Mandy Fisher

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Mandy Fisher
birthday April 1962
nationality EnglandEngland
Main tour successes
World championships 1
Minor tournament victories 1

Mandy Fisher (born April 1962 ) is a former English snooker player and president of the World Women's Snooker (WWS). Fisher was the founder of the predecessor World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association in 1981. She is not related to Allison Fisher and Kelly Fisher , both also snooker players.

Career

Fisher began playing snooker at the age of 16. In 1981 she founded the World Ladies' Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) and directed the administration of the sport in addition to gaming in the 1980s and 1990s.

At the third women's snooker world championship in 1981 she reached the final, but had to admit defeat to the two-time winner Vera Selby 3-0. At that time the tournament was still called the “Women's Professional Championship”. Three years later she was in the final again, beating Canadian Maryann McConnell 4-2, winning her first and only world title as a professional player. In 1984 the National Express sponsored a five month series of five tournaments and £ 60,000 Grand Prix prizes which was broadcast on local TV channels. 16 of the top ranked women turned pro and took part in the series. Fisher eventually won, and her win put her in twelfth place - just behind three-time men's world champion, John Spencer , on the list of professional snooker prize money winners of the year.

In the 1980s, Fisher appeared regularly in the snooker shows and competed against players such as Steve Davis , Jimmy White and Alex Higgins .

When she was pregnant at an advanced stage in the early 1990s with a midwife by her side. She later complained that this state was attracting more press than demonstrating the skill of the players at the table. Barry Hearn , later chairman of World Snooker, persuaded Fisher to wear maternity clothes to demonstrate the fact to the media in Hyde Park, London .

In April 2011, Fisher resigned as President of the World Ladies' Billiards and Snooker Association, but was back in office in December 2015. Even after the re-establishment and restructuring, the division English Billiards was spun off to World Billiards , she remained its chairman.

She commented on her resignation with the words:

“The WLBSA quickly became my baby and I felt responsible for it. However, I can't always be there to pick up the pieces. I don't want to see the game fail but I feel like I've done all I can. The game needs a fresh outlook and a new approach. I've been elected president and I'll always be there to fall back on but I'm taking a back seat from now on. I've done my best but I feel the game's come to a bit of a standstill. It's time to pass on the baton. "

“The WLBSA quickly became my baby and I felt responsible for it. However, I can't always be there to pick up the broken pieces. I don't want the game to fail, but I feel like I've done everything I can. The game needs a new perspective and a new approach. I was elected president and I will always be there to resort to, but I will sit back from now on. I did my best but I feel like the game has stalled. It's time to pass on the baton. "

- Gavin Caney : Cambs Times

Private

Fisher is a full-time podiatrist and works in Wisbech .

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The woman who has run ladies snooker for 30 years has retired. Women Sport Report, April 17, 2011, archived from the original January 18, 2018 ; accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b Matt Huart: World Women's Snooker. World Women's Snooker (WWS), November 29, 2018, archived from the original on August 22, 2019 ; accessed on November 29, 2018 (English).
  3. ^ A b Jason Ferguson, Mandy Fisher: Restructure For World Ladies Snooker. The World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) has become World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) after becoming a subsidiary company of the WPBSA. WPBSA, December 5, 2015, archived from the original on July 20, 2019 ; accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  4. ^ History. WWS, archived from the original on January 28, 2019 ; accessed on August 22, 2019 (English).
  5. ^ A b c Sandy McNee: In search of the big break - Snooker (en) . In: The Times , November 7, 1989. 
  6. ^ Paul Frankel: The Fisher Queens. Professor Q-Ball, April 1, 2015, archived from the original on November 26, 2016 ; accessed on August 23, 2019 (English).
  7. ↑ a b c d e f Mandy Fisher Board Member. WWS, November 29, 2018, archived from the original on April 22, 2019 ; accessed on July 20, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b WWS World Women's Championship - Roll of Honor. List of female world champions since 1976. WWS, November 29, 2018, archived from the original on January 3, 2019 ; accessed on August 23, 2019 (English).
  9. ↑ a b c d Gavin Caney: Fenland's Mandy Fisher steps down after 30 years of running ladies' snooker. After 30 years of incredible service, the driving force behind women's snooker has shocked the sport by resigning as chairman. CambTimes online, April 22, 2011, archived from the original on July 20, 2019 ; accessed on August 23, 2019 (English).
  10. ↑ Gemma Briggs: Girl power that's just as driven: Even the men believe that a woman's touch can raise the profile of a sport (en) . In: The Observer , February 17, 2008. 
personal data
SURNAME Fisher, Mandy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH April 1962