1987 Women's World Championship (snooker)

1987 Women's World Championship

Tournament information
City	Puckpool
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation	World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
Format	Knockout
Total prize fund	£10,000
Winner's share	£3,500
Final
Champion	Ann-Marie Farren
Runner-up	Stacey Hillyard
Score	5–1
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The 1987 Women's World Championship was a snooker tournament that took place in Puckpool on the Isle of Wight. It was the 1987 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, which had been first held in 1976.

Ann-Marie Farren won the tournament, beating Stacey Hillyard 5–1 in the final. Aged 16 years and 47 days, Farren remains the youngest female world snooker champion. ^[1]

Tournament summary

The event was sponsored by Warner who provided a total prize fund of £10,000. The event was held at Warner's Puckpool holiday camp. ^{[2] [3]}

Allison Fisher was the defending champion and a strong favourite to regain the title, having not lost a competitive women's snooker match since the semi-final of the 1984 World Championship against Stacey Hillyard. ^[3] Hillyard had gone on to win the 1984 title, and was seeded fourth for 1987. ^[4] Hillyard was to beat Fisher in the semi-final again, recovering from 1–3 down to win 4–3 in a four-hour match. ^{[5] [3]} In the other semi-final, second seed ^[3] Ann-Marie Farren whitewashed Mandy Fisher 4–0.

In the final, Farren took a 3–0 lead before Hillyard won a frame . Farren then took the next two frames to complete a 5–1 victory and claim the winner's prize of £3,500, ^[3] and the trophy, plus a double magnum of champagne that she was not old enough to drink, being only 16 years and 48 days old at the time. ^{[6] [7]}

Knockout

Players listed in bold indicate match winner. ^[8] Seedings, where known, are bracketed after the players name.

	Last 16 Best of 5 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	Allison Fisher (1)	3
	Lisa Gordon	0
					Allison Fisher (1)	4
					Karen Leech	0
	Maria Tart	0
	Karen Leech	3
									Allison Fisher (1)	3
									Stacey Hillyard (4)	4
	Georgina Aplin	3
	Julie Dowen	0
					Georgina Aplin	1
					Stacey Hillyard (4)	4
	Stacey Hillyard (4)	3
	Jayne Heyhurst	1
													Stacey Hillyard (4)	1
													Ann-Marie Farren (2)	5
	Mandy Fisher	3
	Rebecca Clements	1
					Mandy Fisher	4
					June Banks	1
	June Banks	3
	Margaret O'Driscoll	2
									Mandy Fisher	0
									Ann-Marie Farren (2)	4
	Lynette Horsburgh	1
	Angela Jones	3
					Angela Jones	1
					Ann-Marie Farren (2)	4
	Ann-Marie Farren (2)	3
	Agnes Davies	1

Final

Final: Best-of-9 frames [3] Puckpool
Ann-Marie Farren	5–1			Stacey Hillyard
Frame	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ann-Marie Farren	49	77	49	9	56	62
Stacey Hillyard	37	37	25	70	30	6
Frames won (Farren first)	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	5–1
Ann-Marie Farren wins the 1987 Women's World Championship

References

1. "Youngest snooker world champion (female)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
2. Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 294–295. ISBN   0356146901.
3. Acteson, Steve (16 October 1987). "Snooker: Farren wins world title after Fisher freezes". The Times. London – via NewsBank. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
4. "Snooker Star Shocker". Irish Independent. 16 October 1987. p. 13 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
5. Jones, Gaye (1988). Terry Smith (ed.). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year. Aylesbury: Pelham Books. pp. 152–155. ISBN   0720718309.
6. Women’s World Snooker Championship – A Potted History Archived 21 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine Huart, Matt. Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
7. World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
8. Hale, Janice (1991). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 379–380. ISBN   0356197476.