Lisa Ingall

Lisa Ingall is an English snooker player. She was runner-up in the 2000 World Women's Snooker Championship.[1]

Lisa Ingall
Born28 November 1977
England
Sport country England

Biography

Ingall started playing snooker at the age of 12, and by the age of 16 was practicing four hours a day after school, and for sixteen hours at weekends. She had experienced bullying at school, and transferred to Bromfords Secondary School in Wickford, where she did not have any problems with being bullied. In 1995 and 1996 she played on the girls' snooker circuit, winning four of the seven events and comng second in the other three, to leave her as the top ranked girl player. At the age of 16, and with the endorsement of her parents, she decided to become a professional snooker player, and did not take her GCSEs. She was named as the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Young Junior Player of the year in 1996.[2][3]

In 2000, Ingall reached the semi-final of the UK Women's championship, losing 0–4 to Kelly Fisher[4] A few months later, she reached her first ranking final, winning past Eva Palmius 4–0, Mary Talbot 4–1, Lisa Quick 4–2, and Sharon Dickson 4–2, to meet Kelly Fisher in the final of the World Ladies Snooker Championship. Ingall won the second frame to level at 1–1 before Fisher won the last three frames to take the match 4–1. Ingall received £2,500 as runner up.[5][6]

In 2002, Ingall and Kelly Fisher, representing England, won the Home International Series, with 6–0 wins over Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Wales and Scotland 6–0 and a 5–1 win over the Republic of Ireland. They also won the International Challenge, beating both Poland and France 6–0 in qualifying and Wales 4–1 in the final.[7]

Titles and achievements

References
  1. World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. Davies, Gareth (2 April 1997). "Teenage girl quits studies to take cue from Hendry". The Daily Telegraph. p.40 – via The Telegraph Historical Archive. Retrieved 5 September 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. Nickless, Graham (2 April 1997). "Beauty and the baize! Lisa's got me in her pocket". Sunday Mirror. p.73 – via Proquest European Newsstream. Retrieved 5 September 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. "Kelly Fisher wins first U.K. title". Snooker Scene. No. January 2000. p.32.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. Dee, John (24 April 2000). "Higgins quick to defend Davis in slow-play row". The Daily Telegraph. S7 – via The Telegraph Historical Archive. Retrieved 5 September 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. "Kelly Fisher's World Title Hat Trick". Snooker Scene. No. June 2000. p.37.CS1 maint: location (link)
  7. Henderson, Dave (30 September 2002). "Snooker: Lisa fires England to double success". Evening Echo (Essex). Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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