1997 Seniors Pot Black Explained

Tournament Name:Seniors Pot Black
Dates:Early 1997 (broadcast)
Venue:Goodwood House
Location:Chichester
Country:England
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Non-Ranking event
Highest Break: Joe Johnson (57)
Winner: Joe Johnson
Runner Up: Terry Griffiths
Score:2–0
Previous:1993
Next: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

Round 1

Player 1ScorePlayer 2Broadcast Date
John Spencer0–1 Dennis Taylor3 March 1997
Ray Reardon1–0 Willie Thorne4 March 1997
Perrie Mans0–1 Joe Johnson5 March 1997
Graham Miles1–0 Rex Williams6 March 1997

Final

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BBC Television – 3 March 1997 – Seniors Pot Black . BBC Genome Project. . 1 March 2017.
  2. Web site: BBC Television – 14 March 1997 – Seniors Pot Black . BBC Genome Project. . 1 March 2017.
  3. Web site: CueTracker - 1997 Seniors Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database.