Sue Foster is an English former snooker player. She won the Women's World Snooker Championship in 1983.[1]

Sue Foster
BornEngland
Sport country England

Career

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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

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Women's Snooker – Individual

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
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

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  1. ^ World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker. Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 43. ISBN 0600556042.
  4. ^ a b "Results". The Guardian. 28 May 1983. p. 14 – via NewsBank Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. ^ Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker: The Records. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 155–156. ISBN 0851124488.
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