British Junior Snooker Championship

The British Junior Snooker Championship was organised by the Billiards and Snooker Control Council (known as the Billiards Association and Control Council until 1971), usually as two age-restricted competitions. The under-19 competition was sometimes called the Junior Championship, and the under-16 competition was sometimes called the Boys' Championship. ^{[1] [2]}

The BACC had established the British Junior English Billiards Championship in 1922. ^[3] In 1944, a group of snooker followers in Scunthorpe organised an under-16 snooker championship, which ran annually until 1949, when the venue moved to Burroughes and Watts, London. ^[3] Burroughes and Watts ceased trading in 1966, and there were no junior championships in 1967. Journalist Clive Everton was responsible for the revival of the championship in 1968, at Oldbury, West Midlands. ^[4] From 1975, the BACC again assumed responsibility. ^[4]

For 1992, the under-16 and under-19 tournaments were replaced with a single under-18 event. ^[5] The B&SCC had gone into voluntary liquidation during the 1991–92 snooker season, and that year's tournaments were staged with the support of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. ^{[6] [7]}

Under-16

Under-16 Champions

Year	Winner	score	Runner-up	Ref.
1944	Gary Owen  (WAL)	4–3	Percy Hinton (ENG)	[8]
1945	Ronald Baker (WAL)	4–1	Christopher Gannon (ENG)	[9]
1946	David Thomas (WAL)	4–3	Dennis Smith (ENG)	[10]
1947	Maurice Knapp (ENG)	4–1	Ralph Whitehead (ENG)	[11]
1948	Rex Williams  (ENG)	4–1	Gordon Hobbs (ENG)	[12]
1949 (Scunthorpe)	Rex Williams  (ENG)	3–1	L. Shearp (ENG)	[13]
1949 (London)	Derek Lewis (WAL)	3–0	Ivor Cheetham (ENG)	[14]
1950	Marcus Owen  (WAL)	3–0	Derek Williams (WAL)	[15]
1951	Marcus Owen  (WAL)	3–0	Emlyn Parry (WAL)	[16]
1952	Mark Wildman  (ENG)	3–0	Dennis Breeze (ENG)	[17]
1953	J. Board (ENG)	3–1	K. Preston (ENG)	[18]
1954	D. Bond (ENG)	3–2	B. Allen (ENG)	[19]
1955	Peter Shelley (ENG)	3–1	Peter Ferrari (ENG)	[20]
1956	Anthony Hart (ENG)	3–1	David Bond (ENG)	[21]
1957	Peter Shelley (ENG)	3–1	Anthony Orchard (WAL)	[22]
1958	David Bend (ENG)	3–0	David Trevelyan (ENG)	[23]
1959	Jim Doyle (IRE)	3–1	Peter Cox (ENG)	[24]
1960	Norwood Cripps (ENG)	3–1	Anthony Matthews (ENG)	[25]
1961	John Pritty (ENG)	3–1	Victor Atkinson (ENG)	[26]
1962	John Virgo  (ENG)	3–1	Anthony Grant (ENG)	[27]
1963	John Hollis (ENG)	3–0	Terence McCarver (ENG)	[28]
1964	David Clinton (ENG)	3–0	John Hollis (ENG)	[29]
1965	J. Maugham (ENG)	3–0	P. Demaine (ENG)	[30]
1966	John Terry (WAL)	3–1	Ron Reardon (WAL)	[31]
1967	Not held			[3]
1968	Edward Stone (ENG)	3–2	Alan Vincent (ENG)	[32]
1969	Philip Hughes (WAL)	3–2	Willie Thorne  (ENG)	[33]
1970	Willie Thorne  (ENG)	3–2	Roger Mays (ENG)	[34]
1971	John Mills (WAL)	3–1	Robert Dean (ENG)	[35]
1972	John Mills (WAL)	3–1	Trevor Wells (ENG)	[36]
1973	Peter Bardsley (ENG)	3–2	Kerry Jones (WAL)	[37]
1974	Stephen Holroyd (ENG)	3–0	D. Batty (ENG)	[38]
1975	Mike Hallett  (ENG)	3–1	Paul Hargreaves (ENG)	[39]
1976	Wayne Jones  (WAL)	3–0	David Bonney (ENG)	[40]
1977	Jimmy White  (ENG)	3–2	David Bonney (ENG)	[41]
1978	Danny Adds (ENG)	3–1	Mike Jackson (ENG)	[42]
1979	Tony Pyle (ENG)	3–2	John Parrott  (ENG)	[43]
1980	Terry Whitthread  (ENG)	3–1	John Parrott  (ENG)	[44]
1981	Chris Hamson (ENG)	3–1	Steve Ventham (ENG)	[45]
1982	Steve Ventham (ENG)	3–1	Colin Thomas (ENG)	[46]
1983	Stephen Hendry  (SCO)	3–0	Nick Pearce  (ENG)	[47]
1984	Brian Morgan  (ENG)	3–2	Anthony Harris (ENG)	[48]
1985	Barrie Bunn (ENG)	3–1	Mike Russell  (ENG)	[49]
1986	David Grimwood (ENG)	3–0	Darren Clarke (ENG)	[50]
1987	Jamie Woodman (ENG)	3–0	Mark Peevers (ENG)	[51]
1988	David Grimwood (ENG)	3–1	John Lardner (SCO)	[52]
1989	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	3–1	Andy Hicks  (ENG)	[53]
1990	Stephen Lee  (ENG)	3–0	Matthew Paffett (ENG)	[54]
1991	Mark Williams  (WAL)	4–0	John Higgins  (SCO)	[55]

Under-19

Under-19 Champions

Year	Winner	score	Runner-up	Ref.
1949	Allen Kemp (WAL)	3–1	Leighton Watts (WAL)	[56]
1950	Jack Carney (WAL)	3–2	Ray Reardon  (WAL)	[57]
1951	Rex Williams  (ENG)	3–2	Cliff Wilson  (WAL)	[58]
1952	Cliff Wilson  (WAL)	3–2	Marcus Owen  (WAL)	[59]
1953	Cliff Wilson  (WAL)	4–2	Marcus Owen  (WAL)	[60]
1954	Mark Wildman  (ENG)	4–2	Emlyn Parry (WAL)	[61]
1955	W. McGivern (SCO)	5–0	Mark Wildman  (ENG)	[62]
1956	Eddie Sinclair  (SCO)	5–0	Alex Hope (SCO)	[63]
1957	Henry Burns (ENG)	4–0	George Wright (ENG)	[64]
1958	Wally West (ENG)	4–2	David Bond (ENG)	[65]
1959	David Roots (ENG)	4–3	David Bend (ENG)	[66]
1960	David Bend (ENG)	4–3	Ian Rees (WAL)	[67]
1961	Ian Rees (WAL)	4–0	Terence Clarke (ENG)	[68]
1962	Anthony Matthews (ENG)	4–1	T. Collinson (ENG)	[69]
1963	Anthony Matthews (ENG)	4–3	Alan Stringer (ENG)	[70]
1964	J. Fisher (ENG)	4–0	R. Dolbear (ENG)	[71]
1965	John Virgo  (ENG)	4–3	John Hollis (ENG)	[72]
1966	John Hollis (ENG)	4–0	M. Colleran (ENG)	[73]
1967	Not held			[3]
1968	John Maughan (ENG)	4–0	David Clinton (ENG)	[74]
1969	John Terry (WAL)	4–2	Jeffrey Peacock (ENG)	[75]
1970	John Terry (WAL)	4–2	William Blake (ENG)	[76]
1971	Joe Johnson  (ENG)	3–0	George Crimes (ENG)	[77]
1972	Tony Knowles  (ENG)	3–0	Matt Gibson  (SCO)	[78]
1973	Willie Thorne  (ENG)	3–0	Peter Edworthy (ENG)	[79]
1974	Tony Knowles  (ENG)	4–1	Paul Smith (ENG)	[80]
1975	Eugene Hughes  (IRE)	4–1	Peter Bain (ENG)	[81]
1976	Ian Williamson  (ENG)	3–0	Phillip Death (WAL)	[82]
1977	Ian Williamson  (ENG)	3–0	Wayne Jones  (WAL)	[41]
1978	Tony Meo  (ENG)	3–1	Ian Williamson  (ENG)	[42]
1979	Joe O'Boye  (IRL)	3–0	Dave Gilbert  (ENG)	[83]
1980	Tommy Murphy  (NIR)	3–1	Keith Hayward (ENG)	[84]
1981	Dean Reynolds  (ENG)	3–1	Tommy Murphy  (NIR)	[85]
1982	Neal Foulds  (ENG)	3–2	John Parrott  (ENG)	[86]
1983	Mark Thompson (ENG)	3–1	Brian Rowsell (ENG)	[47]
1984	Martin Clark  (ENG)	3–1	Brian Rowsell (ENG)	[48]
1985	Wayne Rendle (ENG)	3–2	Mark Cadenhead (SCO)	[49]
1986	Barry Pinches  (ENG)	3–0	James Wattana  (THA)	[50]
1987	Mark Johnston-Allen  (ENG)	3–2	Andrew Henry (SCO)	[87]
1988	Joe Swail  (NIR)	3–0	Anton Bishop (ENG)	[52]
1989	Paul McPhillips (SCO)	3–0	Kevin Young (ENG)	[88]
1990	Rod Lawler  (ENG)	3–0	Lee Richardson (ENG)	[54]
1991	Andy Hicks  (ENG)	4–3	Bradley Jones (ENG)	[89]

Under-18

Under-18 Champion

Year	Winner	score	Runner-up	Ref.
1992	Stephen Lee  (ENG)	4–2	Paul Hunter  (ENG)	[5]

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Books

• Everton, Clive (2012). A History of Billiards. Malmesbury: englishbilliards.org. ISBN   978-0-9564054-5-6.
• Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker (Revised ed.). Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN   978-0-600-55604-6.