1980 Women's World Open (snooker)

Women's snooker event, held May 1980 April 2020 1980 Women's World Open May 1980 Warners Sinah Warren Holiday Camp Hayling Island England Women's Billiards Association Single elimination £700 Lesley McIlrath AUS Agnes Davies WAL 4–2 1976 1981 The 1980 Women's World Open was a women's snooker tournament that took place in May 1980 at Warners Sinah Warren Holiday Camp, Hayling Island, organised by the Women's Billiards Association and sponsored by Guinness. It is recognised as the 1980 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship first held in 1976. Lesley McIlrath defeated Agnes Davies 4–2 in the final to win the title, receiving £700 prize money as champion. Davies received £350 as runner-up.https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/history/ History womenssnooker.com World Women's Snooker 20 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190128145315/https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/history/ 28 January 2019 live Morrison Ian 1987 The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker Twickenham Hamlyn Publishing Group 42 0600556042 This was the first championship to be held since the inaugural event in 1976, and attracted 46 entrants. Defending champion Vera Selby was beaten 2–3 in the quarter-finals by Ann Johnson. Davies, who had won the Women's Professional Snooker Championship in 1949,Everton Clive 1 March 2011 Agnes Davies obituary https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/mar/01/agnes-davies-obituary The Guardian 20 April 2020 registration https://web.archive.org/web/20190726173756/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/mar/01/agnes-davies-obituary 26 July 2019 live reached the final by beating Natalie Stelmach 3–0 in the semi-final. McIlrath was the only world women's snooker championship winner from outside the United Kingdom until 2015. Main Draw Everton Clive 1985 Guinness Snooker: The Records Enfield Guinness Superlatives Ltd 155–156 0851124488 Quarter-finalsBest of 5 frames Semi-finalsBest of 5 frames FinalBest of 7 frames ENG Vera Selby 2 ENG Ann Johnson 3 AUS Lesley McIlrath 3 CAN Maryann McConnell 1 WAL Agnes Davies 3 AUS Fran Lovis 2 CAN Natalie Stelmach 3 ENG Sue Foster 2 ENG Ann Johnson 1 AUS Lesley McIlrath 3 WAL Agnes Davies 3 CAN Natalie Stelmach 0 AUS Lesley McIlrath 4 WAL Agnes Davies 2 References Category:Women's sports competitions in England Category:1980 in snooker Category:1980 in English women's sport Category:May 1980 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:International sports competitions hosted by England Category:World Women's Snooker Championship Category:Hayling Island Category:Sport in Hampshire Category:1980s in Hampshire