Michaela Tabb

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Michaela Tabb at the German Masters 2013 .
Tabb when putting back the balls in the final of the German Masters 2012
Tabb aligning the 15-ball group of red balls in the final of the German Masters 2012 , in the background Ronnie O'Sullivan

Michaela Tabb (born December 11, 1967 in Bath ) is a former British pool and snooker referee .

Life

Tabb herself was an active pool player. As such, she won the UK Women's Pool Championship in 1997 and the Women's World Cup the following year. From 1997 she became a referee, initially in the 9-ball pool , where she directed games at the St. Andrew's Cup and Mosconi Cup .

Tabb had her first appearance at a world ranking tournament for snooker professionals in 2002 at the Welsh Open, she led the game between Ken Doherty and James Wattana .

At the World Cup at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield, it was used for the first time in 2003 in the game between Mark King and Drew Henry . She wrote snooker history on February 18, 2007 at the Welsh Open: she was the first woman to lead the final (between Andrew Higginson and Neil Robertson ) of a world ranking tournament for snooker professionals.

She is now highly regarded by both players and fans. One of her nicknames is "(The) LadyRef" ("ref" is an English abbreviation of the word "referee" for referee).

On May 3rd and 4th, 2009, Tabb became the first woman to lead the final of the World Snooker Championship . On May 6 and 7, 2012 she was again referee in the final of the World Cup . In the final of the Shanghai Masters 2012 , Tabb accompanied a maximum break for the third time in her career .

On September 9, 2012, she presided over the final of the World Cup of Pool at Robinsons Place in Manila , Philippines .

On March 19, 2015, after 14 years, she retired as a professional referee for the World Snooker Circuit.

Tabb is married. She lives in Dunfermline with her husband, Scottish pool player Ross McInnes, and their two children .

See also

Web links

Commons : Michaela Tabb  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website of Michaela Tabb ( Memento from September 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ World Championship - Tabb leads the World Cup final ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on Eurosport, as of April 16, 2009
  3. ↑ Tabb To Referee World Final . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
  4. ↑ Record of the final World Cup of Pool 2012 ( Memento from November 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved on September 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ Michaela Tabb ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on worldsnooker.com
personal data
SURNAME Tabb, Michaela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English pool and snooker referee
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Bath