Lynette Horsburgh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lynette Horsburgh
Occupation	Snooker Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 8, 1974(1974-02-08)
Age	50
Birthplace	Scotland
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Aquarius

Lynette Horsburgh Biography

Lynette Horsburgh is one of the most popular and richest Snooker Player who was born on February 8, 1974 in Scotland, United Kingdom. Lynette Anne Horsburgh was the daughter of James Horsburgh and Anne (nee Regan), and was born in Blackpool, 8 February 1974. She currently lives in Blackburn. Because of her family’s connection to Scotland, she has always chosen to represent Scotland in sport. She is a Web content developer for BBC News Online and a journalist. Her first job in media was as a cue sport reporter for the Blackpool Gazette and Pot Black Magazine. In 1997, she completed a law and accounting degree at the University of Central Lancashire. Karl Boyes, Horsburgh’s partner, is also a world champion. He won the 2008 WPA World Cup of Pool (one of top professional male events nine-ball), and the 2010 WPA World Eight Ball Championship. He is also co-owner of Blackpool’s last pool and snooker club Qs Cue Sports Lounge.

Horsburgh started to transition into pool in 2003. By March 2004, it was her main cue sport focus. In 2004, she was the second-place finisher in the Ladies’ International Pool Tour Event 2. She then shifted her snooker practice to one night per week and rarely practiced before a tournament.

In 2005, Horsburgh won the WEPF Women’s European Championship in eightball pool, in which she was ranked the women’s no. 1 that year, and was also a member of the victorious European Team B (Scotland) in the World Ladies’ Team Championship in the same discipline. She 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. Horsburgh was also the runner up in a third discipline – English billiards – defeated 136–243 by three-time Indian national champion Anuja Thakur. She also competed in the 2006 Ladies’ World Championship in the singles and (with Natalie Madden) doubles divisions.

Horsburgh has a recorded high snooker break of 135, only 12 short of a maximum break. She 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. Like many players, she has various nicknames; hers include “the Ice Maiden” for her cool demeanor, as well as “Spinny”, “Spinderella”, and “Wee One” for her short stature of only 5 foot (1.5 m) even. This is unusual in the sport, in which reach is an advantage and lack of it requires development of skill with the rest (mechanical bridge stick). Horsburgh says she plays in high stiletto heels to compensate, though it causes foot discomfort. She shoots with the same custom-shortened Joe Davis 146 cue stick she has used since her days at the Commonwealth Sporting Club, and favoured three Blackpool snooker halls during their heyday: Potters, Great Harwood, and Rileys. Aside from Steve Davis, she cites Ronnie O’Sullivan as a favourite player. As of 2007, she was sponsored by ProMasters. In 2008, she began working as a personal pool and snooker coach, and an exhibition player (with Karl Boyes, Mick Hill, and Ian McCulloch).

Horsburgh reached the final round in the 2001 Women’s World Snooker Championship. She lost 2-4 to Lisa Quick from England. Horsburgh rose up to the number. Horsburgh rose to the no.1 ranking in the 2003/2004 WLBSA Ladies’ World Snooker Tour. She reached the semifinals at the 2003 WLBSA Ladies World Snooker Championship and lost to Kelly Fisher in the LG Cup. Kelly Fisher was on an unmatched 48-match winning streak over 10 tournaments. Horsburgh lost 3-4 despite leading 1-0 and 2-1 early.

Lynette Horsburgh Net Worth

Lynette Horsburgh is one of the richest Snooker Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lynette Horsburgh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lynette Horsburgh, /’ ho:rz br @/ HORZ-burr-@, was born in 1974. She is a semi-professional from Scotland and an international player of English billiards. She represents Scotland in sport. She is also a journalist and professional Web content producer at BBC News Online.

Horsburgh started playing snooker when she was eight years old. She played at a home table and used roller skates to get to the table. Horsburgh has been playing since then, starting seriously as a player aged 11. As a teenager, Horsburgh competed in weekend tournaments. Her inspiration came from playing with Steve Davis, the world champion, at the Commonwealth Sporting Club in Blackpool, in 1983. She was disappointed in the demise of the snooker hall in 2009, even though it had been converted to a bowling alley back in 1989.

Nevertheless, at age 30, she won the Ladies’ United Kingdom Snooker Championship in November 2004, taking the final in a close 4-frames -to-3 competition against England’s Reanne Evans – a full-time player also competing in the open/men’s circuit (and later a record-setting ten-time world champion, 2005–2014). Horsburgh had the highest break (consecutive run) of the event, of 82 points during her 4–1 semifinal victory against June Banks. She also scored breaks of 41 and 57 in her 4–1 quarterfinal win over Michelle Sherwin (Ireland national champion), and a break of 52 in the final (Evans managed a 68, but did not win the deciding frame). The UK victory ranked Horsburgh at no. 2 (after Kelly Fisher) in the WLBSA 2004/2005 season. Horsburgh said that she hadn’t expected to win this and two national pool titles – WEPF Ladies’ National Champion and English Pool Association (EPA) Champion of Champions – back-to-back over a few weeks, feeling her age and media career were disadvantages: “most of the top girls are full-time players and I am getting on a bit, while they seem to be getting younger.” She did not compete in the November 2004 WLBSA Ladies’ World Snooker Championship or the European Championship earlier that year due to non-sport work commitments.

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Lynette Ranked on the list of most popular Snooker Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Lynette Horsburgh celebrates birthday on February 8 of every year.