1989 Scottish Professional Championship

1989 Scottish Professional Championship

Tournament information
Dates	1–19 February 1989 (1989-02-01 – 1989-02-19)
Venue	Marco's Leisure Centre
City	Edinburgh
Country	Scotland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	£6,000
Winner's share	£2,000
Highest break	John Rea (147)
Final
Champion	John Rea
Runner-up	Murdo MacLeod
Score	9–7
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The 1989 Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place in February 1989 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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
	Murdo MacLeod		5
	Eddie McLaughlin		0			Murdo MacLeod		5
	Matt Gibson		5			Matt Gibson		1
	Eddie Sinclair		4								Murdo MacLeod		7
	John Rea		5								John Rea		9
	Ian Black		3			John Rea		5
	Jim Donnelly		5			Jim Donnelly		1
	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

• 147, 142 John Rea
• 109 Ian Black

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.