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1976 Women's World Open (snooker)

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Embassy Women's World Open
Tournament information
Dates7–9 April 1976 (1976-04-07 – 1976-04-09)[1]
VenueMiddlesbrough Town Hall
CityMiddlesbrough
CountryUnited Kingdom
OrganisationWomen's Billiards Association
FormatSingle elimination
Total prize fund£1030[1]
Winner's share£500 (plus a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch worth £500)[2][1]
Final
ChampionEngland Vera Selby[3]
Runner-upEngland Muriel Hazeldene
Score4–0
1980

The 1976 Women's World Open was a women's snooker tournament that took place in Middlesbrough in 1976. Vera Selby won the final 4–0 against Muriel Hazeldene.

Background and Tournament summary

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The tournament was sponsored by Embassy and run together with the men's 1976 World Snooker Championship.[4]

The top seed, was Joyce Gardner, the only professional player.[2] Gardner had been three times runner-up in the Women's Professional Snooker Championship from 1934 to 1937; and seven times Women's Professional Billiards Champion from 1930 to 1938. She lost in her first match to eventual runner-up Muriel Hazeldene.[5]

The Second seed was Vera Selby, who had won the UK national amateur snooker title for the previous four seasons, and had held the corresponding billiards title since 1970.[2][4]

Other competitors included the past amateur champions Maureen Baynton and Rosemary De Lasso (née Davies), who both came out of retirement; Marion Westaway from Australia; and two players from Canada, 16-year-old Canadian champion Natalie Stelmach, and Sheila King.[1]

Selby lost only one frame on the way to winning the title.[5]

Knockout

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Players listed in bold indicate match winner.[5]

 
Last 16
Best of 5 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 5 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames
Final
Best of 7 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
England Joyce Gardner1
 
 
 
England Muriel Hazeldene3
 
England Muriel Hazeldene3
 
 
 
Wales Lettie Haywood 2
 
Wales Lettie Haywood 3
 
 
 
Canada Natalie Stelmach1
 
England Muriel Hazeldene3
 
 
 
England Maureen Baynton0
 
England Rosemary De Lasso1
 
 
 
Australia Marion Westaway 3
 
Australia Marion Westaway0
 
 
 
England Maureen Baynton3
 
England Maureen Baynton3
 
 
 
England Hilary Reid1
 
England Muriel Hazeldene0
 
 
 
England Vera Selby4
 
England Ann Johnson 3
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Gloria Ruane 0
 
England Ann Johnson 3
 
 
 
England May Smith0
 
England May Smith3
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Anne Jones1
 
England Ann Johnson1
 
 
 
England Vera Selby3
 
England Ray Craven 3
 
 
 
Canada Sheila King0
 
England Ray Craven 0
 
 
 
England Vera Selby3
 
England Vera Selby3
 
 
England Lorraine Jackson 0
 

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Everton, Clive (6 April 1976). "Women Take Cue". The Guardian. p. 27 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Davison, John (5 April 1976). "Vera Must Fight To Win This Title". Evening Chronicle. p. 17 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker – The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 154–156. ISBN 0851124488.
  5. ^ a b c Corbett, Ted (May 1976). "Embassy Ladies Open Championship". Snooker Scene. pp. 12–13.