1980 Pontins Camber Sands

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1980 Pontins Camber Sands

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|dates={{Start and end dates|1980|05|10|1980|05|17|df=y}}

|venue=Camber Sands Holiday Village

|location=Rye

|country=England

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share=£2,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Alex Higgins|NIR}} 111

|winner={{flagathlete|Alex Higgins|NIR}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Dennis Taylor|NIR}}

|score=9–7

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The 1980 Pontins Camber Sands Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in May 1980 in Rye, England.{{cite web|title=Brief History of the Pontins Open and Professional|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pontins.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228200841/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pontins.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|access-date=12 January 2018}}

Laid out similarly to the Pontins Professional championships, the tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 7 frames, the semi-final matches over the best of 9 frames, and the final over the best of 17 frames.

Alex Higgins won the event, beating Dennis Taylor 9–7 in the final after Taylor had taken a 5–0 lead. Higgins received £2,000 as winner, with Taylor taking £1,500 as runner-up.{{cite book|last=Layton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=147}}{{cite magazine |author=|title=Revenge win for Higgins |magazine=Snooker Scene |publisher=Everton's News Agency |location=Birmingham |date=July 1980 |page=10}}