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
Country	South Africa
Established	1948
Format	Non-ranking event
Final year	1989
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.^{[citation needed]}

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.