Julie Kelly Explained
| Julie Kelly |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| World Champ: | Nine-ball (2000) |
Julie Kelly (born 28 January 1968) is an Irish professional pool and former snooker player. She won the WPA nine-ball world championship in 2000.[1]
Biography
Kelly was a sheepherder in Ireland and won the Irish women's snooker championship a record seven times before travelling to the United States with her friend Karen Corr to take up pool.[2] Kelly sold her sheep to help finance the move.[3]
She beat Corr in the final to win the WPA nine-ball world championship in 2000, and had some other successes on the tournament circuit, including a victory over Allison Fisher to win the 2000 WPBA Canadian Classic.
Titles and achievements
Snooker
- 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Republic of Ireland Ladies' Snooker Association Champion[4]
Pool
Notes and References
- https://wpapool.com/world-champions/ World Champions
- News: Yant Kinney . Monica . 1 August 2001 . Meet the unassuming ace of women's pool – She's pocketed the top rank. Marketers now want to mold her . Philadelphia Inquirer . A01 . NewsBank Retrieved 15 August 2019..
- News: Staff Reporter . 16 February 2011 . Antrim's Corr atop world women's pool rankings . Irish Echo . 16 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190815233126/https://www.irishecho.com/2011/02/antrims-corr-atop-world-womens-pool-rankings-5/ . 15 August 2019 . live .
- https://rilsa.ie/new-rilsa-championship-cup-sponsored-by-dan-carroll-annette-newman/ New RILSA Championship Cup Sponsored by Dan Carroll & Annette Newman
- http://www.poolroom.com/julie-kelly-triumphs-in-windsor/ Julie Kelly triumphs in Windsor
