: 4
2018	Jackson Page	Ian Sargeant	8: 1
2019	Darren Morgan	Gavin Lewis	7: 2

Ranking list

space	player			Final participation
1	Tom Jones	8th	1	9
2	Ray Reardon	6th	0	6th
3	Terry Parsons	5	1	6th
4th	Darren Morgan	3	3	6th
5	Alwyn Lloyd	3	2	5
6th	Cliff Wilson	3	0	3
7th	John Ford	2	7th	9
8th	Ron Jones	2	4th	6th
9	Brin Grosvenor	2	3	5
10	Elfed Evans	2	2	4th
	Tim English	2	2	4th
	David John	2	2	4th
13	Des Meredith	2	1	3
	Doug Mountjoy	2	1	3
15th	Lynn O'Neill	2	0	2
	Of May	2	0	2
	Paul Dawkins	2	0	2
	David Mills	2	0	2
	Andrew Pagett	2	0	2
	Jamie Jones	2	0	2
21st	Geoff Thomas	1	5	6th
22nd	Mario Berni	1	3	4th
23	Richie Smith	1	2	3
	Aubrey Kemp	1	2	3
	David Bell	1	2	3
26th	Gwyn Howells	1	1	2
	John Price	1	1	2
	Terry Griffiths	1	1	2
	Steve Newbury	1	1	2
	Milton Davies	1	1	2
	Wayne Jones	1	1	2
	Michael White	1	1	2
	Daniel Wells	1	1	2
	Philip Williams	1	1	2
35	J. Emrys Harris	1	0	1
	C. Curtis	1	0	1
	Willie James 2	1	0	1
	Len Luker	1	0	1
	Colin Roscoe	1	0	1
	Mark Bennett	1	0	1
	Kerry Jones	1	0	1
	Dominic Dale	1	0	1
	John Payne	1	0	1
	Andrew Peters	1	0	1
	Ryan Day	1	0	1
	Ian Preece	1	0	1
	Duane Jones	1	0	1
	Jamie Rhys Clarke	1	0	1
	Rhydian Richards	1	0	1
	Jackson Page	1	0	1
50	Gavin Lewis	0	2	2
51	T. Atkins	0	1	1
	H. Martin	0	1	1
	A. Withers	0	1	1
	RO James	0	1	1
	WP Eastbrook	0	1	1
	WV Hayes	0	1	1
	C. Coles	0	1	1
	V. Wilkins	0	1	1
	Noel Williams	0	1	1
	Bob Berryman	0	1	1
	Ken Weed	0	1	1
	John Terry	0	1	1
	John Prosser	0	1	1
	Roy Oriel	0	1	1
	Dai Thomas	0	1	1
	Elwyn Richards	0	1	1
	Dilwyn John	0	1	1
	John Griffiths	0	1	1
	John Herbert	0	1	1
	Nick Jones	0	1	1
	Robert Harrhy	0	1	1
	John Mills	0	1	1
	Matthew Farrant	0	1	1
	Gavin Pantall	0	1	1
	David Donovan	0	1	1
	Gareth Allen	0	1	1
	Alex Taubman	0	1	1
	Lee Walker	0	1	1
	Ian Sargeant	0	1	1
	Anthony Davies	0	1	1

¹In contrast to the other two sources, the CueTracker database names a CJ Jenner as the winner, who is said to have won against Gwyn Howells .

²Depending on the source, Willie James is also listed as William James .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Welsh Championship Records. Welsh Snooker , 2018, accessed October 13, 2018 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Welsh Amateur Snooker Championship. (No longer available online.) Global Snooker Center, 2003, archived from the original on June 14, 2004 ; accessed on October 11, 2018 (English).  
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Ron Florax: Tournaments In Welsh Amateur Championship. Cuetracker.net, accessed on October 11, 2018 .