1987 Women's World Championship (snooker)

December 2019 1987 Women's World Championship Puckpool United Kingdom World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Knockout £10,000 £3,500 ENG Ann-Marie Farren ENG Stacey Hillyard 5–1 1986 1988 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.Youngest snooker world champion (female) https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/464687-youngest-snooker-world-champion-female 2024-03-20 Guinness World Records 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.Hale Janice 1987 Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88 Aylesbury Queen Anne Press 294–295 0356146901 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.Acteson Steve 16 October 1987 Snooker: Farren wins world title after Fisher freezes The Times London NewsBank. Retrieved 9 January 2020. Hillyard had gone on to win the 1984 title, and was seeded fourth for 1987. 16 October 1987 Snooker Star Shocker Irish Independent 13 The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 13 January 2020. Hillyard was to beat Fisher in the semi-final again, recovering from 1–3 down to win 4–3 in a four-hour match.Terry Smith Jones Gaye 1988 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Aylesbury Pelham Books 152–155 0720718309 In the other semi-final, second seed 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, 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.Women’s World Snooker Championship – A Potted History https://web.archive.org/web/20190721200507/https://www.womenssnooker.com/womens-world-snooker-championship-potted-history/ 21 July 2019 Huart, Matt. Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.World Champions https://web.archive.org/web/20190818024929/https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/world-champions/ 18 August 2019 Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 26 August 2019. Knockout Players listed in bold indicate match winner.Hale Janice 1991 Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92 Aylesbury Queen Anne Press 379–380 0356197476 Seedings, where known, are bracketed after the players name. England Allison Fisher (1) 3 England Lisa Gordon 0 England Maria Tart 0 England Karen Leech 3 England Georgina Aplin 3 England Julie Dowen 0 England Stacey Hillyard (4) 3 England Jayne Heyhurst 1 England Mandy Fisher 3 England Rebecca Clements 1 England June Banks 3 Ireland Margaret O'Driscoll 2 Scotland Lynette Horsburgh 1 England Angela Jones 3 England Ann-Marie Farren (2) 3 Wales Agnes Davies 1 England Allison Fisher (1) 4 England Karen Leech 0 England Georgina Aplin 1 England Stacey Hillyard (4) 4 England Mandy Fisher 4 England June Banks 1 England Angela Jones 1 England Ann-Marie Farren (2) 4 England Allison Fisher (1) 3 England Stacey Hillyard (4) 4 England Mandy Fisher 0 England Ann-Marie Farren (2) 4 England Stacey Hillyard (4) 1 England Ann-Marie Farren (2) 5 Last 16Best of 5 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 7 frames Semi-finalsBest of 7 frames FinalBest of 9 frames no Final Final: Best-of-9 framesPuckpool Ann-Marie Farren ENG 5–1 Stacey Hillyard ENGFrame 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 5–1Ann-Marie Farren wins the 1987 Women's World Championship References Category:World Women's Snooker Championship Category:1987 in snooker Category:1987 in English women's sport Category:October 1987 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:International sports competitions hosted by England Category:Women's sports competitions in England Category:Sport on the Isle of Wight