1989 Scottish Professional Championship

The 1989 Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place in February 1989 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1989 Scottish Professional Championship
Tournament information
Dates1–19 February 1989 (1989-02-01 1989-02-19)
VenueMarco's Leisure Centre
CityEdinburgh
CountryScotland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Total prize fund£6,000
Winner's share£2,000
Highest breakJohn Rea (147)
Final
ChampionScotland John Rea
Runner-upScotland Murdo MacLeod
Score9–7
1988
2011

The tournament featured eight exclusively Scottish professional players. The quarter-final and semi-final matches were contested over the best of 9 frames, and the final as best of seventeen. Defending champion Stephen Hendry did not enter; his manager Ian Doyle said that this was because Hendry was "in a different class" to the other Scottish professional players.[1]

The 1989 tournament was the last for twenty-two years, before its revival in 2011.

John Rea won the event, beating Murdo MacLeod 9–7 in the final. In his earlier match against Ian Black, Rea compiled a 147 maximum break.[1] It was the first maximum break achieved in a tournament in Scotland,[2] and was also his first competitive century break. The title was the first, and only, of Rea's career.

Main draw

[1]

Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
Scotland Murdo MacLeod 5
Scotland Eddie McLaughlin 0 Scotland Murdo MacLeod 5
Scotland Matt Gibson 5 Scotland Matt Gibson 1
Scotland Eddie Sinclair 4 Scotland Murdo MacLeod 7
Scotland John Rea 5 Scotland John Rea 9
Scotland Ian Black 3 Scotland John Rea 5
Scotland Jim Donnelly 5 Scotland Jim Donnelly 1
Scotland Bert Demarco 1

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames.
Marco's Leisure Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 19 February 1989.
John Rea
 Scotland
9–7 Murdo MacLeod
 Scotland
19–88(59), 68–41, 74–44, 61–53, 41–69, 28–69(50), 1–73, 73–7, 75(74)–28, 69–21, 18–79, 65–43, 42–73, 59–62(55), 62–31, 71–61
74 Highest break 59
0 Century breaks 0
1 50+ breaks 3

Century breaks

References

  1. Morrison, John (April 1989). "Maximum break, minimum prize for John Rea". Snooker Scene. p. 7.
  2. "No prize for Rea's maximum effort". The Glasgow Herald. 18 February 1989. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
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