Julie Kelly (born 28 January 1968) is an Irish professional pool, and former

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 o ...

, player. She won the WPA nine-ball world championship in 2000.

Biography

Kelly was a sheepherder in Ireland and won the Irish women's

championship a record seven times before travelling to the United States with her friend

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 Ir ...

to take up pool. Kelly sold her sheep to help finance the move. She beat Corr in the final to win the WPA nine-ball world championship in 2000, and had some other successes on the tournament circuit, including a victory over Allison Fisher to win the 2000 WPBA Canadian Classic.

Titles and achievements

Snooker *1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Republic of Ireland Ladies' Snooker Association ChampionNew RILSA Championship Cup Sponsored by Dan Carroll & Annette Newman
Republic of Ireland Ladies' Snooker Association, 6 May 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019 Pool *2000 WPA Nine-ball World Championship *2000 New York State Championship *2000 PP Tour 2000 #12 Women's Division *2004 WPBA Canadian ClassicJulie Kelly triumphs in Windsor
poolroom.com, 12 October 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Julie Living people Female pool players Female snooker players 1968 births