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Pontins Open
Tournament information
VenuePontins
LocationPrestatyn
CountryWales
Established1974
FormatPro–am event
Final year2011

The Pontins Open events were a series of pro–am snooker tournaments which ran from 1974 until 2011.[1]

History

From the early 1970s, top professionals had supplemented their income entertaining and coaching holiday makers on the holiday camp circuit and at Pontin's in particular. That organisation organised several Snooker Festivals at which ordinary members of the public could join with top amateurs and the best professionals in open tournaments.

The first of these events was held in 1974 and eight top professionals were invited to take part in the Pontins Professional (which ended in 2000) while many others joined them in the Open event where up to 1000 hopefuls would set out with the chance to meet one of their idols in the later rounds. The most important of these festivals was the Pontins Spring Open held at Prestatyn, Wales. A similar Open event, the Pontins Autumn Open was held later in the year and attracted almost as many top names as the spring event.

The professionals had to concede up to 25 points per frame to the amateurs (this figure varied over the years) and this format meant that many of the star names fell to good amateurs. In the earlier years nearly all the top players took part but as the number of tour events increased very few entered in later years.

The Autumn Open ended in 2009 and the Spring Open ended in 2011 and the festival in later years also hosted the final Challenge Tour event where players battle for places on the main tour in the following season.

A later event which began in 2006, the Pontins World Series consisted of six qualifying events, open to amateurs and main tour professionals and was played in the summer and autumn. Points were awarded for each event with the best five results counting towards a merit table. The leading 64 players qualified to play in the series final. This tournament ran for four editions ending in 2009.[1]

Finals

Pontins Spring Open

[1]

Year Winner Runner-up Final score Season
1974 Wales Doug Mountjoy England John Spencer 7–4 1973/74
1975 Wales Ray Reardon England John Virgo 7–1 1974/75
1976 Wales Doug Mountjoy England Lance Pibworth 7–1 1975/76
1977 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins Wales Terry Griffiths 7–4 1976/77
1978 England Steve Davis England Tony Meo 7–6 1977/78
1979 England Steve Davis England Jimmy White 7–3 1978/79
1980 England Willie Thorne Wales Cliff Wilson 7–3 1979/80
1981 England John Hargreaves Wales Cliff Wilson 7–2 1980/81
1982 England John Parrott Wales Ray Reardon 7–4 1981/82
1983 Wales Terry Griffiths Wales Ray Reardon 7–3 1982/83
1984 England Neal Foulds Wales Doug Mountjoy 7–4 1983/84
1985 England Jim Chambers England John Parrott 7–6 1984/85
1986 England John Parrott England Tony Putnam 7–6 1985/86
1987 England Stefan Mazrocis England Barry Pinches 7–2 1986/87
1988 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty England Colin Morton 7–5 1987/88
1989 England Peter Ebdon Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 7–4 1988/89
1990 England Tony Rampello Wales Paul Davies 7–3 1989/90
1991 England Mike Hallett England Wayne Brown 7–5 1990/91
1992 Northern Ireland Declan Hughes England Steve James 7–2 1991/92
1993 England Mike Hallett England Steve James 7–6 1992/93
1994 England Wayne Brown Scotland Graeme Dott 7–3 1993/94
1995 Wales Mark Williams England Peter Ebdon 7–4 1994/95
1996 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty Wales Darren Morgan 7–3 1995/96
1997 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty England Paul Bunyard 7–6 1996/97
1998 Scotland James McGouran England Neal Foulds 7–0 1997/98
1999 Republic of Ireland John Gallagher England Luke Simmonds 7–4 1998/99
2000 Wales Ian Preece Scotland Scott MacKenzie 7–4 1999/00
2001 England Luke Simmonds England Brian Morgan 7–5 2000/01
2002 England Paul Sweeny Scotland Scott MacKenzie 4–3 2001/02
2003 England Judd Trump England Mike Hallett 4–2 2002/03
2004 England Stuart Bingham England Wayne Cooper 5–3 2003/04
2005 England Jamie Cope England Mike Finn 5–0 2004/05
2006 England Stuart Bingham England Tom Harris 5–2 2005/06
2007 Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez Wales Daniel Wells 5–2 2006/07
2008 England David Grace England Nigel Bond 5–1 2007/08
2009 England Stuart Bingham England Matthew Couch 5–1 2008/09
2010 England Nigel Bond England Stephen Craigie 5–2 2009/10
2011 Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez England Sydney Wilson 5–1 2010/11

Pontins Autumn Open

[1]

Year Winner Runner-up Final score Season
1976[2] Wales Cliff Wilson England Paul Medati 7–4 1976/77
1977[2] England W. Kelly England George Scott 7–5 1977/78
1978[2] England Jimmy White England Sid Hood 7–6 1978/79
1979[2] England Tony Knowles England Dave Martin 7–0 1979/80
1980[2] England Paul Medati England Vic Harris 7–4 1980/81
1981 England Bill Oliver England Ian Williamson 7–5 1981/82
1982 England Steve Duggan England Kevin Lowndes 7–3 1982/83
1983 England Roger Bales England Gary Filtness 7–0 1983/84
1984 England Barry West England Gary Hancock 7–3 1984/85
1985 England Gary Bray England Mark Johnston-Allen 7–5 1985/86
1986 Isle of Man Tony Wilson England Craig Edwards 5–4 1986/87
1987 England Nick Terry England Mark Johnston-Allen 5–4 1987/88
1988 England Jason Ferguson England Jonathan Birch 5–2 1988/89
1989 England Jonathan Birch Scotland Drew Henry 5–4 1989/90
1990 England Anthony Hamilton Northern Ireland Joe Swail 5–1 1990/91
1991 Scotland Drew Henry England John Read 5–2 1991/92
1992 England Nick Walker England Anthony Harris 5–3 1992/93
1993 England Peter Lines England Andrew Hannah 5–1 1993/94
1994 England John Read England Craig Edwards 5–2 1994/95
1995 Scotland Graeme Dott England Stephen Lee 5–1 1995/96
1996 England Matthew Couch England Gary Ponting 5–4 1996/97
1997 Scotland James McGouran England Matthew Couch 5–3 1997/98
1998 England Matthew Couch England Brian Salmon 5–1 1998/99
1999 England Craig Butler Wales Matthew Farrant 5–4 1999/00
2000 England Kuldesh Johal England Colin Morton 5–3 2000/01
2001 Northern Ireland Sean O'Neill Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins 5–1 2001/02
2002 Wales Tim English Republic of Ireland Brendan O'Donoghue 5–4 2002/03
2003 England Mark King England Craig Butler 5–4 2003/04
2004 England Stuart Bingham England Mark Davis 4–2 2004/05
2005 Northern Ireland Joe Swail England Dave Harold 5–3 2005/06
2006 Wales Ryan Day England Jamie Cope 5–2 2006/07
2007 England Jamie Cope England Lee Page 5–0 2007/08
2008 England Craig Steadman Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 5–0 2008/09
2009 Cyprus Michael Georgiou Wales David Donovan 5–2 2009/10
2010 England Rob James England Michael Holt 5–4 2010/11

Pontins World Series

[1]

Year Winner Runner-up Final score Season
2006 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty England Ricky Walden 4–2 2006/07
2007 England Joe Perry England Ricky Walden 4–2 2007/08
2008 England Jamie Cope England Craig Steadman 4–1 2008/09
2009 England Stuart Bingham Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 3–1 2009/10

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Brief History of the Pontins Open and Professional". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e Morrison, Ian (1986). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker. Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 100. ISBN 0600501922.