|
Anita Rizzuti
Anita Rizzuti (born 12 January 1971, also known as Anita Maflin) is a Norwegian snooker and pool player. She is married to professional snooker player Kurt Maflin. Career Rizzuti was a semi-finalist at the inaugural EBSA European Women's Championship in 1996, losing 0–5 to Karen Corr. She reached the semi-finals again in 2001, losing 1–4 to Kelly Fisher and was a quarter-finalist in 1999, 2004 and 2006. Rizzuti, Reanne Evans and Wendy Jans all took part in the 2010 World Open. Jans lost 0–3 to Alfie Burden in the first round. In the European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 4, Maflin lost 2–4 to Andreas Hartung. At European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 8, she lost 0–4 to Joe Steele, and at European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 1 she lost 0–4 to Anthony Jeffers. At European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 1 she lost 0–4 to Simon Dent. Rizzuti and Reanne Evans lost 1–3 to Ng On-yee and So Man Yan in the final of the 2014 WLBS World Ladies Pairs Championship. She is married to pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooker
Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sports, cue sport played on a Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six Billiard table#Pockets 2, pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by British Army officers stationed in India in the second half of the 19th century, the game is played with twenty-two balls, comprising a , fifteen red balls, and six other balls—a yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black—collectively called the colours. Using a cue stick, the individual players or teams take turns to strike the white to other balls in a predefined sequence, accumulating points for each successful pot and for each time the opposing player or team commits a . An individual of snooker is won by the player who has scored the most points. A snooker ends when a player reaches a predetermined number of frames. Snooker gained its identity in 1875 when army officer Nevil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 8
The European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 8 (also known as the 2014 Gdynia Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6–9 February 2014 at the Gdynia Sports Arena in Gdynia, Poland. Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 against Alan McManus in the last 64. Shaun Murphy won in the final 4–1 against Fergal O'Brien. This was Murphy's first title since the 2011 Brazil Masters 29 months earlier. Murphy also made the 104th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Jamie Jones. This was Murphy's third official 147 break, and the seventh in the 2013/2014 season. Prize fund and ranking points The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below: *1 Only professional players can earn ranking points. Main draw Preliminary rounds Round 1 Best of 7 frames Round 2 Best of 7 frames Round 3 Best of 7 frames Main rounds Top half =Section 1= =Section 2= =Section 3= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Births
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship
The 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker event, sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation, held at the Amman Olympics Sports Centre in Amman, Jordan from November 5-November 15, 2006. Results Men A total of 32 players qualified for finishing in the top 4 positions in eight groups. They were drawn into a 32 player knock-out bracket to decide the winner. Women Source: Snooker Scene Reanne Evans, the 2004 champion, did not enter the event. There were twenty entries, and two qualifying groups of ten players were set, each to be played as a round-robin, with the top four from each group qualifying for the eight-player knock-out phase to decide the winner. Following withdrawals, only nine players participated in each group. Wendy Jans scored nine of the eleven top in the competition on her way to winning the title. References External linksOfficial event website {{DEFAULTSORT:IBSF World Snooker Championship, 2006 IBSF World Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Cup (snooker)
The 2015 Nongfu Spring World Cup was a professional non-ranking team snooker tournament that took place from 15 to 21 June 2015 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. It was the 14th edition of the event, and it was televised live by Eurosport. Teams and players Prize fund *Winner: $200,000 *Runner-Up: $100,000 *Semi-final: $60,000 *Quarter-final: $40,000 *Third in group: $22,500 *Fourth in group: $15,000 *Fifth in group: $10,000 *Sixth in group: $7,500 *Total: $800,000 Format The 2015 World Cup consisted of 24 national teams, with two players competing for each side, and the initial round divided the entrants into four pools of six sides apiece. During the Group Stage, every national team played a best-of-five match against each of the other sides in their pool. Three victories were required to secure a head-to-head team win, but all five individual contests needed to be played, similar to the Davis Cup and Fed Cup formats in professional tennis. All matche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Women's Snooker
World Women's Snooker, founded as the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) in 1981, and known as World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) from 2015 to 2018, is a subsidiary company of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association concerned with governing and promoting snooker and billiards for women. Precursors Women's Snooker and Billiards had been governed by the Women's Billiards Association (WBA), formed in 1931. However, the last professional billiards and snooker championships organised by the WBA were those held in 1950, and by the early 1970s the organisation had "fallen on hard times" according to leading snooker journalist and author Clive Everton. A Women's Billiards & Snooker Association (WBSA) was formed in 1976, and in 1978 appointed Wally West, snooker club owner, and holder of the world record break of 151, as Secretary. The Association organised the 1976 Women's World Open snooker championship and further championships in 1980 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ng On-yee
Ng On-yee (; born 17 November 1990) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player who has won three IBSF World Snooker Championships and three World Women's Snooker world championships. She held the number one position in the World Women's Snooker world ranking list from February 2018 to April 2019. After competing in several International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) tournaments, Ng became the youngest-ever IBSF women's world champion at the age of 19 and successfully defended the title the following year. At the 2015 World Ladies Snooker Championship she defeated Reanne Evans—who had held the title for the previous ten years—in the semi-final and won the title. After losing the final of the same tournament to Evans the following year, Ng regained the title in 2017, defeating Evans 5–4 in the semi-final and overcoming Vidya Pillai 6–5 in the protracted final. In 2018, Ng won the title for a third time and in 2019 she collected her third IBSF World Title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 1
The European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 1 (also known as the 2015 Kaspersky Lab Riga Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament which took place between 29 July and 2 August 2015 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he lost 1–4 to Ken Doherty in the Last 32. Barry Hawkins won the tournament, defeating Tom Ford 4–1 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below: Main draw Preliminary rounds Round 1 Best of 7 frames Round 2 Best of 7 frames Main rounds Top half =Section 1= =Section 2= =Section 3= =Section 4= Bottom half =Section 5= =Section 6= =Section 7= =Section 8= Finals Final Century breaks * 142, 130 Ricky Walden * 140, 132, 108 Graeme Dott * 128, 120 Barry Hawkins * 127, 104 Ali Carter * 127 Tom Ford * 126, 118 Matthew Selt * 124 Matthew Stevens * 123, 105 Alan McManus * 122 Robin Hull * 119, 117, 110 Judd Trump * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 1
The European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 1 (also known as the 2014 Kaspersky Lab Riga Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7–10 August 2014 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. This was the first professional snooker tournament held in Latvia. Mark Selby won his 14th professional title by defeating Mark Allen 4–3 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below: Main draw Preliminary rounds Round 1 Best of 7 frames Round 2 Best of 7 frames Main rounds Top half =Section 1= =Section 2= =Section 3= =Section 4= Bottom half =Section 5= =Section 6= =Section 7= =Section 8= Finals Century breaks * 142, 130, 117 Marco Fu * 137, 131, 108 Judd Trump * 137 Ben Woollaston * 134 Stephen Maguire * 134 James Cahill * 131, 102, 102, 100 Mark Selby * 131 Neil Robertson * 130, 120, 112 Alan McManus * 129, 117 Noppon Saengkham * 125 Gary Wilson * 122, 120, 101 Sam Baird ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Professional Billiards And Snooker Association
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is the governing body of professional snooker and English billiards based in Bristol, England. It owns and publishes the official rules of the two sports and engages in promotional activities. The Professional Billiard Players Association (PBPA) was founded in 1946, and, after some years of inactivity, was revived in 1968 and renamed the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association in 1970. It owns a 26 per cent share of World Snooker, which organises the professional snooker ranking circuit events. It also supports World Women's Snooker and World Disability Billiards and Snooker, and English billiards through World Billiards. Overview According to its financial statements for the year ending 30 June 2019, the principal activities of the WPBSA are "the governance of professional snooker and billiards through the regulation and application of the rules of the association, the development of snooker and bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pool (sports)
Pool is a classification of cue sports played on a table with six pockets along the , into which balls are deposited. "Pool billiards" is sometimes hyphenated and/or spelled with a singular "billiard". The WPA itself uses "pool-billiard" in its logo but "pool-billiards" in its legal notices. The organization compounds the words to result in an acronym of "WPA", "WPBA" having already been taken by the Women's Professional Billiards Association. Normal English grammar would not hyphenate here, and the term is actually a Germanism. A general rules booklet on pool games in general, including eight-ball, nine-ball and several others. Each specific pool game has its own name; some of the better-known include eight-ball, blackball, nine-ball, ten-ball, seven-ball, straight pool, one-pocket, and bank pool. The generic term pocket billiards is sometimes also used, and favored by some pool-industry bodies, but is technically a broader classification, including games such as snooker, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
