1980 Pontins Camber Sands
Appearance
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 10–17 May 1980 |
Venue | Camber Sands Holiday Village |
City | Rye |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Final | |
Champion | Alex Higgins |
Runner-up | Dennis Taylor |
Score | 9–7 |
The 1980 Pontins Camber Sands Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in May 1980 in Rye, England.[1]
Laid out similarly to the Pontins Professional championships, the tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 7 frames, the semi-final matches over the best of 9 frames, and the final over the best of 17 frames.
Alex Higgins won the event, beating Dennis Taylor 9–7 in the final.[2]
Main draw
Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
Alex Higgins | 4 | |||||||||||||
Bill Werbeniuk | 2 | Alex Higgins | 5 | |||||||||||
Graham Miles | 4 | Graham Miles | 1 | |||||||||||
John Pulman | 0 | Alex Higgins | 9 | |||||||||||
Dennis Taylor | 4 | Dennis Taylor | 7 | |||||||||||
Cliff Thorburn | 3 | Dennis Taylor | 5 | |||||||||||
Doug Mountjoy | 4 | Doug Mountjoy | 3 | |||||||||||
Kirk Stevens | 1 |