WPBSA Pro Ticket Series

The WPBSA Pro Ticket Series was a qualifying tournament for the Snooker Main Tour held between 1985 and 1989 . It consisted of two to four tournaments annually, with the respective winners receiving a place on the Main Tour season that began two years later.

history

The WPBSA Pro Ticket Series was held for the first time in 1985. The first tournament with 127 participants was held in May, the winner was David Roe , who beat Jon Wright 5: 4 in the final . In the second event, Wright beat Roe 5-1. In the same year the next series of editions started, this time with four tournaments. The number of participants fluctuated between 32 and 36 players. The first tournament was won by Anthony Harris 5-1 against Tony Putnam in an all-English final , and only one non-English competitor was in the final throughout the year. This was the winner of the second tournament, Terry Parsons , who defeated Robert Marshall 5-2 in the final . The final of the third tournament also ended with 5: 2, this time Martin Clark won over Paul Cavney . The fourth tournament ended even more clearly, with Gary Wilkinson defeating Jim Chambers 5-1 in the final .

For the 1988/89 season four tournaments were also held, this time with 32-64 participants. Among the 35 participants in the first tournament, Tony Wilson prevailed in the final with 5: 4 against Craig Edwards . The second event was won by Englishman Nick Terry , who defeated Darren Morgan 5-3 in the final . The third event of the year was won by Steve Ventham , who defeated Steve Campbell in an all-English final . Tournament No. 4 was also won by Nick Terry with a 5-4 victory over Mark Johnston-Allen

In the following year the number of participants was reduced to 32 and three tournaments were held. In the first tournament, Irishman Stephen Murphy won 5-3 against James Wattana from Thailand . It should remain the first of two final games without English participation, the second followed directly in the next event, when Wattana defeated the Scots Duncan Campbell 5-1. The third event was won by Jason Ferguson 5-2 against Jonathan Birch in an all-English final .

In 1989 three tournaments were held again, two of them with 32 participants, the last with 64 participants. In the first tournament, Jeff Cundy won 5-3 over Northern Irishman Jason Prince , in the second, Ken Doherty beat Alan Trigg with the same result . In the third event, Jonathan Birch, who had already been in the final a year earlier, won the Decider over Drew Henry .

It was to be the last edition of the tournament. Since the Main Tour was opened to all players at the beginning of the 1991/92 season, the qualifying tournaments became superfluous, so the tournament was abolished.

winner

season	date	place	Attendees	competition	winner	Result	finalist
1986/87	May 1985	England Pontins , Brean Sands	127	Event 1	England David Roe	5: 4	England Jon Wright
1986/87	June 1985	England Pontins , Brean Sands	128	Event 2	England Jon Wright	5: 1	England David Roe
1987/88	November 1985	Wales Pontins , Prestatyn	33	Event 1	England Anthony Harris	5: 1	England Tony Putnam
	November 1985	Wales Butlins , Barry Island	32	Event 2	Wales Terry Parsons	5: 2	England Robert Marshall
	May 1986	Wales Butlins , Barry Island	36	Event 3	England Martin Clark	5: 2	England Paul Cavney
	May / June 1986	England Pontins , Brean Sands	32	Event 4	England Gary Wilkinson	5: 1	England Jim Chambers
1988/89	October 1986	Wales Pontins , Prestatyn	35	Event 1	Isle of Man Tony Wilson	5: 4	England Craig Edwards
	May 1987	England Warners , Puckpool , Isle of Wight	32	Event 2	England Nick Terry	5: 3	Wales Darren Morgan
	May / June 1987	England Pontins , Brean Sands	32	Event 3	England Steve Ventham	5: 4	England Steve Campbell
	September 1987	Wales Pontins , Prestatyn	64	Event 4	England Nick Terry	5: 4	England Mark Johnston-Allen
1989/90	May 14-21, 1988	England Warners , Puckpool , Isle of Wight	32	Event 1	Ireland Stephen Murphy	5: 3	Thailand James Wattana
	June 4-11, 1988	England Pontins , Brean Sands		Event 2	Thailand James Wattana	5: 1	Scotland Duncan Campbell
	October 1-8, 1988	Wales Pontins , Prestatyn		Event 3	England Jason Ferguson	5: 2	England Jonathan Birch
1990/91	May 1989	England Warners , Puckpool , Isle of Wight	32	Event 1	England Jeff Cundy	5: 3	Northern Ireland Jason Prince
	June 1989	England Pontins , Camber Sands	32	Event 2	Ireland Ken Doherty	5: 3	England Alan Trigg
	October 1989	England Pontins , Brean Sands	64	Event 3	England Jonathan Birch	5: 4	Scotland Drew Henry