Lynette Horsburgh is a Scottish-English semi-professional, world champion pool and national champion snooker player, as well as an international-class player of English billiards.
17 Facts About Lynette Horsburgh
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Lynette Horsburgh says that playing at the Commonwealth Sporting Club in Blackpool in 1983 with her hero, world champion Steve Davis, is what inspired her.
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Lynette Horsburgh lamented the snooker hall's demolition in 2009 and the role the venue played for her in a sport dominated by men:.
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Lynette Horsburgh fought to the semifinals of the 2003 WLBSA Ladies' World Snooker Championship, and the final match of the LG Cup, losing only to Kelly Fisher, who was on an unprecedented 48-match winning streak across 10 tournaments.
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Lynette Horsburgh began transitioning into pool in 2003 and made it her primary cue sports focus by March 2004.
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Lynette Horsburgh was the runner-up in the EPA 2004 Ladies' International Pool Tour Event 2 early in the year, and relegated her snooker play to amateur leagues one night per week, rarely practising except before a tournament.
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Lynette Horsburgh competed again in the WLBSA Ladies' World Snooker Championship, reaching the finals for a second time, losing to Reanne Evans, despite having bested her for the world title in 2004.
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Lynette Horsburgh competed in the 2006 Ladies' World Championship in the singles and doubles divisions.
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Lynette Horsburgh became, at age 34, the World Eightball Pool Federation 2008 Women's World Champion.
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Lynette Horsburgh bested the defending and eight-time World Champion Sue Thompson in the semifinal.
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Lynette Horsburgh represents Scotland as an international player, both in pool and snooker, and has competed in the Scottish Pool Association, the national World Pool-Billiard Association blackball pool league, as well as WEPF eightball pool and snooker.
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Lynette Horsburgh has appeared on BBC One's snooker game show Big Break three times.
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Lynette Horsburgh has a recorded high snooker break of 135, only 12 short of a maximum break.
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Lynette Horsburgh has trained with snooker coaches Sedge McClelland and Stephen Rowlings in snooker, and with eightball-pool world champion Mick Hill as well as Pete Mercer.
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Lynette Horsburgh says she plays in high stiletto heels to compensate, though it causes foot discomfort.
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Lynette Anne Horsburgh was born in Blackpool on 8 February 1974 to Scottish parents James and Anne Horsburgh, and works in nearby Blackburn.
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Lynette Horsburgh completed a degree in law and accountancy at the University of Central Lancashire in 1997.