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(s) 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]

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
1984 Jimmy van Rensberg Perrie Mans 10–7 1983/84
Knockout tournaments
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. 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.
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