Mandy Fisher
| Born | April 1962 (age 64)[1] England |
|---|---|
| Sport country | File:Flag of England.svg England |
| Best ranking finish | 1984 Women's Grand Prix (snooker) |
Mandy Fisher (born in April 1962) is an English former professional snooker player and a World Women's Snooker Championship winner in 1984.[a] Fisher founded the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (now known as World Women's Snooker) in 1981 and currently serves as the president.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Fisher started playing snooker at the age of 16.[2] She founded the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) in 1981[3] and in addition to playing, led the administrative side of the sport in the 1980s and 1990s.[2][4]
She was the losing finalist at the 1981 World Women's Snooker Championship.[2] In 1983 she became the first woman to reach the last 128 of the English Amateur Championship.[5] In 1984, she defeated Canadian Maryann McConnell 4–2 to win the first professional women's title.[2] In 1984, the National Express sponsored a five-month, five-tournament grand prix circuit, with a £60,000 prize fund, and which was broadcast on regional television channels. Sixteen of the top-ranked women turned professional and competed in the series. Fisher eventually won, and her winnings of £14,000 in the season took her to twelfth place – just behind three-time men's world champion John Spencer – in the professional snooker money-winners' list for the year.[3][5]
In the 1980s Fisher featured regularly on the snooker exhibition circuit, competing with players such as Steve Davis, Jimmy White and Alex Higgins.[2][6]
Fisher played while heavily pregnant in the early 1990s, with a midwife on standby, and later lamented that this was deemed more newsworthy than women players demonstrating their skill.[7][8][9] Barry Hearn, later the World Snooker chairman, forced Fisher to wear maternity clothing to mark this in front of media at London's Hyde Park.[1]
In 2011, Fisher stepped down from the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association[6] but took office again in 2013.[10][11][12]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Fisher is also a podiatry professional, working in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[2][6]
Career highlights
[edit | edit source]| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | 1980 | Pontins Women's Champion | Sian Newbury | 3–2 | [5] |
| Runner-up | 2 | 1981 | Women's World Open | Vera Selby | 0–3 | [5] |
| Winner | 3 | 1984 | National Express Grand Prix | round-robin | [5] |
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ The event was known as the World Professional Championship at the time.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b The woman who has run ladies snooker for 30 years has retired Archived 18 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Women Sport Report, 17 April 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g Board Members – Mandy Fisher Archived 22 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 20 July 2019
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- ^ Restructure For World Ladies Snooker World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, 5 December 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2019
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