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1977–78 snooker season

The 1977–78 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between September 1977 and June 1978. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

1977–78 snooker season
Details
Duration17 September 1977 – June 1978
Tournaments13 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipRepublic of Ireland Patsy Fagan
MastersNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
World ChampionshipWales Ray Reardon

Calendar

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Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
08-17 09-05   CAN NR Canadian Open Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto Northern Ireland  Alex Higgins England  John Spencer 17–14 [1]
09-?? 09-??   AUS NR Australian Professional Championship Golden Bowl Melbourne Australia  Eddie Charlton Australia  Paddy Morgan 25–21 [2]
09-25 09-26   WAL NR Welsh Professional Championship Club Double Diamond Caerphilly Wales  Ray Reardon Wales  Doug Mountjoy 12–8 [3][4]
11-26 12-03   ENG NR UK Championship Tower Circus Blackpool Republic of Ireland  Patsy Fagan Wales  Doug Mountjoy 12–9 [5][6]
12-?? 12-??   ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham Wales  Doug Mountjoy England  Graham Miles 2–1 [7][8]
12-21   ENG NR Dry Blackthorn Cup Wembley Conference Centre London Republic of Ireland  Patsy Fagan Northern Ireland  Alex Higgins 4–2 [9][10]
02-02 02-04   NIR NR Irish Professional Championship Ulster Hall Belfast Northern Ireland  Alex Higgins Northern Ireland  Dennis Taylor 21–7 [11][12]
02-06 02-10   ENG NR The Masters New London Theatre London Northern Ireland  Alex Higgins Canada  Cliff Thorburn 7–5 [13][14]
03-08 03-10   IRL NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill England  John Spencer Wales  Doug Mountjoy 5–3 [15][16]
04-13 04-16   NIR NR Irish Professional Championship Ulster Hall Belfast Northern Ireland  Alex Higgins Republic of Ireland  Patsy Fagan 21–13 [11][17]
04-17 04-29   ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Wales  Ray Reardon South Africa  Perrie Mans 25–18 [18]
04-29 05-06   WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Wales  Ray Reardon England  John Spencer 7–2 [19][20][21]
06-10   NIR NR Golden Masters Queen's Hall Newtownards Wales  Doug Mountjoy Wales  Ray Reardon 4–2 [9]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings

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The top 16 of the world rankings.[22][23][24]

No. Ch. Name
1 Steady  Wales  Ray Reardon
2 Rise  England  John Spencer
3 Steady  Australia  Eddie Charlton
4 Rise  Northern Ireland  Dennis Taylor
5 Fall  Northern Ireland  Alex Higgins
6 Rise  Canada  Cliff Thorburn
7 Rise  England  John Pulman
8 Fall  England  Graham Miles
9 Fall  England  Fred Davis
10 Fall  South Africa  Perrie Mans
11 Fall  England  Rex Williams
12 Rise  England  David Taylor
13 Fall  Wales  Gary Owen
14 New entry  Wales  Doug Mountjoy
15 Fall  England  Jim Meadowcroft
16 Fall  England  John Dunning

Notes

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  1. ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Chris. "Canadian Open, Canadian Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ^ Turner, Chris. "Other National Professional Championships". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ^ Turner, Chris. "Welsh Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ^ Snooker Scene, September 1977, page 19
  5. ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  6. ^ Snooker Scene, November 1977, page 3
  7. ^ "Pot Black History". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
  8. ^ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  9. ^ a b Turner, Chris. "Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  10. ^ Snooker Scene, December 1977, page 20
  11. ^ a b Turner, Chris. "Irish Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  12. ^ Snooker Scene, March 1978, page 7
  13. ^ Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  14. ^ Snooker Scene, February 1978, page 25
  15. ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  16. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  17. ^ Snooker Scene, June 1978, page 23
  18. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  19. ^ "Pontin's Roll of Honour". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  20. ^ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  21. ^ Snooker Scene, March 1978, page 12
  22. ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  23. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  24. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.