1986 Canadian Professional Championship

The 1986 Canadian Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in August 1986 at Snooker Centre, Toronto, Canada.[1][2]

Canadian Professional Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 1986
VenueSnooker Centre
CityToronto
CountryCanada
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£13,000
Winner's share£2,900
Highest break129 (Jim Wych)
Final
Champion Cliff Thorburn
Runner-up Jim Wych
Score6–2
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1987 →

Cliff Thorburn won the title for the third year in a row, and fourth overall, by beating Jim Wych 6–2 in the final.[3] Wych compiled the highest break of the tournament, 129, in his quarter-final match against Bernie Mikkelsen.[2]

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association funded £13,000 in prize money through its national championship subsidy, a scheme which provided £1,000 per entrant. Thorburn received £2,900 as winner.[2]

Main draw

[4][2][5]

First round
Best of 11 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 11 frames
Cliff Thorburn 6
Gerry Watson 6 Gerry Watson 1
Joe Cagianello 3 Cliff Thorburn 6
Frank Jonik 6 Frank Jonik 3
Gino Rigitano 1 Frank Jonik 6
Bob Chaperon 6 Bob Chaperon 3
Jim Bear 3 Cliff Thorburn 6
Jim Wych 2
Jim Wych 6
Bernie Mikkelsen 6 Bernie Mikkelsen 3
Wayne Sanderson 1 Jim Wych 6
Kirk Stevens 2
Kirk Stevens 6
Paul Thornley 6 Paul Thornley 2
Mario Morra 4

References
  1. "Other National Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. "Thorburn wins Canadian title … and Francisco takes South African". Snooker Scene. No. September 1986. Everton's News Agency. pp. 14–15.
  3. Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 154.
  4. "1986 Canadian Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. p. 273. ISBN 0356146901.
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