Sue Foster
Born | England |
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Sport country | England |
Sue Foster is an English former snooker player. She won the Women's World Snooker Championship in 1983.[1]
Career
Foster, from Tamworth,[2] was runner-up in the Pontins women's championships three times, in 1977, 1978 and 1982; and was national women's champion in 1980, 1982 and 1983.[3]
The 1983 Women's World Snooker Championship was sponsored by Pontins and held at their Brean Sands Holiday Park, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.[4][2] Foster won the tournament, and the £2,000 prize, by defeating Maureen Baynton, from Ewell, 8–5 in the final. The Observer noted that this was £28,000 less than the £30,000 that Steve Davis received for winning the men's World Snooker Championship that season.[2]
Foster had reached the semi-final in 1981, where she lost 0–3 to Vera Selby. In 1980 she lost 0–3 to Natalie Stelmach in the quarter-final.[5] She retired from competitive snooker in 1984.[3]
Achievements
Women's Snooker – Individual
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score | Ref. |
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Runner-up | 1 | 1977 | Pontins Women's Championships | Agnes Davies | 1–3 | [3] |
Runner-up | 2 | 1978 | Pontins Women's Championships | Ann Johnson | 1–3 | [3] |
Winner | 3 | 1980 | UK Women's Snooker Championships | [3] | ||
Winner | 4 | 1982 | UK Women's Snooker Championships | [3] | ||
Runner-up | 5 | 1982 | Pontins Women's Championships | Agnes Davies | 0–3 | [3] |
Winner | 6 | 1983 | UK Women's Snooker Championships | [3] | ||
Winner | 7 | 1983 | Women's World Snooker Championships | Maureen Baynton | 8–5 | [2][4] |
References
- ^ World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Harvey out of team". The Observer. 29 May 1983. p. 42 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
Sue in pocket: SUE FOSTER picked up a cheque for £2,000 after clinching the women's world snooker championship, just £28,000 short of the figure Steve Davis received for taking this year's men's title. Sue, from Tamworth, beat Maureen Baynton, a 46-year-old Surrey housewife, 8-5 in the final at Brean Sands, Somerset.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker. Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 43. ISBN 0600556042.
- ^ a b "Results". The Guardian. 28 May 1983. p. 14 – via NewsBank Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker: The Records. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 155–156. ISBN 0851124488.
External links
- Sue Foster interviewed by John Swallow, for ATV Today, 23 June 1981.
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