Sue Foster | |
Birth Place: | England |
Women's World Champ: | 1983 |
Sue Foster is an English former snooker player. She won the Women's World Snooker Championship in 1983.[1]
Foster, from Tamworth, was runner-up in the Pontins women's championships three times, in 1977, 1978 and 1982; and was national women's champion in 1980, 1982 and 1983.[2]
The 1983 Women's World Snooker Championship was sponsored by Pontins and held at their Brean Sands Holiday Park, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.[3] [4] Foster won the tournament, and the £2,000 prize, by defeating Maureen Baynton, from Ewell, 8–5 in the final. The Observer noted that this was £28,000 less than the £30,000 that Steve Davis received for winning the men's World Snooker Championship that season.
Foster had reached the semi-final in 1981, where she lost 0–3 to Vera Selby. In 1980 she lost 0–3 to Natalie Stelmach in the quarter-final.[5] She retired from competitive snooker in 1984.
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score | Ref. | |
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Runner-up | 1 | 1977 | Pontins Women's Championships | 1–3 | |||
Runner-up | 2 | 1978 | Pontins Women's Championships | Ann Johnson | 1–3 | ||
Winner | 3 | 1980 | UK Women's Snooker Championships | ||||
Winner | 4 | 1982 | UK Women's Snooker Championships | ||||
Runner-up | 5 | 1982 | Pontins Women's Championships | 0–3 | |||
Winner | 6 | 1983 | UK Women's Snooker Championships | ||||
Winner | 7 | 1983 | 8–5 |