1997 Women's World Snooker Championship

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Women's World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
VenueRaunds Cue Sports Club and Terry Griffiths Matchroom
City Northamptonshire and Llanelli
Country United Kingdom
Organisation World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
Format Single elimination
Highest break87 (Karen Corr)
Final
Champion Karen Corr
Runner-up Kelly Fisher
Score6–3
1995
1998

The 1997 World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament held in 1997.

Contents

Tournament summary

The tournament started as the 1996 World Championship, but due to delays in the scheduling of the later rounds, it became the 1997 Championship. It was promoted by Barry Hearn [1] who had been promoting the Women's world championship since 1990. [2] The defending champion was Karen Corr. There were 52 players who entered the tournament. Allison Fisher who had won the title seven times, most recently in 1994, did not enter as she has moved to the United States where she had embarked on a successful pool career. 1984 amateur champion and five-times runner-up Stacey Hillyard had retired from competition and so was another non-participant. The original schedule was for the quarter-finals onwards to be held in India, as they had been in 1994 and 1995, [2] from 16 to 19 September 1996, [3] but eventually the final rounds took place in Llanelli, with the semi-finals and final not happening until well into 1997.

This was the last women's world snooker championship to be held before the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association amalgamated with the WPBSA later in 1997. [4]

Rounds 1 to 4

The tournament started as the 1996 World Championship. The first four rounds took place at Raunds Cue Sports Club, Northamptonshire, to decide the eight players that would go on to contest the quarter-finals onwards, which were expected to be played in Bombay in mid-September 1996. Defending champion Karen Corr won her first match without losing a frame but won only on the final black in the deciding frame of her match against Lynette Horsburgh. Second seed Kelly Fisher and 1995 runner-up Kim Shaw both won both of their matches 4–0. Mary Talbot, ranked 26th, was a surprising quarter-finalist, beating 7th seed Sarah Smith and 12th ranked player Helen Audus. The highest break in the main qualifying was a 77 by Ann-Marie Farren. A plate competition was held for players who did not qualify to the quarter-finals and was won by Horsburgh, who made a break of 100 in the first round of the plate competition. [3]

Quarter-finals

Following postponements of the final stages and a lack of response from promoter Barry Hearn's partner in India, it was decided to hold the quarter-finals at the Terry Griffiths Matchroom, Llanelli, and they took place in November 1996. Corr whitewashed 1984 professional champion Mandy Fisher 4–0. Banks saw off 1987 champion Farren 4–2, and Lisa Quick beat Shaw 4–1. Fisher's match with Talbot was delayed due to Talbot's illness, with Fisher winning 4–1. Meanwhile, Hearn requested the termination of his contract with the WLBSA to promote the event in future. [1]

Semi-finals and Final

The semi-finals and final were eventually scheduled to be held in Llanelli in mid-1997, following a continued lack of communication from Hearn's partner in India. Corr made the highest break of the competition, 87, and three other breaks over 30 in overcoming Banks 5–0. Quick won the first frame against Fisher, but no more, losing 1–5. The final between Corr and Fisher was closely contested until 3–3 but then Corr won three frames in a row to take her third world title. The tournament finished some eleven months after the start of the qualifying matches, and was the end of promoter Hearn's relationship with women's snooker that stretched back to 1990. [2]

This was the last world championship to be held before the amalgamation of the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association with the WPBSA a few months later. The intention was that major finals for women should be played at the same venues as the men's events, for example the women's world championship final being held at the Crucible Theatre during the World Snooker Championship. [4]

Results

Source: Snooker Scene [1] [2] [3]

First round

At Raunds Cue Sports Club. Matches were best-of-7 frames.

Score
Flag of Scotland.svg Lynette Horsburgh 4–2Zena Latcham Flag of England.svg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kathy Parashis 4–1Valerie Finnie Flag of Scotland.svg
Flag of England.svg Clare Rodgers4–0Vicki Revell Flag of England.svg
Flag of England.svg Natalie Chatfield4–0Jane O'Neill Flag of England.svg

Second round to Final

Second round
Best-of-7 frames
Raunds Cue Sports Club
Third round
Best-of-7 frames
Raunds Cue Sports Club
Fourth round
Best-of-7 frames
Raunds Cue Sports Club
Quarter-finals
Best-of-7 frames
Terry Griffiths Matchroom
Semi-finals
Best-of-9 frames
Terry Griffiths Matchroom
Final
Best-of-11 frames
Terry Griffiths Matchroom
Ulster Banner.svg Karen Corr 4
Flag of England.svg Maureen Twomey4 Flag of England.svg Maureen Twomey0
Ulster Banner.svg Karen Corr 4
Flag of England.svg Mary Hawkes2
Flag of Scotland.svg Lynette Horsburgh 3
Flag of England.svg Emma Bonney 1
Flag of England.svg Beverley Hipwell0 Flag of Scotland.svg Lynette Horsburgh 4
Ulster Banner.svg Karen Corr 4
Flag of Scotland.svg Lynette Horsburgh4
Flag of England.svg Mandy Fisher 0
Flag of England.svg Caroline Walch 3
Flag of England.svg Sue Parrish4 Flag of England.svg Sue Parrish4
Flag of England.svg Sue Parrish2
Flag of England.svg Lisa Ingall 2
Flag of England.svg Mandy Fisher 4
Flag of England.svg Mandy Fisher 4
Flag of England.svg Jan Hughes4 Flag of England.svg Jan Hughes1
Ulster Banner.svg Karen Corr 5
Flag of England.svg Marianne Lazarides1
Flag of England.svg June Banks 0
Flag of England.svg June Banks4
Flag of England.svg Sherron Audus4 Flag of England.svg Sherron Audus1
Flag of England.svg June Banks 4
Flag of Ireland.svg Greta Browne3
Flag of England.svg Dawn Wells0
Flag of England.svg Julie Billings1
Flag of England.svg Dawn Wells4 Flag of England.svg Dawn Wells4
Flag of England.svg June Banks 4
Flag of Scotland.svg Jackie Stewart0
Flag of England.svg Ann-Marie Farren 2
Flag of Scotland.svg Michelle Brown0
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Valerie Van Bellinghen0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kathy Parashis 4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kathy Parashis 0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kathy Parashis 4
Flag of England.svg Ann-Marie Farren 4
Flag of England.svg Ann-Marie Farren 4
Flag of Finland.svg Riitta Koskinen4 Flag of Finland.svg Riitta Koskinen0
Ulster Banner.svg Karen Corr 6
Flag of England.svg Tracey Warren3
Flag of England.svg Kelly Fisher 3
Flag of England.svg Kim Shaw 4
Flag of Scotland.svg Julie Gillespie4 Flag of Scotland.svg Julie Gillespie0
Flag of England.svg Kim Shaw 4
Flag of England.svg Louise Leskevicius0
Flag of England.svg Jenny Poulter0
Flag of England.svg Jenny Poulter4
Flag of England.svg Katie Henrick 0 Flag of England.svg Clare Rodgers0
Flag of England.svg Kim Shaw 1
Flag of England.svg Clare Rodgers4
Flag of England.svg Lisa Quick 4
Flag of Ireland.svg Julie Kelly 4
Flag of England.svg Martina Lumsden4 Flag of England.svg Martina Lumsden1
Flag of Ireland.svg Julie Kelly 1
Flag of England.svg Doreen Buckton0
Flag of England.svg Lisa Quick 4
Flag of England.svg Lisa Quick 4
Flag of England.svg Gaye Jones4 Flag of England.svg Gaye Jones1
Flag of England.svg Kelly Fisher 5
Flag of Finland.svg Tuija Tiihonen0
Flag of England.svg Lisa Quick 1
Flag of England.svg Sarah Smith3
Flag of England.svg Mary Talbot4 Flag of England.svg Mary Talbot4
Flag of England.svg Mary Talbot4
Flag of England.svg Nicola Barker0
Flag of England.svg Helen Audus1
Flag of England.svg Helen Audus4
Flag of England.svg Rachel Ozier w.o. Flag of England.svg Rachel Ozier0
Flag of England.svg Mary Talbot1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anita Morrascr.
Flag of England.svg Kelly Fisher 4
Flag of England.svg Laura Stoddard4
Flag of England.svg Liz Jones3 Flag of England.svg Natalie Chatfield1
Flag of England.svg Laura Stoddard0
Flag of England.svg Natalie Chatfield4
Flag of England.svg Kelly Fisher 4
Flag of England.svg Kelly Fisher 4
Flag of England.svg Lisa Gordon4 Flag of England.svg Lisa Gordon0
Flag of England.svg Sue Selby1

Final

Final: Best-of-11 frames
Terry Griffiths Matchroom, Llanelli
Karen Corr
Ulster Banner.svg
6–3 Kelly Fisher
Flag of England.svg
Frame123456789
Karen Corr
30+ Breaks
41
-
74
-
63
-
27
-
67
-
41
-
88
-
47
-
105
(33,58)
Kelly Fisher
30+ Breaks
53
-
32
-
49
(32)
71
(31)
43
-
58
-
52
-
25
-
3
-
Frames won (Corr first)0–11–12–12–23–23–34–35–36–3
58Highest break32
150+ breaks
130+ breaks2
Karen Corr wins the 1997 World Women's Snooker Championship

References

  1. 1 2 3 "World title on hold". Snooker Scene. No. December 1996. Everton's News Agency. p. 37.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Karen Corr wins 1996 world title a little late". Snooker Scene. No. July 1997. Everton's News Agency. pp. 12–13.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mary Talbot's passage to India". Snooker Scene. No. September 1996. Everton's News Agency. p. 14.
  4. 1 2 "Young Stevens silences Parrott". The Guardian. 24 October 1997. p. B11 via Newspapers.com.