1979 Forward Chemicals Tournament

The 1979 Forward Chemicals Tournament was a non-ranking snooker tournament held on one occasion between October 1978 and January 1979.

Forward Chemicals Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	23 October 1978 – 28 January 1979 (1978-10-23 – 1979-01-28)
Venue	Royal Exchange Theatre
City	Manchester
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£3,000
Final
Champion	Ray Reardon
Runner-up	John Spencer
Score	9–6

Similar in format to previous Park Drive 2000 events, four professionals played each other three times in a round-robin format at various venues around the country, with the two best performing players reaching the final. Held at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, Ray Reardon defeated John Spencer 9–6 in the final.^[1]

Main draw

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Round-robin

Player 1	Score	Player 2
Alex Higgins	5–3	John Spencer
Alex Higgins	5–3	Ray Reardon
Alex Higgins	5–4	Doug Mountjoy
Doug Mountjoy	5–1	John Spencer
Doug Mountjoy	5–2	John Spencer
Doug Mountjoy	5–3	Alex Higgins
Doug Mountjoy	5–3	Alex Higgins
Ray Reardon	5–0	Doug Mountjoy
Ray Reardon	5–1	Doug Mountjoy
Ray Reardon	5–2	Doug Mountjoy
Ray Reardon	5–3	John Spencer
Ray Reardon	5–3	Alex Higgins
Ray Reardon	5–3	Alex Higgins
John Spencer	5–0	Alex Higgins
John Spencer	5–3	Ray Reardon
John Spencer	5–3	Alex Higgins
John Spencer	5–4	Ray Reardon
John Spencer	5–4	Doug Mountjoy

Knockout stage

	Final Best of 17 frames
	1	Ray Reardon	9
	2	John Spencer	6