| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Spring 1983 (Broadcast 5–21 July 1983 (1983-07-05 –1983-07-21)) |
| Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
| City | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £250 |
| Highest break |  Aaron Jarman,Steve Ventham (65)? |
| Final | |
| Champion | Aaron Jarman |
| Runner-up | Steve Ventham |
| Score | 2-0 |
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The1983 Junior Pot Black was the third staging of the junior snooker tournament and last of the original run which was held in thePebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 8 young players were competing in a knockout format. The matches are one-frameshoot-outs and a 2 frame aggregate score in the final.
Broadcasts were twice weekly onBBC2 except the final which was on three times and the series started at 18:30 on Tuesday 5 July 1983.[1]Alan Weeks presented the programme withTed Lowe as commentator and withJohn Williams unavailable,Vic Bartlam took the role as referee.[citation needed]
The only players from the last series competing this year were the runner-upJohn Keers and semi-finalistSteve Ventham. Among the new players for this series was 14 year oldStephen Hendry who was making his television debut and Aaron Jarman who was the recent all London champion and was tipped to win the event. Stephen Hendry beatNicolas Pearce in the first match before losing to Ventham in the semi Final[2]
| Quarter-finals 5-6, 12–13 July 1983 | Semi-finals 19 and 20 July 1983 | Final 21 July 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Mark Thompson | 1 | |||||||||||||
| John Keers | 0 | Mark Thompson | 0 | |||||||||||
| Aaron Jarman | 1 | Aaron Jarman | 1 | |||||||||||
| Brian Rowswell | 0 | Aaron Jarman | 2 | |||||||||||
 Stephen Hendry | 1 | Steve Ventham | ||||||||||||
| Nick Pearce | 0 | Stephen Hendry | 0 | |||||||||||
| Steve Ventham | 1 | Steve Ventham | 1 | |||||||||||
| Chris Hamson | 0 | |||||||||||||