Venue Pebble Mill Studios Country England Format Non-Ranking event | City Birmingham Organisation(s) WPBSA | |
Dates (Broadcast Summer 1969) | ||
The 1969 Pot Black was the first edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which was broadcast in July, August and September 1969. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.
Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started with an introductory program at 8:50pm on Wednesday 23 July 1969 The first match, between John Spencer and Jackie Rea, was broadcast on 30 July, followed by weekly broadcasts until the final on 10 September. The programmes were presented by Keith Macklin with Ted Lowe as the commentator.
Ray Reardon won the event beating John Spencer 88–29 in the one-frame final and won the BBC2 Pot Black Trophy.
References
1969 Pot Black Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA