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'''World Women's Snooker''' ('''WPBSA'''), founded as the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) in 1981 and known as World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) from 2 Jul 2015 to 29 Nov 2018, is a subsidiary company of the [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] concerned with governing and promoting [[snooker]] and [[English billiards|billiards]] for women. |
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==Precursors== |
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Women's Snooker and Billiards had been governed by the [[Women's Billiards Association]] (WBA), formed in 1931.<ref name="LANCS">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Women's Billiards. Association Formed to Control the Championships. |url= |magazine=Lancashire Evening Post |location=p.10 |publisher= |date=1 October 1931 |access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=No interference |url= |magazine=Gloucestershire Echo |location=p.5 |publisher= |date=30 November 1933 |access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.}}</ref> However, the last professional billiards and snooker championships organised by the WBA were those held in 1950, and by the early 1970's the organisation had "fallen on hard times" according to leading snooker journalist and author [[Clive Everton]].<ref name="EVERTON">{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1985 |title=Guinness Snooker - The Records |url= |location= |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd |page=154-156 |isbn=0851124488 |author-link= }}</ref>< |
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A Women's Billiards & Snooker Association (WBSA) was formed in 1976,<ref name="Hargreaves2002">{{cite book|author=Jennifer Hargreaves|title=Sporting Females: Critical Issues in the History and Sociology of Women's Sport|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lp-JAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT427|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-134-91276-5|page=427}}</ref> and in 1978 appointed Wally West, snooker club owner, and holder of the world record break of 151, as Secretary.<ref name="Hargreaves2002" /><ref name="EVERTON" /> The Association organised the [[1976 Women's World Open (snooker championship)|1976 Women's World Open snooker championship]] and further [[World Women's Snooker Championship|championships]] in 1980 and 1981. |
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== World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) 1981-2016 == |
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[[Mandy Fisher]], a leading woman player, founded the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) in 1981.<ref name="Hargreaves2002" /><ref name="CUMMINGS">{{cite news |last=Cummings |first=Ann |date=11 June 1982 |title=Mandy's Magic |url= |work=Liverpool Echo |page=23 |access-date=|via=The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 13 September 2019.}}</ref> The WLBSA held its first open snooker competition in Leeds in March 1982.<ref name="CUMMINGS" /> |
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The WBSA lost control of snooker to the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA).<ref name="EVERTON" /> |
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== World Ladies Billiards and Snooker(WLBS) 2015-2018 == |
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⚫ | The WLBSA was restructured as a subsidiary of the [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] in 2015, and became a full member of the World Snooker Federation in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/ |title=About Us |last= |first= |publisher= |date= |website=World Women's Snooker |access-date=2019-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424130128/https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/ |archive-date=24 April 2019 }}</ref> In November 2018 the WLBSA was renamed, as World Women's Snooker,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/world-womens-snooker/ |title=World Ladies Billiards and Snooker now known as World Women’s Snooker |last=Huart |first=Matt |publisher= |date=2018-11-28 |website=World Women's Snooker |access-date=2019-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822134743/https://www.womenssnooker.com/world-womens-snooker/ |archive-date=22 August 2019 }}</ref> and is responsible for women’s snooker and billiards and the women’s ranking list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wpbsa.com/play/womenssnooker/ |title=Women’s Snooker |last= |first= |publisher= |date= |website=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |access-date=2019-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602233612/https://www.wpbsa.com/play/womenssnooker/ |archive-date=2 June 2019 }}</ref> |
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==Women's World Snooker 2018 - == |
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<ref>http://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2011/04/mandy-fisher-resigns-from-wlbsa.html</ref> |
<ref>http://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2011/04/mandy-fisher-resigns-from-wlbsa.html</ref> |
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WWS became a subsidiary organisation of WPBSA in 2015, <ref>https://www.wpbsa.com/world-womens-snooker/</ref> |
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Name change World Ladies Billiards and Snooker > WWS <ref>https://www.womenssnooker.com/world-womens-snooker/</ref><ref>https://www.wpbsa.com/world-womens-snooker/</ref> |
Name change World Ladies Billiards and Snooker > WWS <ref>https://www.womenssnooker.com/world-womens-snooker/</ref><ref>https://www.wpbsa.com/world-womens-snooker/</ref> |
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WORLD LADIES BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER LTD 02 Jul 2015 - 29 Nov 2018 <ref>https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09667069</ref> |
WORLD LADIES BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER LTD 02 Jul 2015 - 29 Nov 2018 <ref>https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09667069</ref> |
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<ref>https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072835/world-ladies-billiards-and-snooker-re-brands-as-world-womens-snooker</ref> |
<ref>https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072835/world-ladies-billiards-and-snooker-re-brands-as-world-womens-snooker</ref> |
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The WPBSA has four subsidiaries: the World Snooker Association (known as World Snooker), [[World Billiards]], World Women's Snooker (formerly World Ladies Billiards & Snooker and the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA))<ref>https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072835/world-ladies-billiards-and-snooker-re-brands-as-world-womens-snooker</ref> and World Disability Billiards & Snooker. |
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== History == |
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From 1931 to 1950, Women's Snooker was governed by the Women's Billiards Association. |
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[[Joyce Garder]] WPBSA member |
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A Women's Billiards & Snooker Association (WBSA) was formed in 1976, and in 1978 appointed Wally West, snooker club owner, and holder of the world record break of 151, as Secretary..<ref name="Hargreaves2002">{{cite book|author=Jennifer Hargreaves|title=Sporting Females: Critical Issues in the History and Sociology of Women's Sport|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lp-JAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT427|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-134-91276-5|pages=427–}}</ref><ref name="Polley2002">{{cite book|author=Martin Polley|title=Moving the Goalposts: A History of Sport and Society in Britain since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E04qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-76689-5|pages=95–}}</ref> |
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The WBSA reinstituted the [[World Women's Snooker Championship|world snooker championship]], but within a few years it had lost control of snooker to the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA), founded in 1981 by [[Mandy Fisher]].<ref name="EVERTON">{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1985 |title=Guinness Snooker - The Records |url= |location= |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd |page=154-156 |isbn=0851124488 |author-link= }}</ref><ref name="Shamos2000">{{cite book|author1=Mike Shamos|author2=Michael Ian Shamos|title=The Complete Book of Billiards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M87Mx7O9KwYC|year=2000|publisher=Gramercy Books|isbn=978-0-517-20869-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=Everton, Clive |title=The Leeds mystery still lingers |url= |magazine=The Guardian |location=p.19 |publisher= |date=25 July 1978 |access-date=|via=ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 23 August 2019.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=Everton, Clive |title=Young Stevens silences Parrott |url= |magazine=The Guardian |location=B11 |publisher= |date=24 October 1997 |access-date=|via=ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 23 August 2019.}}</ref> |
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The [[Women's Professional Billiards Championship]] has not been held since 1950. The Women's Amateur Billiards Championship was not held between 1979 and it's revival by the WLBSA in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://world-billiards.com/?p=9757 |title=World Ladies Billiards Champions |last= |first= |publisher= |date=22 June 2015 |website=World Billiards |access-date=2019-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816182227/http://world-billiards.com/?p=9757 |archive-date=16 August 2019 }}</ref> |
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⚫ | The WLBSA was restructured as a subsidiary of the [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] in 2015, and became a full member of the World Snooker Federation in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/ |title=About Us |last= |first= |publisher= |date= |website=World Women's Snooker |access-date=2019-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424130128/https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/ |archive-date=24 April 2019 }}</ref> In November 2018 the WLBSA was renamed, as World Women's Snooker,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/world-womens-snooker/ |title=World Ladies Billiards and Snooker now known as World Women’s Snooker |last=Huart |first=Matt |publisher= |date=2018-11-28 |website=World Women's Snooker |access-date=2019-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822134743/https://www.womenssnooker.com/world-womens-snooker/ |archive-date=22 August 2019 }}</ref> and is responsible for women’s snooker and billiards and the women’s ranking list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wpbsa.com/play/womenssnooker/ |title=Women’s Snooker |last= |first= |publisher= |date= |website=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |access-date=2019-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602233612/https://www.wpbsa.com/play/womenssnooker/ |archive-date=2 June 2019 }}</ref> |
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=== Promotional activities === |
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=== Officers === |
=== Officers === |
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The current Chairman is ...... . President ....[[Mandy Fisher]] ... |
The current Chairman is ...... . President ....[[Mandy Fisher]] ... |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [https://www.womenssnooker.com/ Official Website] |
* [https://www.womenssnooker.com/ Official Website] |
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Revision as of 14:10, 13 September 2019
Sport | Snooker (professional) and English billiards |
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Jurisdiction | International |
Abbreviation | WWS |
Founded | 1981 (as World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association) |
Affiliation | World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |
Headquarters | Bristol, United Kingdom |
President | Mandy Fisher |
Chairman | Nigel Mawer QPM |
Official website | |
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World Women's Snooker (WPBSA), founded as the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) in 1981 and known as World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) from 2 Jul 2015 to 29 Nov 2018, is a subsidiary company of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association concerned with governing and promoting snooker and billiards for women.
Precursors
Women's Snooker and Billiards had been governed by the Women's Billiards Association (WBA), formed in 1931.[1][2] However, the last professional billiards and snooker championships organised by the WBA were those held in 1950, and by the early 1970's the organisation had "fallen on hard times" according to leading snooker journalist and author Clive Everton.[3]<
A Women's Billiards & Snooker Association (WBSA) was formed in 1976,[4] and in 1978 appointed Wally West, snooker club owner, and holder of the world record break of 151, as Secretary.[4][3] The Association organised the 1976 Women's World Open snooker championship and further championships in 1980 and 1981.
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) 1981-2016
Mandy Fisher, a leading woman player, founded the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) in 1981.[4][5] The WLBSA held its first open snooker competition in Leeds in March 1982.[5]
The WBSA lost control of snooker to the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA).[3]
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker(WLBS) 2015-2018
The WLBSA was restructured as a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association in 2015, and became a full member of the World Snooker Federation in 2017.[6] In November 2018 the WLBSA was renamed, as World Women's Snooker,[7] and is responsible for women’s snooker and billiards and the women’s ranking list.[8]
Women's World Snooker 2018 -
Name change World Ladies Billiards and Snooker > WWS [10][11]
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association in 2011
WORLD LADIES BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER LTD 02 Jul 2015 - 29 Nov 2018 [12]
Officers
The current Chairman is ...... . President ....Mandy Fisher ...
References
- ^ "Women's Billiards. Association Formed to Control the Championships". Lancashire Evening Post. p.10. 1 October 1931 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "No interference". Gloucestershire Echo. p.5. 30 November 1933 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ a b c Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker - The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 154-156. ISBN 0851124488.
- ^ a b c Jennifer Hargreaves (11 September 2002). Sporting Females: Critical Issues in the History and Sociology of Women's Sport. Routledge. p. 427. ISBN 1-134-91276-5.
- ^ a b Cummings, Ann (11 June 1982). "Mandy's Magic". Liverpool Echo. p. 23 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "About Us". World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Huart, Matt (28 November 2018). "World Ladies Billiards and Snooker now known as World Women's Snooker". World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Women's Snooker". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ http://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2011/04/mandy-fisher-resigns-from-wlbsa.html
- ^ https://www.womenssnooker.com/world-womens-snooker/
- ^ https://www.wpbsa.com/world-womens-snooker/
- ^ https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09667069
- ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072835/world-ladies-billiards-and-snooker-re-brands-as-world-womens-snooker
External links
Category:Snooker governing bodies
Category:Organisations based in Bristol
Category:Sports organizations established in 1981
Category:Snooker in the United Kingdom