Kim Shaw (snooker player)

Kim Shaw
Born (1969-07-09) 9 July 1969 (age 55)
England
Sport country England
NicknameThe Cooler[1]

Kim Shaw is an English snooker and pool player. She was runner-up in the 1995 World Women's Snooker Championship,[2] and was the first player to compile a century break in a World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association tournament.[3]

Biography

Shaw started playing snooker in 1984, at a snooker club in High Wycombe.[4] In the late 1980s, Shaw combined her playing career with working at Rileys Snooker Club, on the Oxford Road, Reading, Berkshire[5] She reached the semi-finals of the World Women's Snooker Championship in 1986, losing 3–4 to Sue LeMaich. Shaw reached the quarterfinals of the world championship in both 1991 and 1994, before her best showing, in the 1995 tournament, which was held in India.

Her 1995 world championship run saw her defeat Maryann McConnell, Lynette Horsburgh and Tessa Davidson on her way to the semi-final, where she beat Allison Fisher, who had won the championship on each of the last three occasions that it had been run, by 5 frames to 3. In the final, Shaw lost the first three frames to Karen Corr and end up losing 6–3.[6] This proved to be her only world snooker championship final, although she did reach the semi-finals in both 1998 and 1999.[7][8]

In the 1997 EBSA European Snooker Championship, Shaw was runner up, losing 3–5 to Kelly Fisher.[9] She won the 2000 Grand Prix tournament, which included victories over reigning world champion Kelly Fisher 3–2 in the quarter-final, and Emma Bonney 4–1 in the final. At this time, her main source of income was working as a courier for DHL.[3][10]

Shaw was runner up in the 2000 Connie Gough Memorial, to losing 1–4 to Kelly Fisher.[11] More recently, Shaw has played pool competitively, winning a number of tournaments.[12] She once appeared on the television programme Surprise Surprise, playing against Tony Meo.[4]

Titles and achievements

Snooker

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  • 2001 WPBA Amateur National Champion
  • 2001 LBAF Tour #6 Champion
  • 2001 AWBT #5 Champion
  • 2001 Pennsylvania State Ladies Nine-ball Championship runner-up
  • 2002 JPNEWT #2 Champion
  • 2002 JPNEWT 2002 #1 Champion
  • 2002 JPNEW New Jersey Eight-ball Championship runner-up
  • 2003 Women N.C. Nine-ball Championship Runner-up
  • 2003 JPNEW NY Nine-ball Championship Runner-up
  • 2003 Women Virginia State Championship Runner-up
  • 2004 JPNEW Tour 2004 #1 Champion
  • 2004 C.A.T. 2004 Stop 2 Runner-up
  • 2005 Ladies Florida State Champion
  • 2006 WPBA US Open Runner-up
  • 2006 Ladies Spirit Tour #2 Runner-up
  • 2009 MAL Tour Stop 2 Champion
  • 2009 CAL Pechauer Tour #3 Champion
  • 2009 Kwikfire Tour #2 Runner-up
  • 2009 Kwikfire Tour #3 Runner-up

References

  1. ^ "New partnership between Women's Professional Pool Player Kim Shaw and All Stat Courier Services, Inc". AZBilliards. Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  2. ^ World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "...Shaw Takes Her Unbeaten Record". Snooker Scene. No. November 2000.
  4. ^ a b Jones, Gaye (June 1987). "Spotlight on ...". Pot Black. London: Pot Black Publishing. p. 36.
  5. ^ a b "Kim's at the head of the table". Evening Post (Berkshire). p.1. 23 November 1988 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. ^ "Karen Corr regains women's world title". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. October 1995. pp. 14–15.
  7. ^ "Kelly Fisher: first woman to win at the Crucible". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. June 1998. p. 29.
  8. ^ "1999 World Women's Snooker Championship – Knockout". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  9. ^ "European Championships 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Shaw Wins Grand Prix". Snooker Scene. No. December 2000. p.48.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  11. ^ "Fisher's Third Title This Season". Snooker Scene. No. April 2000. p.40.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  12. ^ "Kim Shaw". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.