Welsh Professional Championship 1981
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Welsh Professional Championship 1981 Woodpecker Welsh Professional Championship 1981 
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking |
| Attendees: | 5 |
| Venue: | Ebbw Vale Leisure Center , Ebbw Vale , Wales |
| Opening: | 5th February 1981 |
| Endgame: | February 8, 1981
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| Defending champion: |
 Doug Mountjoy
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| Winner: |
Ray Reardon
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| Finalist: |
Cliff Wilson
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| Highest Break: | 102 ( Ray Reardon )
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The Woodpecker Welsh Professional Championship 1981 was a professional snooker invitation tournament of the 1980/81 season to determine the Welsh professional champions. The tournament was from 5 to 8 February 1981 at the Ebbw Vale Leisure Center in Wales Ebbw Vale played. The winner was Ray Reardon , who won the tournament for the second time with a 9: 6 win over Cliff Wilson and at the same time played the only century break of the tournament with a 102 break .
Prize money
As in the previous year, the tournament was sponsored by the H. P. Bulmer brand Woodpecker . Compared to last year, the prize money increased by £ 1,750 to £ 6,750, approximately half of which went to the winner.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 3,000 |
| finalist | £ 1,750 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 1,000 |
| First round | £ 0 |
| All in all | £ 6,750 |
Tournament course
Compared to the previous year, the first participation of Roy Andrewartha increased the number of participants to five, which necessitated a first round before the semifinals, which included a game between Cliff Wilson and Roy Andrewartha in the best of 11 frames mode . The winner of the game finally played in the semi-finals with the three other participants in the knockout system for the tournament winner, with the remaining games being played in the best of 17 frames mode .
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First round best of 11 frames |
Semi-final best of 17 frames |
Final Best of 17 frames |
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| Ray Reardon
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9 | |||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
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6th | |||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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9 | |||||||||
| Cliff Wilson
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6th | |||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
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6th | |||||||||
| Cliff Wilson
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9 | |||||||||
| Cliff Wilson
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6th | |||||||||
| Roy Andrewartha
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5 | |||||||||
final
For the six-time world champion Ray Reardon it was the third participation in the final in the third attempt; He won in 1977 but lost the previous year. In the final he met his old childhood friend Cliff Wilson , who also came from Tredegar , but despite his talent had only become a professional player in the 1979/80 season. Reardon initially took a 2-0 lead, but Wilson turned the match to 2: 3 and after an equalization by Reardon took the lead 3-5. Reardon then managed to equalize again, but Wilson won the next frame again before Reardon equalized to 6: 6. Subsequently, this succeeded in winning the three frames required to win the title in a row and thus winning the Welsh professional championship for the second time.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Ebbw Vale Leisure Center , Ebbw Vale , Wales , February 8th 1981 |
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Ray Reardon
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9 : 6 |
Cliff Wilson
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65 : 46, 74 : 46, 2: 62 , 35: 68 , 51: 63 , 99 : 0 (77), 51: 70 , 60: 66 (W. 59), 69 : 18 (61), 71 : 2 , 19: 63 (56), 77 : 23, 95 : 25 (62), 129 : 1 (75), 120 : 5 (79) |
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| 79 | Highest break | 59 |
| - | Century breaks | - |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1981 Welsh Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed June 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: Welsh Professional Championship. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on June 9, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Ron Florax: 1981 Welsh Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed June 9, 2019 .