1980 Canadian Professional Championship Explained

Tournament Name:	Canadian Professional Championship
Venue:	Masonic Temple
Location:	Toronto
Country:	Canada
Format:	Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	$15,000
Winners Share:	$4,500
Highest Break:	(131)
Winner:	Cliff Thorburn
Runner Up:	Jim Wych
Score:	9–6
Next:	1983

The 1980 Canadian Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 18 and 22 March 1980 at the Masonic Temple in Toronto, Canada.^{[1] [2]}

Cliff Thorburn won the title beating Jim Wych 9–6 in the final.^[3]

Main draw

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Century breaks

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• 131, 130, 112 Cliff Thorburn
• 119 Kevin Robitaille
• 114 John Bear

Notes and References

1. Web site: Other National Professional Championship. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120107161810/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/natpro.html. 16 February 2018. 2012-01-07.
2. News: Nine top stars to play snooker in pro tourney . The Globe and Mail . Toronto . 17 March 1980 . S5.
3. Book: Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. 147.
4. Web site: 1980 Canadian Professional Championship Results Grid. Snooker Database. 16 February 2018. 17 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082434/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=618. dead.
5. Duncan. Graham. Canadian Pro Snooker Champ: Cliff Thorburn. National Billiard News. 26. May 1980.