1985 Women's World Snooker Championship

Women's snooker event, held October 1985 April 2020 1985 Women's World Snooker Championship October 1985 Breaks Snooker Club Solihull England World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Single elimination £4,000 £1,250 Allison Fisher ENG, 54 Allison Fisher ENG Stacey Hillyard ENG 5–1 1984 1986 The 1985 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place in October 1985 at Breaks Snooker Club, Solihull.Clive Everton 1986 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Aylesbury Pelham Books 0863691668 155–158 Third Berry Lyndon 18 October 1985 Buckinghamshire Examiner 13 It was the 1985 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976.https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/history/ History World Women's Snooker 27 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190128145315/https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/history/ 28 January 2019 live The tournament attracted 78 entrants, although Rhonda Jackson of Canada was the only participant from outside Britain. The tournament was won by Allison Fisher, who lost only one frame during the event and defeated Stacey Hillyard 5–1 in the final. 15 October 1985 Sport in Brief The Times London NewsBank https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0F90A43636ECEA9D subscription 14 May 2020Everton Clive 21 September 1986 Snooker: Will the woman make the break? The Sunday Times London NewsBank https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0F92581217C38CAF subscription 14 May 2020 Fisher led 4–0 in the final, then Hillyard won the next frame. Fisher took the sixth frame to seal her victory. This was Fisher's first world snooker title, at the age of 17, and she would go on to win a total of seven championships before focusing her efforts on pool in the United States from 1995.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Allison-Fisher Allison Fisher Hollar Sherman Encyclopædia Britannica 14 May 2020 Herd Michael In the red, but Allison chases pot of gold Evening Standard 21 Oct 1985 41 https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-inthered2/166444662/ Newspapers.com The tournament had a total prize fund of £4,000 with contributions from sponsors First Leisure and from Mitchells & Butlers.The Rest of the News in Sport: Snooker Sunday Telegraph 13 October 1985 37 https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-telegraph-snooker/166443388/ Newspapers.com Fisher received £1,250 for her win. She took a further £100 for the highest break and £50 for the highest clearance of the event, both for her 54 break against Julie Dowen in the quarter-finals. Hillyard was awarded £600 as runner up, losing semi-finalists got £300 each, and losing-quarter-finalists received £150 each. Many of the seeded players lost in the early rounds. Fourteen-year-old Ann-Marie Farren, participating in a tournament for the second time, eliminated fourth seed Maria Tart. Sixteenth seed Lynette Horsburgh was defeated 2–3 in the first round by Karen Leech.Karen Bows out to champ Hoddesdon and Broxbourne Mercury 18 October 1985 35 https://www.newspapers.com/article/hoddesdon-and-broxbourne-mercury-karen-b/166445865/ Newspapers.com Main draw The results of from the last-16 round onwards are shown below.Allison Fisher: Women's World Amateur Champion Snooker Scene December 1985 311985 World Women's Snooker Championship - Knockout https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/1985-world-womens-snooker-championship/knockout WPBSA Tournament Manager Women's World Snooker 22 February 2025 no 4 180 Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Stacey Hillyard ENG 3 Karen Leach ENG 1 Kim Shaw ENG 3 Lisa Thomas ENG 0 Caroline Walch ENG 3 Lin Frost ENG 0 Ann-Marie Farren ENG 3 Teresa Gardiner ENG 0 Alyson Ratcliffe ENG 3 Rhonda Jackman CAN 2 Julie Dowen ENG 3 Serena Sinanan ENG 0 Karen Corr IRE 3 Hilary Isitt WAL 1 Allison Fisher ENG 3 Liz Jones ENG 0 Stacey Hillyard ENG 4 Kim Shaw ENG 2 Caroline Walch ENG 4 Ann-Marie Farren ENG 0 Alyson Ratcliffe ENG 1 Julie Dowen ENG 4 Karen Corr IRE 0 Allison Fisher ENG 4 Stacey Hillyard ENG 4 Caroline Walch ENG 2 Julie Dowen ENG 0 Allison Fisher ENG 4 Stacey Hillyard ENG 1 Allison Fisher ENG 5 References Category:1985 in English women's sport Category:1985 in snooker Category:Solihull Category:October 1985 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:International sports competitions hosted by England 1985 Category:Sport in the West Midlands (county) Category:Women's sports competitions in England Category:1980s in the West Midlands (county)