British Professional Championship

British Professional Championship
Tournament information
Venue	Fiesta Club Stockton-on-Tees (1981), Gaskins Plus One club Middlesbrough (1982), Coatham Bowl Redcar (1983-88)
Country	Great Britain
Established	1981
Organisation(s)	BDO Major (8 editions)
Format	Sets
Final Year	1988
Final champion(s)
Jocky Wilson

The Unipart British Professional Championship ^[1] was a darts tournament organised by the World Darts Federation and televised by the BBC between 1981 and 1988. After the 1988 championships, the BBC withdrew their coverage of the event and it left UK terrestrial television with only one televised tournament - the World Championships. The game was at an all-time low and players eventually went on to set up the World Darts Council in an attempt to bring back sponsors and television.

Jocky Wilson won the title a record four times - John Lowe also reached four finals but lost them all.

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Total Prize Money	Champion	Runner-Up
1981	Jocky Wilson	6-5	John Lowe	?	?	?
1982	Eric Bristow	7-3	John Lowe	£26,000	£7,000	£3,500
1983	Jocky Wilson	7-2	Dave Whitcombe	?	?	?
1984	Mike Gregory	7-4	John Lowe	£29,600	£4,000	£2,000
1985	Eric Bristow	7-4	John Lowe	£34,000	£9,000	£4,500
1986	Jocky Wilson	7-6	Dave Whitcombe	£35,800	£10,000	£4,500
1987	Keith Deller	7-5	Leighton Rees	£38,200	£10,000	£5,000
1988	Jocky Wilson	7-2	Ray Battye	£39,700	£11,000	£5,500

References

1. Waddell, Sid. "Bellies and Bullseyes: The Outrageous True Story of Darts". https://books.google.ae. Random House, 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2016. External link in |website= (help)

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