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| death_date = 8 July 2011 (aged 53)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oId=516064 |title=Natalie Stelmach Obituary|last= |first= |publisher= |date= |
| death_date = 8 July 2011 (aged 53)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oId=516064 |title=Natalie Stelmach Obituary|last= |first= |publisher= |date= |website=yourlifemoments.ca |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Stelmach started playing in 1973, at a newly established family recreation centre. The owner, Gabe Tarini, introduced Stelmach to [[snooker]] and later became her coach.<ref name="MACLEANS">{{cite news |last=Pagnucco |first=Frank |date=9 April 1979 |title=She banks, she pockets, she snookers her foes |url=http://archive.macleans.ca/article/1979/4/9/she-banks-she-pockets-she-snookers-her-foes |work=Macleans |location= |access-date=31 August 2019 |
Stelmach started playing in 1973, at a newly established family recreation centre. The owner, Gabe Tarini, introduced Stelmach to [[snooker]] and later became her coach.<ref name="MACLEANS">{{cite news |last=Pagnucco |first=Frank |date=9 April 1979 |title=She banks, she pockets, she snookers her foes |url=http://archive.macleans.ca/article/1979/4/9/she-banks-she-pockets-she-snookers-her-foes |work=Macleans |location= |access-date=31 August 2019}} </ref> |
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At the age of 16, Stelmach was one of two Canadian entrants to the [[1976 Women's World Open (snooker championship)|1976 Women's World Open]], held in [[England]].<ref name="EVERTONWTC">{{cite news |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=6 April 1976 |title=Women Take Cue |url= |work=The Guardian |location=p.27 |access-date=|via=ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2019.}}</ref> She lost in her first match. |
At the age of 16, Stelmach was one of two Canadian entrants to the [[1976 Women's World Open (snooker championship)|1976 Women's World Open]], held in [[England]].<ref name="EVERTONWTC">{{cite news |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=6 April 1976 |title=Women Take Cue |url= |work=The Guardian |location=p.27 |access-date=|via=ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2019.}}</ref> She lost in her first match. |
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According to an article in [[Maclean's]] magazine in April 1979, Stelmach had never lost a match to another woman in Canada. She had won the Canadian national title each of the four times that it had been staged.<ref name="MACLEANS">{{cite news |last=Pagnucco |first=Frank |date=9 April 1979 |title=She banks, she pockets, she snookers her foes |url=http://archive.macleans.ca/article/1979/4/9/she-banks-she-pockets-she-snookers-her-foes |work=Macleans |location= |access-date=31 August 2019 |
According to an article in [[Maclean's]] magazine in April 1979, Stelmach had never lost a match to another woman in Canada. She had won the Canadian national title each of the four times that it had been staged.<ref name="MACLEANS">{{cite news |last=Pagnucco |first=Frank |date=9 April 1979 |title=She banks, she pockets, she snookers her foes |url=http://archive.macleans.ca/article/1979/4/9/she-banks-she-pockets-she-snookers-her-foes |work=Macleans |location= |access-date=31 August 2019}} </ref> |
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In April 1981, Stelmach made the first {{Cuegloss|half century}} by a woman in competition, on the way to to winning her sixth Canadian Open title.<ref name="GRAUN" /> She has a claim to be the first woman to make a century break, scoring a 109 in 1977.<ref name="Marsh1999">{{cite book|author=James H. Marsh|title=The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wR_-aSFyvuYC&pg=PA237|year=1999|publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia|isbn=978-0-7710-2099-5|pages=237–}}</ref> |
In April 1981, Stelmach made the first {{Cuegloss|half century}} by a woman in competition, on the way to to winning her sixth Canadian Open title.<ref name="GRAUN" /> She has a claim to be the first woman to make a century break, scoring a 109 in 1977.<ref name="Marsh1999">{{cite book|author=James H. Marsh|title=The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wR_-aSFyvuYC&pg=PA237|year=1999|publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia|isbn=978-0-7710-2099-5|pages=237–}}</ref> |
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*1981 World Mixed Pairs Championship (with [[Cliff Thorburn]]) |
*1981 World Mixed Pairs Championship (with [[Cliff Thorburn]]) |
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*1984 Amateur [[World Women's Snooker Championship]] runner-up.<ref name="WWS">{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/world-champions/ |title=World Champions |last= |first= |publisher=World Women's Snooker Collection |date= |website=womenssnooker.com |access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> |
*1984 Amateur [[World Women's Snooker Championship]] runner-up.<ref name="WWS">{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/world-champions/ |title=World Champions |last= |first= |publisher=World Women's Snooker Collection |date= |website=womenssnooker.com |access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External Links== |
==External Links== |
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*https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/pot-black-3846256 |
*[https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/pot-black-3846256 Natalie Stelmach and Sheila King in Middlesbrough, 1976.] |
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Revision as of 10:20, 1 September 2019
Born | Sudbury Canada |
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Died | 8 July 2011 (aged 53)[1] |
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Natalie Stelmach (who died on 8 July 2011, aged 53) was a Canadian snooker player. She was runner-up in the 1984 Amateur World Women's Snooker Championship.
Biography
Stelmach started playing in 1973, at a newly established family recreation centre. The owner, Gabe Tarini, introduced Stelmach to snooker and later became her coach.[2]
At the age of 16, Stelmach was one of two Canadian entrants to the 1976 Women's World Open, held in England.[3] She lost in her first match.
According to an article in Maclean's magazine in April 1979, Stelmach had never lost a match to another woman in Canada. She had won the Canadian national title each of the four times that it had been staged.[2]
In April 1981, Stelmach made the first half century by a woman in competition, on the way to to winning her sixth Canadian Open title.[4] She has a claim to be the first woman to make a century break, scoring a 109 in 1977.[5]
Also in 1981, Stelmach and her playing partner Cliff Thorburn won the World Mixed Pairs Championship. They beat Vera Selby and John Virgo on total points scored, 262-239 in the final, after beating Grace Cayley and Tony Meo 267-200 in the semi-final.[4][6]
Stelmach reached the final of the 1984 Amateur World Women's Snooker Championship, defeating Lynette Horsburgh 3-0, Maggie Beer 3-1, Gaye Jones 4-0 and then Caroline Walch 4-0. She lost in the final 4-1 to the 15 year old Stacey Hillyard.
Titles and achievements
- Canadian Open Women's Champion 1976
- Canadian Open Women's Champion 1977
- Canadian Open Women's Champion 1978
- Canadian Open Women's Champion 1979
- Canadian Open Women's Champion 1980
- Canadian Open Women's Champion 1981[7]
- 1981 World Mixed Pairs Championship (with Cliff Thorburn)
- 1984 Amateur World Women's Snooker Championship runner-up.[8]
References
- ^ "Natalie Stelmach Obituary". yourlifemoments.ca. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ a b Pagnucco, Frank (9 April 1979). "She banks, she pockets, she snookers her foes". Macleans. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ Everton, Clive (6 April 1976). "Women Take Cue". The Guardian. p.27 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ a b Everton, Clive (8 May 1981). "Davis suffers mixed fortunes: Snooker". The Guardian. p.25 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ James H. Marsh (1999). The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Canadian Encyclopedia. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-0-7710-2099-5.
- ^ Everton, Clive (9 May 1981). "Sports In Brief". The Guardian. p.23 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker – The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 154-156. ISBN 0851124488.
- ^ "World Champions". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker Collection. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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