1983 Women's World Snooker Championship

Women's snooker event, held May 1983 June 2020 1983 Women's World Snooker Championship Advertisment_for_the_1983_Women's_World_Snooker_Championship.jpg Advertisement for the tournament from Cue World magazine, March 1983 1983 05 21 1983 05 28 y Pontins Brean Sands Holiday Club Brean England World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Single elimination £2,000 Sue Foster ENG Maureen Baynton ENG 8–5 1981 1984 The 1983 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 21 to 28 May 1983 at Pontins Brean Sands Holiday Club, Brean. It was the 1983 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976 and was sponsored by Pontins. The tournament was won by Sue Foster, who defeated Maureen Baynton 8–5 in the final.https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/history/ History womenssnooker.com World Women's Snooker 27 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190128145315/https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/history/ 28 January 2019 live Pot on Sue Sunday Mirror 29 May 1983 43 The top seed was Sue LeMaich. The defending champion from the previous staging of the event in 1981, Vera Selby, decided not to enter in 1983. Fourth seed Mandy Fisher was beaten by 13-year-old Stacey Hillyard in the third round. In the first semi-final, LeMaich lost the last two frames in a 5–6 defeat by Baynton. With the scores at 5–5, LeMaich missed a pot on the black ball black and left it over a pocket, Baynton then potting the ball to win the match. In the other semi-final, Foster led Lesley McIlrath 3–0, but later found herself 4–5 behind. Foster won the next frame to level at 5–5, and took the deciding frame on the pink ball pink. Baynton led 4–3 after the first session of the final, but won only one further frame in the second session, with Foster winning 8–5. Foster received £2,000 prize money for her win, and Baynton received £1,000 as runner-up. Women's snooker Aberdeen Evening Express 26 May 1983 20 Prize fund Winner: £2,000 Runner-up: £1,000 Semi-finals: £500 Quarter-finals: £250 Last 16 (fourth round): £100 Main draw July 1983 Sue Foster – Women's World Champion Cue World UK Transworld Publications 25 Fourth roundBest of 7 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 15 frames Sue LeMaich CAN 4 Jennifer Poulter ENG 0 Allison Fisher ENG 4 Sheila King CAN 2 Maureen Baynton ENG 4 Angela Jones ENG 2 Julie Islip ENG 4 Stacey Hillyard ENG 2 Sue Foster ENG 4 Sheri Richardson CAN 3 Maryann McConnell CAN 4 Carol Jarvis ENG 1 Agnes Davies WAL 4 Helen Treddinick ENG 1 Lesley McIlrath AUS 4 Grace Nakamura CAN 1 Sue LeMaich CAN 5 Allison Fisher ENG 1 Maureen Baynton ENG 5 Julie Islip ENG 1 Sue Foster ENG 5 Maryann McConnell CAN 1 Agnes Davies WAL 1 Lesley McIlrath AUS 5 Sue LeMaich CAN 5 Maureen Baynton ENG 6 Sue Foster ENG 6 Lesley McIlrath AUS 5 Maureen Baynton ENG 5 Sue Foster ENG 8 References Category:1983 in English women's sport Category:1983 in snooker Category:Women's sports competitions in England Category:May 1983 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:International sports competitions hosted by England 1983 Category:Sport in Somerset Category:1980s in Somerset