Tournament Name: | 1976 Pontins Professional |
Venue: | Pontin's |
Location: | Prestatyn |
Country: | Wales |
Organisation: | WPBSA |
Format: | Non-Ranking event |
Winners Share: | £1,000[1] |
Highest Break: | (123) |
Winner: | Ray Reardon |
Runner Up: | Fred Davis |
Score: | 10–9 |
Previous: | 1975 |
Next: | 1977 |
The 1976 Pontins Professional was the third edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place between 1 and 8 May 1976 in Prestatyn, Wales.[2] [3]
The tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final and semi-final matches were contested over the best of 13 frames, and the final was the best of 19 frames.
Ray Reardon won the event for the third time in a row, beating Fred Davis 10–9 in the final.[4] He also made the highest break of the tournament, 123, in the seventh frame of the final.[5]