| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 November – 3 December 1977 |
| Venue | Tower Circus |
| City | Blackpool |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £7,000 |
| Winner's share | £2,000 |
| Highest break |  Alex Higgins (NIR) (129) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Patsy Fagan (IRL) |
| Runner-up |  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) |
| Score | 12–9 |
1978 → | |
The 1977 UK Championship (officially the 1977 Super Crystalate UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Tower Circus in Blackpool between 26 November and 3 December 1977.
Mike Watterson instituted this new championship with sponsorship from manufacturers of the Super Crystalate balls.[1][2] The inaugural UK Championship was held in Blackpool, but the following year the tournament moved to the Guild Hall in Preston, where it remained for twenty years.[1]
The event was won by Patsy Fagan, a London-based Dubliner, who had been a professional for less than a year.[1][2] The final was televised and shown on BBC One's Grandstand programme.[3] Retired English snooker player Joe Davis presented Fagan with the trophy.[4]
Fagan earned £2,000 out of the £7,000 total prize money.[2]
- ^ a b c Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ^ a b c Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker - The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 60. ISBN 0851124488.
- ^ "Saturday TV". The Times (London). 3 December 1977. p. 10 – via The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ 1977 UK Championships Final Patsy Fagan vs Doug Mountjoy rare snooker video. 18 minutes in. Retrieved 24 November 2019.