Suzie Terry Explained

Suzie Terry
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Suzie Terry (née Opacic)[1] is an English snooker player from Eastleigh.[2] Winner of the 2006 World Ladies Junior Championship, she has twice reached the semi-finals of both the UK Women's Championship and the British Women's Open, and is a two-time runner-up (with Laura Evans) at the World Women's Pairs Championship.

Biography

Opacic started playing snooker at the age of eight, after watching it on television. She was playing on full-sized tables by the age of nine.[3]

She joined the women's snooker circuit in 2006. She won the World Ladies Junior Championship in the same year, and by 2009 had reached four semi-finals, the UK Women's Championship in 2006 and 2007 and the British Women's Open in 2007 and 2009. She attended Bournemouth University, studying geography. In 2006, she was unable to represent her league team Pot Black against Netley Central social club, as club rules excluded female players.[4] [5] Eight months later, the club overturned its ban on female players.[6]

She took four-year break from competition while studying for a master's degree, but also from disillusionment with the reduced number of tournaments and players.[7] She returned to competitive snooker in 2015.

With her playing partner Laura Evans, Opacic was runner-up in the World Women's Pairs Championship in both 2017 and 2018.[8]

She works as a planning manager.[1] She was a town planner in Heathrow Airport's Expansion team, working on obtaining planning approvals for the proposed new runway and related developments.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suzie Terry . womenssnooker.com . World Women's Snooker . 6 December 2022 .
  2. Web site: Suzie Opacic . womenssnooker.com . World Women's Snooker . 6 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190822113137/https://www.womenssnooker.com/player/suzie-opacic/ . 22 August 2019 . live .
  3. Web site: Heathrow women's snooker ace to take on the World in Malta . Your Heathrow . LHR Airports Limited . 13 March 2018 . 6 September 2019 .
  4. News: Daily Echo Reporter. Sarah . 14 December 2006 . Cue for a wrong? . Bournemouth Echo . 6 September 2019 .
  5. News: Getty . Sarah . 14 December 2006 . Club bans women's snooker champ . Metro . 6 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150627011613/http://metro.co.uk/2006/12/14/club-bans-womens-snooker-champ-472842/ . 27 June 2015 . live .
  6. News: 21 August 2017 . Suzie leaves the chaps snookered . Daily Echo. NewsBank. Retrieved 6 September 2019..
  7. Web site: Opacic Plans Flying Start at UK Women's Championship . wpbsa.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . 27 September 2017 . 6 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171002052412/http://www.wpbsa.com/opacic-plans-flying-start-uk-championship/ . 2 October 2017 . live .
  8. News: 23 April 2018 . Dudley snooker stars Reanne Evans and Maria Catalano win world pairs title . Halesowen News . 6 September 2019 .

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