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competition that took place in five venues from 13 February to 2 June 1984, organised by the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association and Ladies Snooker International, and sponsored by

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. The format was for sixteen players to take part in a knockout tournament at each of the venues. The first of the stages, at

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, was televised by HTV. The results from all five events were compiled to produce an overall winner. For each knockout event, the winning player was awarded 15 points, the runner-up 12 points, third placed 10 points, fourth: 8 points, fifth: 6 points, sixth: 5 points, seventh: 2 points and eighth: 1 point.

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, who won two of the events and was runner-up in two others, was the overall champion, and received £5,000 in addition to her prize money from each event. She also compiled a new highest by a woman in competition, compiling a 62 in her match against Grace Nakamura at Basingstoke. The later events attracted only small audiences, and the competition was not repeated. The event is regarded as an edition of the

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Prize money

*Overall winner "snowball" prize: £5,000 For each event: *Winner: £2,500 *Runner-up: £1,500 *Semi-finals: £750 *Quarter-finals: £500 *First round: £250 *Highest break: £500

Finals

The winning players are shown in bold.

References

{{reflist 1984 in English sport 1984 in snooker 1984 in women's sport International sports competitions hosted by England