| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9–20 July 1979 (1979-07-09 – 1979-07-20) |
| Venue | Good Hope Centre |
| City | Cape Town |
| Country | South Africa |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Winner's share | R5,000 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Eddie Charlton |
| Runner-up |  John Spencer |
| Score | 23–19 |
The 1979 Limosin International was a non-ranking invitational snooker tournament which took place from 9 to 20 July 1979. The tournament was played at the Good Hope Centre in Cape Town, and featured six professional players alongside two South African amateurs, Mannie Francisco and his brother Silvino.
Eddie Charlton won the title, beating John Spencer 23–19 in the final. Charlton received R5,000 prize money as the champion.
Main draw
Results for the tournament are shown below.
| Quarter-finals Best of 15 frames | Semi-finals Best of 31 frames | Final Best of 45 frames | ||||||||||||
| John Spencer
| 8 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
| 2 | John Spencer
| 16 | |||||||||||
 Silvino Francisco
| 8 | Silvino Francisco
| 12 | |||||||||||
| Perrie Mans
| 4 | John Spencer
| 19 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
| 8 | Eddie Charlton
| 23 | |||||||||||
| Mannie Francisco
| 3 | Eddie Charlton
| 16 | |||||||||||
| Rex Williams
| 7 |  Cliff Thorburn
| 10 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
| 8 | |||||||||||||
References
- Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 147.
- ^ "Charlton beats Spencer...". Snooker Scene. September 1979. p. 5.
- "Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- Everton, Clive (31 July 1979). "Reardon snubs UK Championship". The Guardian. p. 21.