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1989 Women's World Snooker Championship
The 1989 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 14 to 21 October 1989. It was the 1989 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976. The event was held at the Pontins resort in Brixham. The tournament was won by defending champion Allison Fisher, who defeated Ann-Marie Farren 6–5 in the final and received £3,500 prize money. This was Fisher's fourth world snooker title in five years, and she would go on to win a total of seven championships before focusing her efforts on pool in the United States from 1995. Main draw References {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's World Snooker Championship, 1989 1989 in English sport 1989 in snooker 1989 in women's sport October 1989 sports events in the United Kingdom International sports competitions hosted by England 1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Women's Snooker Championship
The World Women's Snooker Championship (formerly known as the Women's World Open Championship from 1976 to 1981 and the World Ladies Snooker Championship from 1983 to 2018) is the leading tournament on the World Women's Snooker Tour. The reigning champion is Nutcharut Wongharuthai. Beginning in 2022, the women's world champion will automatically receive a place on the main professional World Snooker Tour. If the tournament winner already has a place on the professional tour, the next highest ranked player will receive a place. History The tournament began as the Women's World Open Championship, which, as the most prestigious event for female players, was effectively the world championship. The first tournament was held in 1976, and the event was held again in 1980 and 1981. The competition was staged from 1983 onward as the World Ladies Snooker Championship. Over the next two decades, the tournament was dominated by Allison Fisher (7 titles), Karen Corr (3 titles), and Kelly Fis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tessa Davidson
Tessa Davidson (born 1969) is an English snooker player from Banbury, Oxfordshire. She won a number of ranking titles on the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association circuit. Biography In 1989, Davidson won the UK Championship. In 1991 she won the Western Women's Championship and the Pontins Ladies' Bowl. At the 1991 Women's World Snooker Championship, Karen Corr won the first of her semi-final against Davidson with a of the . She then won the second on a , and later the fourth frame with a fluked on her way to a 5–0 win. Later in 1991, Davidson made a women's world record break of 135 at the British Open. In 1992 she joined the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and competed in events on the professional circuit for the 1992–93 season. Following a break of some three years from playing, Davidson started competing again and reached the final of the Regal Welsh Open. She went on to win the 1998 UK Championship, winning 4–1 in the final again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 1989 Sports Events In The United Kingdom
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôctō'' meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. In Ancient Rome, one of three Mundus patet would take place on October 5, Meditrinalia October 11, Augustalia on October 12, October Horse on October 15, and Armilustrium on October 19. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. Among the Anglo-Saxons, it was known as Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin. October is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, and autumn in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 In Women's Sport
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