World Women's Snooker
| Sport | Snooker (professional) and English billiards |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | International |
| Abbreviation | WWS |
| Affiliation | World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |
| Headquarters | Bristol, United Kingdom |
| President | Mandy Fisher |
| Chairman | Nigel Mawer QPM |
| Replaced | World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association |
| (founded) | 1981 |
| Official website | |
| www | |
The World Women's Snooker (WPBSA), founded in XXXXXX and based in Bristol, the United Kingdom, is the governing body of women's professional snooker and English billiards. SUBSIDIARY OF WPBSA
Overview
WWS became a subsidiary organisation of WPBSA in 2015, [1]
Name change World Ladies Billiards and Snooker > WWS [2][3]
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association in 2011
WORLD LADIES BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER LTD 02 Jul 2015 - 29 Nov 2018 [4]
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))[6] and World Disability Billiards & Snooker.
History
From 1931 to 1950, Women's Snooker was governed by the Women's Billiards Association.
Joyce Garder WPBSA member
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..[7][8]
The WBSA reinstituted the 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.[9][10][11][12]
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.[13]
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.[14] In November 2018 the WLBSA was renamed, as World Women's Snooker,[15] and is responsible for women’s snooker and billiards and the women’s ranking list.[16]
Promotional activities
Officers
The current Chairman is ...... . President ....Mandy Fisher ...
References
- ^ https://www.wpbsa.com/world-womens-snooker/
- ^ 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
- ^ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072835/world-ladies-billiards-and-snooker-re-brands-as-world-womens-snooker
- ^ Jennifer Hargreaves (11 September 2002). Sporting Females: Critical Issues in the History and Sociology of Women's Sport. Routledge. pp. 427–. ISBN 1-134-91276-5.
- ^ Martin Polley (11 September 2002). Moving the Goalposts: A History of Sport and Society in Britain since 1945. Routledge. pp. 95–. ISBN 978-1-134-76689-5.
- ^ Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker - The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 154-156. ISBN 0851124488.
- ^ Mike Shamos; Michael Ian Shamos (2000). The Complete Book of Billiards. Gramercy Books. ISBN 978-0-517-20869-4.
- ^ Everton, Clive (25 July 1978). "The Leeds mystery still lingers". The Guardian. p.19 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Everton, Clive (24 October 1997). "Young Stevens silences Parrott". The Guardian. B11 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "World Ladies Billiards Champions". World Billiards. 22 June 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 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.
External links
Category:Snooker governing bodies
Category:Organisations based in Bristol
Category:Sports organizations established in 1981
Category:Snooker in the United Kingdom