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1997 Seniors Pot Black

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Seniors Pot Black
Tournament information
DatesEarly 1997 (broadcast 3–14 March 1997 (1997-03-03 – 1997-03-14))
VenueGoodwood House
CityChichester
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Highest breakEngland Joe Johnson (57)
Final
ChampionEngland Joe Johnson
Runner-upWales Terry Griffiths
Score2–0
1993
2005

The 1997 Seniors Pot Black was a one-off invitational snooker tournament of the popular series Pot Black. Recording took place during early 1997 and broadcast in March. The tournament was held at Goodwood House in Chichester, Sussex. It featured 12 veteran players in a knock-out system both aged over 40. All matches until the final were one-frame shoot-outs and the final being contested over the best of three frames.

Broadcasts were shown on teatime daily on BBC2 and the series started at 17:30 on Monday 3 March 1997.[1] David Vine presented the programme and Ted Lowe and Clive Everton were the commentators while there were more referees in this event than previously. Alan Chamberian and John Newton joined long time referee John Williams.

The players were all over 40 years of age. Some had retired from the game and some were still competing in tournaments. All the previous Pot Black champions over 40 were there including Ray Reardon, John Spencer and Eddie Charlton. Joe Johnson who never competed in any previous series of Pot Black won the title beating Terry Griffiths 2–0 to become the only champion of Seniors Pot Black.[2][3]

Main draw

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Round 1

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Player 1 Score Player 2 Broadcast Date
England John Spencer 0–1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 3 March 1997
Wales Ray Reardon 1–0 England Willie Thorne 4 March 1997
South Africa Perrie Mans 0–1 England Joe Johnson 5 March 1997
England Graham Miles 1–0 England Rex Williams 6 March 1997
Quarter-finals
(7-11 March 1997)
Semi-finals
(12-13 March 1997)
Final
Best of 3 frames
(14 March 1997)
         
Wales Doug Mountjoy 0
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0
England Joe Johnson 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 0
England Joe Johnson 1
England Joe Johnson 2
Wales Terry Griffiths 0
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0
England Graham Miles 1
England Graham Miles 0
Wales Terry Griffiths 1
Wales Terry Griffiths 1
Wales Ray Reardon 0

Final

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Final: Best of 3 frames.
Goodwood House, Chichester, England, Early 1997 (Broadcast 14 March 1997).
Joe Johnson
 England
2–0
Frame scores
85-32, 70-17
Terry Griffiths
 Wales

References

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  1. ^ "BBC Television – 3 March 1997 – Seniors Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC Television – 14 March 1997 – Seniors Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  3. ^ "CueTracker - 1997 Seniors Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".