| Tournament Name: | 1977 Super Crystalate UK Championship |
| Venue: | Tower Circus |
| Location: | Blackpool |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Non-ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £7,000 |
| Winners Share: | £2,000 |
| Highest Break: | (129) |
| Score: | 12–9 |
| Next: | 1978 |
The 1977 UK Championship (officially 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 UK Championship was held in Blackpool, but the following year the tournament moved to the Guild Hall in Preston, where it remained for twenty years.[1]
The event was won by Patsy Fagan, a London-based Dubliner, who had been a professional for less than a year.[1] The final was televised and shown on BBC One's Grandstand programme.[3] Retired English snooker player Joe Davis presented Fagan with the trophy.[4]
Fagan earned £2,000 out of the £7,000 total prize money.
| Final: Best of 23 frames. Referee: John Williams Tower Circus, Blackpool, England, 2 and 3 December 1977. | |||
| Patsy Fagan | 12–9 | Doug Mountjoy | |
| First session: 57–21, 34–81, 48–47, 48–57, 40–68, 45–13, 68–31 (53), 64–57 Second session: 64–43 (57), 48–73, 52–79 (Fagan 52, Mountjoy 51), 38–73, 41–70, 98–0 (68), 58–57 Third session: 37–87, 34–72, 75–16 (53), 73–55 (52), 47–39, 80–28 (63) | |||
| 68 | Highest break | 51 | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 1 | |