1977 UK Championship (snooker)

Super Crystalate UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	26 November–3 December 1977
Venue	Tower Circus
City	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£7,000
Winner's share	£2,000
Final
Champion	Patsy Fagan
Runner-up	Doug Mountjoy
Score	12–9
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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 event was held at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, but the following year the event moved to the Guild Hall in Preston, where the tournament remained for the next twenty years.^[1]

The event was won by Patsy Fagan, a London-based Dubliner, a professional for less than a year.^[1] The final was televised and shown on BBC One's Grandstand. Joe Davis presented Fagan with the trophy. Fagan earned £2,000 out of the £7,000 total prize money.

Main draw

^[3][4][5][6]

	Last 24 Best of 9 frames					Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames					Final Best of 23 frames
	10	Doug Mountjoy	5			1	John Spencer	3
		Roy Andrewartha	2			10	Doug Mountjoy	5
											10	Doug Mountjoy	5
											15	Willie Thorne	4
	15	Willie Thorne	5	8	Rex Williams	4
		Bernard Bennett	4			15	Willie Thorne	5
																10	Doug Mountjoy	9
															4	Alex Higgins	2
	12	John Dunning	5			5	John Pulman	w/d
		Maurice Parkin	4			12	John Dunning	w/o
											12	John Dunning	0
											4	Alex Higgins	5
	9	David Taylor	5	4	Alex Higgins	5
		David Greaves	4			9	David Taylor	4
																					10	Doug Mountjoy	9
																					14	Patsy Fagan	12
	13	John Virgo	w/o			3	Dennis Taylor	2
		John Barrie	w/d			13	John Virgo	5
											13	John Virgo	5
											6	Graham Miles	2
	16	Jack Karnehm	4	6	Graham Miles	5
		Chris Ross	5				Chris Ross	1
																13	John Virgo	8
															14	Patsy Fagan	9
	14	Patsy Fagan	5			7	Fred Davis	0
		Jackie Rea	1			14	Patsy Fagan	5
											14	Patsy Fagan	5
											11	Jim Meadowcroft	4
	11	Jim Meadowcroft	5	2	Ray Reardon	4
		Pat Houlihan	4			11	Jim Meadowcroft	5

Century breaks

• 129 Alex Higgins

References

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