1986 South African Professional Championship

South African Professional ChampionshipTournament information

Dates| August 1986
Venue| Summit Club
City| Johannesburg
Country| South Africa
Organisation| WPBSA
Format| Non-ranking event
Total prize fund| R50,000 and £8,000
Winner's share| R7,000 and £2,500
Final
Champion|  Silvino Francisco
Runner-up|  Francois Ellis
Score| 9–1

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Snooker tournament

The 1986 South African Professional Championship was a non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in August 1986 at the Summit Club, Johannesburg. The tournament featured eleven South African players.[1][2]

Silvino Francisco won his first national title with a 9–1 victory over Francois Ellis in the final.[2]

The tournament was sponsored by the South African insurance company Colonial Mutual, which provided R50,000 in prize money. Francisco received R7,000 of this as winner.[2] Additionally, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) funded £8,000 in prize money through its national championship subsidy, a scheme which provided £1,000 per entrant. Three of the eleven entrants (Blignaut, Amdor and Johnston) were recognised as professionals only in South Africa and not by the WPBSA. Francisco received £2,500 as winner.[2]

## Main draw[edit]

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| Round 1
Best of 11 Frames | | | Quarter-finals
Best of 13 Frames | | | Semi-finals
Best of 15 Frames | | | Final
Best of 17 Frames |

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| | | |  Silvino Francisco | 7 | | |
| | | |  Gary Johnston | 0 |
| | | | | | |  Silvino Francisco | 8 |
| | | | | |  Peter Francisco | 3 |
| | | |  Peter Francisco | 7 | | | |
|  Peter Francisco | 6 | | |  Robbie Grace | 1 |
|  Victor Blignaut | 3 | | | |  Silvino Francisco | 9 |
| | | | | | |  Francois Ellis | 1 |
| | | |  Francois Ellis | 7 | | | |
|  Francois Ellis | 6 | | |  Perrie Mans | 6 |
|  Roy Amdor | 2 | | | | | |  Francois Ellis | 8 |
| | | | | |  Jimmy van Rensberg | 2 |
| | | |  Jimmy van Rensberg | 7 | |
|  Derek Mienie | 6 | | |  Derek Mienie | 1 |
|  Mike Hines | 5 | |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1986 South African Professional Championship Results". snookerdatabase.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
2. ^ a b c d "Thorburn wins Canadian title … and Francisco takes South African". Snooker Scene. No. September 1986. Everton's News Agency. pp. 14–15.
3. ^ Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 154.

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* International Open
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* English Professional Championship
* Welsh Professional Championship
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