1977 UK Snooker Championship
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The 1977 Super Crystalate UK Championship
professional snooker tournament took place at the Tower Circus
, Blackpool
between 26 November and 3 December 1977.
Mike Watterson
instituted this new championship with sponsorship from manufacturers of Super Crystalate
balls. The inaugural event was held in the Tower Circus
, Blackpool
, but the following year the event moved to Preston
, where the tournament remained for the next twenty years.
The event was won by Patsy Fagan
, a London-based Dubliner, a professional for less than a year. 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.
UK Championship (snooker)
The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It is the second biggest ranking tournament after the World Championship and is one of the Triple Crown events.-History:...
professional snooker tournament took place at the Tower Circus
Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Tower Eye is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire in England which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. . Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it rises to 518 feet & 9 inches . The tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers...
, Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...
between 26 November and 3 December 1977.
Mike Watterson
Mike Watterson
Mike Watterson is a former English professional snooker player, businessman, entrepreneur and commentator...
instituted this new championship with sponsorship from manufacturers of Super Crystalate
Crystalate Manufacturing Company
Crystalate Manufacturing Company Ltd. was a British plastics and later electronic components manufacturing company that operated in one form or another from August 1901 through August 1990...
balls. The inaugural event was held in the Tower Circus
Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Tower Eye is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire in England which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. . Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it rises to 518 feet & 9 inches . The tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers...
, Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...
, but the following year the event moved to Preston
City of Preston, Lancashire
The City of Preston is a city and non-metropolitan district in Lancashire, England. It is located on the north bank of the River Ribble, and was granted city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign...
, where the tournament remained for the next twenty years.
The event was won by Patsy Fagan
Patsy Fagan
Patsy Fagan is a retired Irish professional snooker player.A talented snooker player who won the first UK championship in 1977 , Fagan seemed destined for a long and successful professional career in the game, but he became affected by a reluctance, possibly psychological, to play shots with the...
, a London-based Dubliner, a professional for less than a year. The final was televised and shown on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
s Grandstand
Grandstand (BBC)
Grandstand was a British television sport programme. Broadcast between 1958 and 2007, it was one of the BBC's longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year.Its first presenter was Peter Dimmock...
. Joe Davis
Joe Davis
Joe Davis, OBE was a British professional player of snooker and English billiards....
presented Fagan with the trophy. Fagan earned £2,000 out of the £7,000 total prize money.