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1993 Women's World Snooker Championship
The 1993 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament played in the United Kingdom in 1993. Defending champion Allison Fisher beat Stacey Hillyard 9–3 in the final to win the title. Tournament summary The competition was promoted by Barry Hearn's Matchroom organisation and sponsored by Trusthouse Forte, with a total prize fund of £40,000. Fisher was the defending champion, having won the 1991 Women's World Snooker Championship, as the Women's World Championship was not held in 1992. The Qualifying stages were held in Surrey and the final stages at the Imperial Hotel, Blackpool. There was television coverage of the event some days after the final, on Eurosport and London Weekend Television, the latter starting at 3:30 am. The winner, Allison Fisher received £10,000 in prize money, and Stacey Hillyard received £5,000 as runner-up. The losing semi-finalists received £2,500 each, and the losing quarter-finalists £1,250 each. Fisher compiled the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forte Group
Forte Group plc was a British hotel and restaurant company. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index until it was acquired by Granada in 1996. Its head office was in the London Borough of Camden. History Charles Forte (26 November 1908 – 28 February 2007) was a British/Italian caterer and hotelier who founded the leisure and hotels conglomerate that ultimately became Forte Group. Charles Forte, funded by his two business partners, Eric Hartwell and Sidney Hartwell, set up his first "milk bar" on Regent Street in London in 1935 as ''Strand Milk Bar Ltd'' when he was 26. Soon he began expanding into catering and hotel businesses. After the Second World War, his company became Forte Holdings Ltd, and bought The Café Royal in 1954. Forte was a major caterer at the Festival of Britain sites in 1951 and also operated the restaurants and bars at London Airport, later known as London Heathrow airport. Forte opened the first full motor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television (LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 until 1982) to Monday mornings at 6:00. From 1968 until 1992, when LWT's weekday counterpart was Thames Television, there was an on-screen handover to LWT on Friday nights (there was no handover back to Thames on Mondays, as from 1968 to 1982 there was no programming in the very early morning, and from 1983, when a national breakfast franchise was created, LWT would hand over to TV-am at 6:00am, which would then hand over to Thames at 9:25am). From 1993 to 2002, when LWT's weekday counterpart was Carlton Television, the transfer usually occurred invisibly during a commercial break, for Carlton and LWT shared studio and transmission facilities (although occasionally a Thames-to-LWT-style handover would appear). Like most ITV regional franchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Dehaene
Caty Dehaene (born 11 December 1965) is a Belgian snooker player. She was runner-up in the 2018 Women's EBSA European Snooker Championship. Playing career Caty Dehaene was runner-up in the Belgian Women's snooker Championship in 1995, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Dehaene and Wendy Jans won the Ladies European Team Snooker Championship in 2017, beating Anastasia Nechaeva and Daria Sirotina 4–3 in the final. At the 2018 EBSA European Snooker Championship, Dehaene reached the women's final, with wins of 3–0 against Ewilina Pislewska, 4–1 against Tatjana Vasiljeva and 4–2 against Yana Shut Yana Shut (born 29 July 1997 in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian snooker and pool player. She is the first IBSF Under-18 World Snooker Champion and also WLBSA World Snooker Mixed Doubles Champion. In 2018 she became European Champion in 10-Ball .... In the final she lost 0–4 to Jans, who won the title for the sixth year in a row. Career Highlights Individual Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Aplin
Georgina Aplin is an English former professional snooker player. Career When the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) opened membership to anyone over the age of 16 who paid the relevant fee, in 1990, Aplin was one of six women to join, along with Allison Fisher, Ann-Marie Farren, Stacey Hillyard, Karen Corr, and Maureen McCarthy, whilst 443 men joined at the same time. Aplin played only one match as a professional, losing 3–5 to Amrik Cheema in the first qualifying round of the 1992 Strachan Open. Aplin began playing snooker aged 8 on a small table at home. She practised on a full-sized table from the age of 14, and started playing competitively soon afterwards. She reached several women's snooker finals, including the first event of the 1984 Women's Grand Prix, where she lost 1–6 to Sue Foster. Her first tournament win was at the LHC Snooker Association championship in 1987, where she defeated Hillyard 3–0 in the final. She also won the 1987 Carl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Fisher
Mandy Fisher (born in April 1962) is an English former professional snooker player and a World Women's Snooker Championship winner in 1984. Fisher founded the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (now known as World Women's Snooker) in 1981 and currently serves as the president. Career Fisher started playing snooker at the age of 16.Board Members – Mandy Fisher Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 20 July 2019 She founded the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) in 1981 and in addition to playing, led the administrative side of the sport in the 1980s and 1990s. She was the losing finalist at the 1981 |
Kim Shaw (snooker Player)
Kim Shaw is an English snooker and pool player. She was runner-up in the 1995 World Women's Snooker Championship, and was the first player to compile a break in a World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association tournament. Biography Shaw started playing snooker in 1984, at a snooker club in High Wycombe. In the late 1980s, Shaw combined her playing career with working at Rileys Snooker Club, on the Oxford Road, Reading, Berkshire She reached the semi-finals of the World Women's Snooker Championship in 1986, losing 3–4 to Sue LeMaich. Shaw reached the quarterfinals of the world championship in both 1991 and 1994, before her best showing, in the 1995 tournament, which was held in India. Her 1995 world championship run saw her defeat Maryann McConnell, Lynette Horsburgh and Tessa Davidson on her way to the semi-final, where she beat Allison Fisher, who had won the championship on each of the last three occasions that it had been run, by 5 to 3. In the final, Shaw lost the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Banks
June Banks (born 4 March 1969) is an English snooker player. She was runner-up in the 2008 World Women's Snooker Championship, Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 16 August 2019. Biography Banks played in the 1987 , reaching the quarter final, where she was beaten by . From 1995 to 2002, Banks was beaten in five tournament finals by |
Karen Corr
Karen Corr (born 10 November 1969) is a Northern Irish professional pool and former snooker and English billiards player. She was inducted in the BCA Hall of Fame in 2012. Early life Corr was born on 10 November 1969 in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland and spent her early childhood near Maghera. When she was 8 years old, her family moved to England. She loved watching snooker matches on television and joined a snooker club at the age of 14 with her dad and her brother. Her friends in Bourne saw that she had exceptional snooker skills and encouraged her to play in tournaments. Snooker and pool career At the age of 15, she entered into her first tournament in Leicester and never looked back. Bolstered with confidence, she continued to play in tournaments and rapidly became a top–notch snooker player supported by her family. On the day after her 21st birthday, Corr won her first Women's World Snooker Championship. She would go on to repeat that feat in 1995 and 1997. She also won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Thompson (pool Player)
Susan Thompson (born 10 October 1969), usually known professionally as Sue Thompson, is a Scottish former professional pool player. She won the WEPF World Eightball Championship eleven times. Career Thompson started playing pool, aged 14, when a friend invited her into a pub for a game. The next year, Thompson had her own pool table and played for around twelve hours a day until the age of 19, winning the British Ladies Pool championship three times in four attempts. She became a professional player in 1992, after winning a five-year battle against the Professional Pool Players Organisation's refusal to grant her professional status. An industrial tribunal in Leeds found that she had been the victim of sex discrimination, and gave the Professional Pool Players Organisation three months to admit her as a professional. Thompson won the 1993 European Eight-ball championship on her 24th birthday, retaining her title from the previous year. She reached the final of the WEPF World ... [...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] |
Caroline Walch
Caroline Walch (born 17 June 1961) is an English snooker player. She has won titles on the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker circuit and was runner-up in the 2000 World Women's Billiards Championship. Career Walch began her sporting career in 1983. In 1985, she won the Pontins (Brean Sands) Ladies tournament, was the losing finalist in the UK championship, and a semi-finalist in the world championship. She reached the world championship semi-finals again the following year. At the 1991 Home Internationals tournament, Walch and Kim Shaw, representing England, won the women's competition. Walch won all her matches, and England finished top of the table ahead of Scotland on difference. The other teams participating were Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Wales and the Isle of Man. Walch, paired with Jimmy White, reached the 1991 World Masters Mixed Doubles final, but they lost 3–6 to Steve Davis and Allison Fisher. In 2000, Walch was runner-up in the World Women's Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Fisher
Kelly Fisher (born 25 August 1978) is an English professional pool, snooker and English billiards player. Career Fisher grew up in South Elmsall, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. She learned to play pool in her parents' pub and took up snooker when she was 13. By the age of 21, she had been ranked No. 1 for two consecutive seasons. Fisher won three successive Ladies World Snooker Championship between 1998 and 2000, and won the title again in 2002 and 2003. In 2001, she won four successive tournaments in the ladies' divisions – the British Open, Belgian Open, LG Cup titles and the UK Championship, and extended her winning streak to ten successive tournaments when she won the LG Cup in October 2002. She has reached the final of every European Ladies' Championship, losing just once to former West Yorkshire (Batley) champion Shakeel Kamal. In 2003 Fisher won the first IBSF World Ladies' Championship. When the sport's governing body withdrew its support for the women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
