1976 Women's World Open (snooker)

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Embassy Women's World Open
Tournament information
Dates7–9 April 1976 (1976-04-07 – 1976-04-09)[1]
VenueMiddlesbrough Town Hall
CityMiddlesbrough
CountryUnited Kingdom
OrganisationWomen's Billiards Association
FormatSingle elimination
Total prize fund£1030[1]
Winner's share£500 (plus a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch worth £500)[2][1]
Final
ChampionEngland Vera Selby[3]
Runner-upEngland Muriel Hazeldene
Score4–0
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The 1976 Women's World Open was a women's snooker tournament that took place in Middlesbrough in 1976. Vera Selby won the final 4–0 against Muriel Hazeldene.

Background and Tournament summary

The tournament was sponsored by Embassy and run together with the men's 1976 World Snooker Championship.[4] The top seed, was Joyce Gardner, the only professional player.[2] Gardner had been three times runner-up in the Women's Professional Snooker Championship from 1934 to 1937; and seven times Women's Professional Billiards Champion from 1930 to 1938. She lost in her first match to eventual runner-up Muriel Hazeldene.[5] The Second seed was Vera Selby, who had won the UK national amateur snooker title for the previous four seasons, and had held the corresponding billiards title since 1970.[2][4] Other competitors included the past amateur champions Maureen Baynton and Rosemary De Lasso (née Davies), who both came out of retirement; Marion Westaway from Australia; and two players from Canada, 16-year-old Canadian champion Natalie Stelmach, and Sheila King.[1] Selby lost only one frame on the way to winning the title.[5]

Knockout

Players listed in bold indicate match winner.[5]

 
Last 16
Best of 5 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 5 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames		Final
Best of 7 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
England Joyce Gardner1
 
 
 
England Muriel Hazeldene3
 
England Muriel Hazeldene3
 
 
 
Wales Lettie Haywood 2
 
Wales Lettie Haywood 3
 
 
 
Canada Natalie Stelmach1
 
England Muriel Hazeldene3
 
 
 
England Maureen Baynton0
 
England Rosemary De Lasso1
 
 
 
Australia Marion Westaway 3
 
Australia Marion Westaway0
 
 
 
England Maureen Baynton3
 
England Maureen Baynton3
 
 
 
England Hilary Reid1
 
England Muriel Hazeldene0
 
 
 
England Vera Selby4
 
England Ann Johnson 3
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Gloria Ruane 0
 
England Ann Johnson 3
 
 
 
England May Smith0
 
England May Smith3
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Anne Jones1
 
England Ann Johnson1
 
 
 
England Vera Selby3
 
England Ray Craven 3
 
 
 
Canada Sheila King0
 
England Ray Craven 0
 
 
 
England Vera Selby3
 
England Vera Selby3
 
 
England Lorraine Jackson 0
 

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Davison, John (5 April 1976). "Vera Must Fight To Win This Title". Evening Chronicle. p. 17 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ↑ World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker – The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 154–156. ISBN 0851124488.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Corbett, Ted (May 1976). "Embassy Ladies Open Championship". Snooker Scene. pp. 12–13.
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