1987 Carling Challenge Explained

Tournament Name:Carling Challenge
Venue:RTÉ Studios
Location:Dublin
Country:Ireland
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£35,000
Winners Share:£12,500
Highest Break: (140)[1]
Score:8–5
Previous:1986
Next:1988

The 1987 Carling Challenge was a non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 14 and 16 September 1987.[2] [3] The tournament featured four professional players and was filmed in RTÉ Studios, Dublin, for broadcast on RTÉ.[4] [5] [6]

Dennis Taylor won the tournament for the second consecutive season defeating Joe Johnson 8–5.__TOC__

Main draw

Results are shown below.

Notes and References

  1. News: Taylor keeps his crown . South China Morning Post . 18 September 1987 . 35.
  2. News: Brennock . Mark . Snooker champions must change over to Carling . The Irish Times . 8 September 1987 . 6.
  3. News: Rest of the News in Sport. 21 June 1987. The Sunday Telegraph. 28 October 2022. 47. Gale Primary Sources. subscription.
  4. Web site: Carlsberg Challenge, Carling Challenge, Fosters Professional. https://web.archive.org/web/20120107151601/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carlsberg.html. dead. 7 January 2012. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 6 February 2018.
  5. Book: Hale, Janice . 1987 . Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88 . Aylesbury . Queen Anne Press . 0356146901 . 202 .
  6. Book: Morrison, Ian . 1989 . Snooker: records, facts and champions . Guinness Superlatives Ltd . Enfield . 9780851123646 . 107.

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