Sue Foster

Sue Foster
Born	England
Sport country	England

Sue Foster is an English former snooker player. She won the Women's World Snooker Championship in 1983.^[1]

Career

Foster, from Tamworth,^[2] 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.^[3]

The 1983 Women's World Snooker Championship was sponsored by Pontins and held at their Brean Sands Holiday Park, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.^[4]^[2] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Achievements

Women's Snooker – Individual

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent	Score	Ref.
Runner-up	1	1977	Pontins Women's Championships	Agnes Davies	1–3	^[3]
Runner-up	2	1978	Pontins Women's Championships	Ann Johnson	1–3	^[3]
Winner	3	1980	UK Women's Snooker Championships			^[3]
Winner	4	1982	UK Women's Snooker Championships			^[3]
Runner-up	5	1982	Pontins Women's Championships	Agnes Davies	0–3	^[3]
Winner	6	1983	UK Women's Snooker Championships			^[3]
Winner	7	1983	Women's World Snooker Championships	Maureen Baynton	8–5	^[2]^[4]

References

^ World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Harvey out of team". The Observer. 29 May 1983. p. 42 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 22 July 2019. Sue in pocket: SUE FOSTER picked up a cheque for £2,000 after clinching the women's world snooker championship, just £28,000 short of the figure Steve Davis received for taking this year's men's title. Sue, from Tamworth, beat Maureen Baynton, a 46-year-old Surrey housewife, 8-5 in the final at Brean Sands, Somerset.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker. Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 43. ISBN 0600556042.
^ ^a ^b "Results". The Guardian. 28 May 1983. p. 14 – via NewsBank Retrieved 22 July 2019.
^ Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker: The Records. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 155–156. ISBN 0851124488.

External links

Sue Foster interviewed by John Swallow, for ATV Today, 23 June 1981.

[1] World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

[OBS-2] "Harvey out of team". The Observer. 29 May 1983. p. 42 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 22 July 2019. Sue in pocket: SUE FOSTER picked up a cheque for £2,000 after clinching the women's world snooker championship, just £28,000 short of the figure Steve Davis received for taking this year's men's title. Sue, from Tamworth, beat Maureen Baynton, a 46-year-old Surrey housewife, 8-5 in the final at Brean Sands, Somerset.

[HAMLYN-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker. Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 43. ISBN 0600556042.

[GUARD-4] "Results". The Guardian. 28 May 1983. p. 14 – via NewsBank Retrieved 22 July 2019.

[GUINNESS-5] Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker: The Records. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 155–156. ISBN 0851124488.

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