1981 Junior Pot Black

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Junior Pot Black 81

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|dates= April 1981 (Broadcast {{Start and end dates|1981|05|01|1981|06|19|df=y}})

|venue= Pebble Mill Studios

|location=Birmingham

|country=England

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|format=Non-Ranking event

|Total prize fund=

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|highest_break=???

|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Dean Reynolds

|runner_up={{flagicon|NZL}} Dene O'Kane

|score=151–79

|previous=first

|next=1982}}

The 1981 Junior Pot Black was the first staging of the junior snooker tournament which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 12 young players were competing in a qualifying round before 6 of the winners go on to the round-robin stage of 2 groups of three. The matches are one-frame shoot-outs and 2 frame aggregate scores in the final.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 18:55 on Friday 1 May 1981 {{cite web|title=BBC Television – 1 May 1981 – Junior Pot Black |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1981-05-01 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |accessdate=25 February 2017}} Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.

Notable players in the first championship include John Parrott, Neal Foulds and the two finalists Dean Reynolds and Dene O'Kane. Reynolds won the title 151–79 and soon turned professional afterwards.{{cite web|title=BBC Television – 19 June 1981 – Junior Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1981-06-13 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |accessdate=25 February 2017}}