Welsh Professional Championship 1983
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Welsh Professional Championship 1983 Woodpecker Welsh Professional Championship 1983 
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking |
| Attendees: | 8th |
| Venue: | Ebbw Vale Leisure Center , Ebbw Vale , Wales |
| Opening: | February 16, 1983 |
| Endgame: | February 20, 1983
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| Defending champion: |
 Doug Mountjoy
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| Winner: |
Ray Reardon
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| Finalist: |
Doug Mountjoy
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| Highest Break: | 93 ( Cliff Wilson )
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The Woodpecker Welsh Professional Championship 1982 was a professional snooker tournament of the 1982/83 season to determine the Welsh professional champion and without influence on the world rankings. The tournament was from 16 to 20 February 1983 as well as in previous years, in Ebbw Vale Leisure Center in Wales Ebbw Vale played. In the final, last year's winner Doug Mountjoy lost to six-time world champion Ray Reardon , who was again the sole record winner with his third title. Cliff Wilson played the highest break of the tournament with a 93 break.
Prize money
Compared to the previous year, the prize money increased by exactly 1,500 pounds sterling , but at the same time the prize money of the quarter-finalists was greatly reduced, so that only the top four players benefited from it. The tournament was again sponsored by the H. P. Bulmer brand Woodpecker .
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 6,000 |
| finalist | £ 3,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 1,700 |
| Quarter finalist | 150 pounds |
| All in all | £ 13,000 |
Tournament course
As in the previous year, there were eight participants who fought for the tournament victory in the knockout system from the quarterfinals . The quarter-finals were played again in the best of 11 frames mode, while the semi-finals and the final were again played over a maximum of 17 frames.
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Quarterfinals 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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6th | ||||||||||||
| Roy Andrewartha
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2 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
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6th | ||||||||||||
| Clive Everton
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1 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
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1 | ||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
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6th | ||||||||||||
| Marcus Owen
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0 | ||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson
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6th | ||||||||||||
| Colin Roscoe
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4th | ||||||||||||
final
In the final, Ray Reardon and Doug Mountjoy met the two players who had won the most titles at the Welsh professional championship at that time with two titles each. However, the endgame was a straightforward affair: Reardon safely won the first four frames before Mountjoy could even win a frame. However, Reardon was not impressed and she won the next five frames to win the tournament.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Ebbw Vale Leisure Center , Ebbw Vale , Wales , February 20, 1983 |
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Ray Reardon
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9 : 1 |
Doug Mountjoy
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74 : 60 (M. 52), 69 : 60 (R. 69, M. 59), 56 : 32, 73 : 46, 25: 93 , 80 : 6 (50), 69 : 23, 81 : 24, 64 : 31, 114 : 0 (82) |
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| 82 | Highest break | 59 |
| - | Century breaks | - |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ron Florax: 1983 Welsh Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: 1983 Welsh Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: Welsh Professional Championship. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on June 11, 2019 .