South African Amateur Championship (snooker)

The South African Snooker Championship is the South African amateur snooker tournament that has been held since 1937 under the S.A. Billiard Control Council. From 1950 to 1993 it was held under the S.A. Billiards And Snooker Association. Jimmy van Rensberg won the title a record 12 times.

South African Snooker Championship
Tournament information
CountrySouth Africa
Established1937
Organisation(s)Snooker and Billiards South Africa

The amalgamation of the white S.A. Billiards And Snooker Association and the non-white S.A. Billiards And Snooker Control Board happened in 1994 under the new governing body - Snooker and Billiards South Africa. This finally allowed for a unified national champion - Hitesh Naran.[citation needed]

Winners

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Year Winner S.A. Billiard Control Council[1][2] Runner-up[1]
1937 Allan Prior
1938 A H Ashby
1939 Allan Prior
1940-1945 Not held due to World War II
1946 F Walker
1947 Not held
1948 F Walker
1949 E Kerr
Year Winner S.A. Billiards And Snooker Association[1][2] Runner-up[1]
1950 Tom "Taffy" Rees
1951 Tom "Taffy" Rees
1952 Tom "Taffy" Rees
1953 Jimmy van Rensberg Round robin
1954 Jimmy van Rensberg
1955 Jimmy van Rensberg
1956 F Walker
1957 Jimmy van Rensberg
1958 R Walker
1959 Manuel Francisco
1960 Perrie Mans
1961 Jimmy van Rensberg
1962 Jimmy van Rensberg
1963 Jimmy van Rensberg
1964 Manuel Francisco (7-3) Jimmy van Rensberg
1965 Manuel Francisco
1966 Manuel Francisco
1967 Jimmy van Rensberg (4-0) Silvino Francisco
1968 Silvino Francisco
1969 Silvino Francisco
1970 Silvino Francisco (7-4) Jimmy van Rensberg
1971 Manuel Francisco (7-2) Jimmy van Rensberg
1972 Jimmy van Rensberg (7-5) Mike Hines
1973 Jimmy van Rensberg
1974[3] Silvino Francisco (7-0) Mike Hines
1975 Manuel Francisco
1976 Not held
1977 Silvino Francisco Ayoob Majiet
1978 Jimmy van Rensberg
1979 Francois Ellis
1980 Francois Ellis
1981 Peter Francisco L Seranke
1982 Peter Francisco S Davids
1983 Peter Francisco Ayoub Majiet
1984 N van Niekerk
1985 P Small-Shaw
1986 Schalk Mouton
1987 B Jones
1988 Terry Reilly
1989 Schalk Mouton
1990 B Smith
1991 Zbynek Vaic
1992 D Lomas
1993 B Jones
Year Winner S.A. Billiards And Snooker Control Board Runner-up[1]
1977 Ayoob Majiet
1978 F. Abdie
1979 Ayoob Majiet
1980 Ayoob Majiet
1981 L. Seranke
1982 S. Davids
1983 Ayoob Majiet
1984 Ayoob Majiet
1985 Ayoob Majiet
1986 Ayoob Majiet
1987 F. Haupt
1988 F. Haupt
1989 Hitesh Naran
1990 Hitesh Naran
1991 N. Mehta
1992 Hitesh Naran
1993 Hitesh Naran
Year Winner Unified[1][2] Runner-up[1]
1994 Hitesh Naran
1995 Warren Horsley
1996 Hitesh Naran
1997 Robbie Grace
1998 Peter Francisco
1999 Peter Francisco
2000 Peter Francisco
2001 Warren Horsley (7-3) Gary Wadely
2002 Warren Horsley (7-5) Francois Ellis
2003 Tauriq Samsodien (7-4) Jonathan Godden
2004 Warren Horsley (7-4) Abdul Allie
2005 Ricky Tregonning (7-5) David Anderson
2006 Warren Horsley
2007 Peter Francisco
2008 Warren Horsley
2009 Warren Horsley (7-1) Faariz Khan
2010[4] Tauriq Samsodien
2012[5] Kiashan Moodley (7-4) Peter Francisco
2013[6][7] Fahkrie Gierdien (7-1) Mutalieb Allie
2014 Fahkrie Gierdien (7-2) Kiashan Moodley
2015 Faaris Kahn
2016[8] Peter Francisco (7-6) Faaris Kahn
2017 Richard Halliday (7-3) Kiashan Moodley
2018[9] Mutalieb Allie (7-3) Tariq Samsodien
2019[10] David Anderson (6-4) Fakhrie Gierdien
2020 Not played
2021 Kiashan Moodley Tauriq Samsodien
2022 Charl Jonck (7-2) Kiashan Moodley
2023 Charl Jonck

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "South African Snooker Championship Roll of Honour" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b c Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987-88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. p. 318. ISBN 0356146901.
  3. ^ Everton, Clive (26 September 1974). "Irish true to rules". The Guardian. London. p. 29.
  4. ^ "South African Snooker Championships 2010" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "South African Snooker Championships 2012". Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "South African Snooker Championships 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ^ Stead, Marcus. "Tournament winners". Snooker Scene. No. July 2013. Everton's News Agency. p. 33.
  8. ^ Stead, Marcus. "Tournament winners". Snooker Scene. No. August 2016. Everton's News Agency. p. 27.
  9. ^ "Allie wins SPAR SA snooker championship". SPAR. 16 June 2018. Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Anderson's South African Title Triumph". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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