South African Amateur Championship (snooker)

South African Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Country	South Africa
Established	1937
Organisation(s)	Snooker and Billiards South Africa

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.

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

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

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

External links

Official website

[Roll_of_Honour-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "South African Snooker Championship Roll of Honour" (PDF).^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[87HALE-2] 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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