Highest snooker break by a woman?

[wyt147]

One day I will make a maximum

:snooker:

[The Statman]

Theres something about the number 15....

Funnily enough I thought that when I wrote it - it was done off the top of my head and I think either the break or the date may be wrong!

[Just checked in Snooker Scene - it was a 114 break. See July 2008 issue, "100 Years of the Bournemouth League" by me!]

[magicman]

I remember playing Stacey in competition when I lived in Bournemouth. She went on to win the Ladies World Title despite playing in the era of Allison Fisher.

[philip in china]

When did Kelly make some of her 147s?

Kelly Fisher has made 147's...but she is a very attacking player. When she is on, she does not miss much at all.
I notice that even in 9 ball the ladies are just not as good as the men, eventhough the top ladies have sponsors and make enough off playing pool that they can actually do it full time. I am talking about the likes of Allison Fisher, Kelly Fisher, Karen Corr, Ga Young Kim, Xian Tang Pan, Jasmine Oschan...
So, I am not sure if it is only because the ladies do not have enough money to do it full tiem that they are not as good as the men. I am sure a lot of guys were working and playing as they coming up the rankings...
I have been thinking about this a lot and I honestly cannot come up with a good answer as to why it is so...
Of course, we see ladies beat men sometimes in 9 ball but it is not very often. Put it this way, if you allow men to play in the WPBA, Allison Fisher would have a hard time winning even 1 single event. If you allow Allison to play with the men in the world 9 ball championship, she also would have a hard time winning. But if you only allow women to play, then Allison is a favorite to win.
Why, I really dont know...

[aldo0978]

It comes down to genetics. There is not a physical reason why men are better than women. Men are the hunter gatherer who needs good hand eye coordination for hunting purposes to catching food and provide for his family if you go back in time. However in modern society as this is not a requirement you can only come to the conclusion that women in a sporting sense will be mens equal one day but only after the need for men to have better hand eye coordination has dis-involved over hundreds to thousands of years.

In a way being so good at sport is kind of like a peacock having a load of feathers attached to its arse.

[ADR147]

i have watched a girl from serbia who name escapes me make a number of hundred breaks in the hustler club in newcastle in about 1992, put it this way i am 100% sure that had she been interested she would have been making maximums every other day. for sure she was good enough to beat me more often than not and she was there to study not to play snooker!

[sharkster63]

Good Day,

After reading this thread, my thoughts are that a women who is involved with a male snooker player such as Miss Evans must have an advantage over other women who would not practice with men as much. I think this relationship would develop a strong will to improve and a respect for the opponent that is required to win.
I read an article in Time last week stating that the eye hand coordination of the new generation is decliningt, allot of the guys are having a hard time to hit a nail on the head and needing 10 strokes to sink a nail, Shortly explained they are not using these skills as they have in the past.
There is a reason why men are not allowed to compete in womens tournys but some women are allowed to play in mens. I dont think I will see the day that both men and women compete against each other in all events at the olympics, even if some men are losing the edge and more and more women are getting into the trades and capable of sinking a nail in one strike.
Cheers,

[Inoffthered]

I remember playing Stacey in competition when I lived in Bournemouth. She went on to win the Ladies World Title despite playing in the era of Allison Fisher.

Yeah, I hear ya Magic. I played Alison Fisher way back in the late 80's at a London Pro-Am, scraped thru 3-0 ( I think if she were a man, no-one would have talked about her 'ability' as much ). I lost to Gary Hill in the next round. I'm getting old. Haha.

Remember Stacey tho, whatever happened to her? She never went to the States like Alison, Kelly or Karen did.

[philip in china]

I apologise. I had misunderstood. I thought the original post was referring to a maximum in competition.

When was the 143?

Kelly Fisher is reported to have a high match break of 143. She is also reported to have achieved over 20+ maximums in practice.

[circle]

I think Stacey Joined the Police Force.

Kelly Fisher made a 143 in a tournament in may/june 1994 - she was 15 at the time.