1983 Irish Professional Championship Explained

Tournament Name:	Irish Professional Championship
Venue:	Maysfield Leisure Centre
Location:	Belfast
Country:	Northern Ireland
Format:	Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£16,000^[1]
Winners Share:	£6,000^[2]
Highest Break:	(132)^[3]
Winner:	Alex Higgins
Runner Up:	Dennis Taylor
Score:	16–11
Previous:	1982
Next:	1985

The 1983 Smithwicks Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 9 and 13 March 1983.^[4] The tournament was played at the Maysfield Leisure Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and featured eight professional players.^[5]

Alex Higgins won the title beating Dennis Taylor 16–11 in the final.^[6]

Main draw

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Notes and References

1. News: £16,000 Irish title is the richest pot. subscription. Belfast Telegraph. 2 November 1982. 20.
2. News: Higgins trails . Sunday Sun . Newcastle . 13 March 1983 . 44.
3. Web site: 2005 Irish Professional Championship. Global Snooker Centre. 20 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20090108045819/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2005-6/2005%20IRISH_PRO_CHAMPS.htm. 8 January 2009.
4. News: Taylor in protest . The Guardian . London . 23 February 1983 . 26.
5. Web site: Irish Professional Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155813/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishpro.html. dead. 16 February 2012. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 8 February 2018.
6. Book: Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. 149.
7. Web site: 1983 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid. Snooker Database. 8 February 2018.