South African Professional Championship

The South African Professional Championship was a professional snooker tournament which was open only for South African players.

South African Professional Championship
Tournament information
CountrySouth Africa
Established1948
FormatNon-ranking event
Final year1989
Final champion Perrie Mans

History

South Africa held a professional championship beginning in 1948. As with Australia it was originally held as a challenge match until 1984 (the only exception to this was 1979, when five players competed),[1] when the WPBSA offered a subsidy of £1,000 per man to any country holding a national professional championship. This subsidy ended in 1988/1989 after which date most national championships were discontinued, with Perrie Mans winning the final edition of the tournament.

Winners

[2][3]

Year Winner Runner-up Final score Venue Season
Challenge matches
1948–1950 Peter Mans various challenges n/a
1950–1965 Fred Van Rensburg various challenges
1965–1977 Perrie Mans various challenges
1978 Perrie Mans Silvino Francisco 9–5 1978/79
Knockout tournament
1979 Derek Mienie Jimmy van Rensberg 9–6 1979/80
Challenge matches
1980–1984 Perrie Mans various challenges n/a
Knockout tournaments
1984 Jimmy van Rensberg Perrie Mans 10–7 MOTHS Club, Johannesburg 1984/85
1986 Silvino Francisco Francois Ellis 9–1 Johannesburg 1986/87
1988 Francois Ellis Jimmy van Rensberg 9–4 Germiston 1987/88
1989 Perrie Mans Robbie Grace 8–5 Johannesburg 1988/89

References
  1. "1979 South African Professional Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. "South African Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  3. "New South African Champion". Snooker Scene. January 1985. p. 32.
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