Merseyside Professional
| Tournament status | |||
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| Ranking tournament: | - | ||
| Minor ranking tournament: | - | ||
| Invitation tournament: | 1993-2004 (non-ranking) | ||
| Tournament dates of the last edition | |||
| Venue: | George Scott Snooker Club, Liverpool | ||
| Prize money (total): | unknown | ||
| Prize money (winner): | £ 1,500 | ||
| Frames in the final: | Best of 9 | ||
| Records | |||
| Most wins: |
 Stuart Bingham Anthony Bolsover Mark Davis Nick Dyson David Gray Dave Harold Michael Holt Rod Lawler Peter Lines Stephen Maguire Joe Perry Dean Reynolds (1 × each)
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The Merseyside Professional , also called Merseyside Professional Championship , was a professional snooker tournament held annually between 1993 and 2004 , which had the status of a so-called non-ranking tournament , i.e. a tournament without any influence on the world rankings. Over the years, the tournament has always been held in Liverpool on Merseyside , but there in a total of two venues. Since each of the tournament winners has only won once, there are a total of twelve record winners. Data on the highest break in tournament history are not available.
history
The tournament has been promoted over the years by Peter Williamson , himself a referee on the professional tour, and despite the low budget and the associated low prize money, it always had a large field of participants, which was primarily composed of players who were not necessarily among the world's best . The first edition of the tournament was held at the Liverpool Billiards & Snooker Club in Liverpool in 1993 and was sponsored by Burtonwood . The sixteen participants played out the winner in the knockout system ; the final finally contested Dave Harold and Tony Rampello . Harold secured the grand prize of £ 500 with a 5-3 win.
In 1994 the tournament took place at the same location, but had a new sponsor with JPO'Brien . In addition, due to the significantly increased number of participants, a round of the last 32 also had to be preceded by a first round . With Dean Reynolds and Jason Ferguson two players of the extended world elite reached the final; Reynolds prevailed 5-1 to win £ 700. A year later the sponsor changed again, this time Courage appeared as such. Despite the slightly lower number of participants, the mode was identical to that of the previous year. Last year's winner, Dean Reynolds, reached the final, but had to admit defeat to Rod Lawler , who won the first prize of £ 700.
In 1996, according to the information available, only eight players took part in the tournament, which this time was sponsored by Matthew Brown . David Gray and Paul Sweeny made it to the final, where Gray prevailed 5-2 and took first prize worth £ 1,150. This bonus remained in place until 2000. At least 33 players took part in the next year, with Matthew Brown again appearing as a sponsor. The final reached Anthony Bolsover and Paul Wykes ; Bolsover won in a tight final. The next edition was sponsored on the one hand by John Smith and on the other hand by Fosters . This time at least 53 players took part, of which Peter Lines and Welshman Lee Walker could move into the final. In this Walker had to admit defeat; Lines won 5: 4.
From 1999 John Smith sponsored the tournament alone. In addition, the tournament was held for the first time in the George Scott Snooker Club . This time 69 players took part, which was the first time that a round of the last 64 was played. In the end, Stuart Bingham was able to prevail and defeated his namesake Stuart Pettman in the final . Over the next year the first prize increased in value by £ 50 to £ 1,200. Michael Holt was the first to receive this award; he defeated the former winner Rod Lawler in the final. In 2001, as in the previous year, at least 64 players took part. This time Paul Davison and Nick Dyson made it to the finals, but the latter was victorious when he won 5-2.
However, only 16 participants have survived from 2002. From these, Mark Davis and Stephen Maguire were able to prevail as finalists . Davis won 5-2 for £ 1,500, a sum that was also paid out as a prize for the winner over the next two years. The next year, despite 32 known participants in the final, there was a new edition of the previous year's final, but this time Maguire was victorious with 5-1. The last edition of the tournament took place in 2004, when at least 64 players made their way to Liverpool for the last time. Joe Perry crowned himself the very last tournament winner with 5: 2 against Stephen Croft . The tournament was then discontinued.
winner
| year | venue | winner | Result | finalist | sponsor | season |
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| Merseyside Professional - Non-ranking tournament | ||||||
| 1993 | Liverpool - Liverpool Billiards & Snooker Club |
Dave Harold
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5: 3 |
Tony Rampello
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Burtonwood | 1993/94 |
| 1994 |
Dean Reynolds
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5: 1 |
Jason Ferguson
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JP O'Brien | 1994/95 | |
| 1995 |
Rod Lawler
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5: 4 |
Dean Reynolds
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courage | 1995/96 | |
| 1996 |
David Gray
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5: 2 |
Paul Sweeny
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Matthew Brown | 1996/97 | |
| 1997 |
Anthony Bolsover
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5: 4 |
Paul Wykes
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1997/98 | ||
| 1998 |
Peter Lines
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5: 4 |
 Lee Walker
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John Smith / Fosters | 1998/99 | |
| 1999 | Liverpool - George Scott Snooker Club |
Stuart Bingham
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5: 1 |
Stuart Pettman
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John Smith | 1999/2000 |
| 2000 |
Michael Holt
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5: 3 |
Rod Lawler
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2000/01 | ||
| 2001 |
Nick Dyson
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5: 2 |
Paul Davison
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2001/02 | ||
| 2002 |
Mark Davis
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5: 2 |
Stephen Maguire
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2002/03 | ||
| 2003 |
Stephen Maguire
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5: 1 |
Mark Davis
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2003/04 | ||
| 2004 |
Joe Perry
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5: 2 |
Stephen Croft
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2004/05 | ||
Web links
- Overview of the expenses at CueTracker
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Chris Turner: Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events - First held 1990-1999 *. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on June 7, 2020 (English).
- ^ Ron Florax: 1993 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 1994 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 1995 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 1996 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 1997 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 1998 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 1999 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 2000 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 2001 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 2002 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 2003 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 2004 Merseyside Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2020 .
