| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10–17 May 1980 (1980-05-10 – 1980-05-17) |
| Venue | Camber Sands Holiday Village |
| City | Rye |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £2,000 |
| Highest break |  Alex Higgins (NIR) 111 |
| Final | |
| Champion | Alex Higgins (NIR) |
| Runner-up | Dennis Taylor (NIR) |
| Score | 9–7 |
The 1980 Pontins Camber Sands Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in May 1980 in Rye, England.
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.
Main draw
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 4 | |||||||||||||
 Bill Werbeniuk
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 5 | |||||||||||||
 Graham Miles
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| John Pulman
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 9 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 7 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 5 | |||||||||||||
 Doug Mountjoy
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens
| 1 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Revenge win for Higgins". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. July 1980. p. 10.
- "Brief History of the Pontins Open and Professional". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 147.