Tournament information | |
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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]