Snooker tournament
South African Snooker Championship 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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