Welsh Professional Championship 1984
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Welsh Professional Championship 1984 Strongbow Welsh Professional Championship 1984 
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking |
| Attendees: | 8th |
| Venue: | Ebbw Vale Leisure Center , Ebbw Vale , Wales |
| Opening: | March 5, 1984 |
| Endgame: | March 11, 1984
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| Defending champion: |
 Ray Reardon
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| Winner: |
Doug Mountjoy
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| Finalist: |
Cliff Wilson
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| Highest Break: | 104 ( Ray Reardon )
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The Strongbow Welsh Professional Championship 1984 was a professional snooker tournament of the 1983/84 season to determine the Welsh professional champion and without influence on the world rankings. The tournament was from 5 until March 11, 1984 As in previous years, in Ebbw Vale Leisure Center in Wales Ebbw Vale played. Tournament winner was Doug Mountjoy , who won the tournament for the third time with a 9-3 win in the final over Cliff Wilson . Defending champion Ray Reardon played the only century break with a 104 break and thus the highest break of the tournament.
Prize money
After four years the sponsor switched from Woodpecker to Strongbow Cider , but both were brands of HP Bulmer . As in the previous year, the prize money increased by £ 1,500 to £ 14,500, of which around two-fifths went to the winner.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 6,500 |
| finalist | £ 3,200 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 2,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 200 |
| All in all | £ 14,500 |
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 again played in the best of 11 frames mode, while the semi-finals and the final also lasted 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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| Doug Mountjoy
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6th | ||||||||||||
| Clive Everton
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1 | ||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
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5 | ||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
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6th | ||||||||||||
| Roy Andrewartha
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1 | ||||||||||||
| 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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2 | ||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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6th | ||||||||||||
| Marcus Owen
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1 | ||||||||||||
final
For Doug Mountjoy it was already the fifth final appearance at this tournament, of which he had won two, while his opponent Cliff Wilson had only reached a professional final for the second time - the first also at the Welsh professional championship.
Wilson initially took the lead 0: 1 and 1: 2, but Mountjoy turned the game around to 3: 2 and took a 5: 2 lead before his opponent was able to shorten it to 5: 3. But then Mountjoy won all four frames in a row necessary to win the game and thus for the third time the Welsh professional championship.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Ebbw Vale Leisure Center , Ebbw Vale , Wales , March 11, 1984 |
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Doug Mountjoy
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9 : 3 |
Cliff Wilson
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| 42: 63 , 76 : 23 (52), 23: 64 , 88 : 24, 61 : 38, 54 : 42, 84 : 29, 44: 71 , 71 : 38, 74 : 24 (51), 80 : 37, 58 : 6 |
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| 52 | Highest break | - |
| - | Century breaks | - |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | - |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1984 Welsh Professional Championship. 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 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: 1984 Welsh Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed June 11, 2019 .