The 1984 Women's World Amateur Snooker Championship, organised by the WLBSA, had 64 entrants and was sponsored by First Leisure and Bass Mitchells and Butlers, with a prize fund of £3,000. The top sixteen seeds joined the draw at the last 32 stage. First round matches were the best-of-three frames, and the other rounds before the quarter-finals were the best-of-five frames, these being played on 6 October. Matches from the quarter-finals onwards were the best-of-seven frames, and were played on 7 October.[2]
The top seed, Allison Fisher, aged 16, took a 2–0 lead in her semi-final against Hillyard, aged 15, but lost the third frame on the black. Fisher won the next to lead 3–1, before Hillyard levelled the match at 3–3 and followed this by winning the deciding frame of the pink. Hillyard took a 2–0 lead against Stelmach in the final, and after losing the third frame, went on to win 4–1 and take the title and win £1,000 in prize money.[2]
Hillyard also compiled the highest break of the event, 48, for which she earned a further £100.[2]
Prize fund
There was a total prize fund of £3,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[2]
Winner: £1,000
Runner-up: £500
Semi-finalists: £250
Quarter-finalists: £125
Last 16: £50
Highest break: £100
Main Draw
The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks where known,[2] while players in bold denote match winners.[5]
