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Allison Fisher beat the men at snooker, now she earns more than them playing pool

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Nov 08, 2009

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The 11-time world snooker champion has found a new lease of life in nine-ball pool

It is a connoisseur's hat-trick. First, you win the women's nine-ball pool gold medal representing the United Kingdom at the World Games in Taiwan. Second, at a ceremony held in the banqueting hall of the Marriott Hotel in Chesapeake, Virginia, you are inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame. Barry Hearn is "virtually present" thanks to a recorded video. Third, you are shortlisted for Stonewall's Sports Award of the Year. (Barry sends a video in but fails to make the cut).

Many sports stars would struggle to complete the equivalent of the above in a lifetime; Allison Fisher has pulled it off in the last few months. Sitting in a cafe in Islington, with her mum beside her chugging on an inhalator after open heart surgery, Fisher could not be more modest about her achievements. Not the least of which is that she was world snooker champion 11 times before she even took up pool.

It all began with Pot Black. She was sitting watching the programme with her father and

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