Deuel and Feijen were both named on more than 20 percent of the ballots. Orcullo and Hohmann were both named on more than 50 percent of the ballots, receiving 23 votes from the 46 completed ballots. She was named on 70 percent of the ballots. I had been in many finals, but at that stage you just don’t know how many more chances you’re going to have.”ĭespite being joined on the 2020 ballot by men’s stars Dennis Orcullo, Thorsten Hohman (both in their first year of eligibility), Niels Feijen and Corey Deuel, Fisher earned election by a comfortable margin. I remember being very nervous before the final and that surprised me. I knew I was still capable, but I was over 40 and the quality of play is so high.
But winning the World 9-Ball Championship last year meant so much to me. Open, followed, of course, by my first two world titles. “My first win, San Diego in 2005, was very memorable. Reflecting, Fisher recalled the career highlights that paved the way for her eventual election. As I got older, the thought of getting into the Hall of Fame become more meaningful.” I wondered whether I could get to that level. They’d been playing for many years and won so many titles. I remember seeing players get into the Hall of Fame. You don’t think about it while playing in competition, but it becomes a dream along the way. “I’m chuffed to bits,” Fisher exclaimed from the home in Dumfries, Scotland, when informed of her election into the BCA Hall of Fame. In 2019, Fisher completed her amazing comeback by winning the Women’s World 9-Ball Championship for the second time.
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Fisher’s recoveries from the surgeries was astonishing, as she managed to win women’s pro events in 2016, 20. A year later she underwent a double mastectomy. Medical setbacks and then a comebackįisher returned to the United Kingdom in 2013, and then underwent heart surgery in 2014. She also earned four International Tournament of Champions titles, winning in 2009, 2010, 20. A regular in large tournaments in Asia, Fisher won the China Open in 2012 and the Amway Cup in 2013. A year later, Fisher claimed the World 9-Ball Championship. She captured her first World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) world title in 2011, when she won the World 10-Ball Championship. 1 ranking, winning three more WPBA titles over the next two years. Fisher captured her first WPBA title in 2005 and won five more events over the next two years. Her aggressive style was well-suited to American 9-ball, and Fisher quickly ascended to the WPBA top-10 rankings.
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to join the Women’s Professional Billiard Association Classic Tour. She captured six world titles between 19. 30, at the Norfolk Sheraton Waterside in Norfolk, Va., although travel restrictions and health concerns may force the ceremony to be held in 2021.īorn in West Yorkshire, England, Fisher got her start in cue sports playing ladies professional snooker, much like fellow BCA Hall of Famers Allison Fisher (no relation) and Karen Corr. The induction ceremony is tentatively scheduled for Friday, Oct. Fisher will enter the Greatest Players wing of the BCA Hall of Fame. The United States Billiard Media Association (USBMA) today announced that England’s Kelly Fisher has earned induction into the sport’s most prestigious club.įisher, 41, who in her first year of eligibility in 2019 was edged out by Canadian Alex Pagulayan in a special run-off ballot, coasted to election in 2020.
JThe Billiard Congress of America (BCA) Hall of Fame will welcome the most dominant woman player of the last 15 years to the class of 2020.
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