# Merseyside Professional Championship

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{{Infobox Snooker tournament
|tournament_name = Merseyside Professional Championship
|image = 
|venue = {{nowrap|Liverpool Billiards & Snooker Club}}<br>George Scott Snooker Club
|location = [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool)
|country = [England](/source/England)
|establishment = 1993
|organisation = Liverpool Billiards and Snooker 
|format = Non-[ranking](/source/Snooker_world_rankings) event
|prizefund = 
|final year= 2004
|Current Champion =
|Final Champion = {{flagicon|ENG}} [Joe Perry](/source/Joe_Perry_(snooker_player))
}}

The '''Merseyside Professional Championship''' was a professional non-[ranking](/source/Snooker_world_rankings) [snooker](/source/snooker) tournament held in [England](/source/England) that ran from 1993 to 2004. The final champion was [Joe Perry](/source/Joe_Perry_(snooker_player)).

==History==
The tournament was a highly successful low-budget professional event promoted by referee Peter Williamson. Although the prize money was modest, it attracted a large field mainly drawn from the lower end of the ranking list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc3.html|title=Merseyside Professional Championship|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160441/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc3.html|accessdate=26 August 2018|archive-date=2012-02-16}}</ref>

==Winners==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto"
|-
! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Year
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Winner
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Runner-up
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Final score
! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Season
|-
! colspan=5 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | Merseyside Professional Championship (non-ranking)
|-
| 1993
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Dave Harold](/source/Dave_Harold)
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Rampello
| style="text-align: center" | 5–3
| [1993/1994](/source/Snooker_season_1993%2F1994)
|-
| 1994
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Dean Reynolds](/source/Dean_Reynolds)
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Jason Ferguson](/source/Jason_Ferguson_(snooker_player))
| style="text-align: center" | 5–1
| [1994/1995](/source/Snooker_season_1994%2F1995)
|-
| 1995
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Rod Lawler](/source/Rod_Lawler)
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Dean Reynolds](/source/Dean_Reynolds)
| style="text-align: center" | 5–4
| [1995/1996](/source/Snooker_season_1995%2F1996)
|-
| 1996
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [David Gray](/source/David_Gray_(snooker_player))
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Sweeny
| style="text-align: center" | 5–2
| [1996/1997](/source/Snooker_season_1996%2F1997)
|-
| 1997
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Antony Bolsover](/source/Antony_Bolsover)
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Paul Wykes](/source/Paul_Wykes)
| style="text-align: center" | 5–4
| [1997/1998](/source/Snooker_season_1997%2F1998)
|-
| 1998
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Peter Lines](/source/Peter_Lines)
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [Lee Walker](/source/Lee_Walker)
| style="text-align: center" | 5–4
| [1998/1999](/source/Snooker_season_1998%2F1999)
|-
| 1999
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Stuart Bingham](/source/Stuart_Bingham)
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Stuart Pettman](/source/Stuart_Pettman)
| style="text-align: center" | 5–1
| [1999/2000](/source/Snooker_season_1999%2F2000)
|-
| 2000
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Michael Holt](/source/Michael_Holt_(snooker_player))
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Rod Lawler](/source/Rod_Lawler)
| style="text-align: center" | 5–3
| [2000/2001](/source/Snooker_season_2000%2F2001)
|-
| 2001
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Nick Dyson](/source/Nick_Dyson)
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Paul Davison](/source/Paul_Davison)
| style="text-align: center" | 5–2
| [2001/2002](/source/Snooker_season_2001%2F2002)
|-
| 2002
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Mark Davis](/source/Mark_Davis_(snooker_player))
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [Stephen Maguire](/source/Stephen_Maguire)
| style="text-align: center" | 5–2
| [2002/2003](/source/Snooker_season_2002%2F2003)
|-
| 2003
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [Stephen Maguire](/source/Stephen_Maguire)
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Mark Davis](/source/Mark_Davis_(snooker_player))
| style="text-align: center" | 5–1
| [2003/2004](/source/Snooker_season_2003%2F2004)
|-
| 2004
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [Joe Perry](/source/Joe_Perry_(snooker_player))
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stephen Croft
| style="text-align: center" | 5–2
| [2004/2005](/source/Snooker_season_2004%2F2005)
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

Category:Snooker non-ranking competitions
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1993
Category:Recurring events disestablished in 2004
Category:1993 establishments in England
Category:2004 disestablishments in England
Category:Snooker competitions in England
Category:Defunct snooker competitions
Category:Defunct sports competitions in England

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