FISHER SET TO DEFEND NATIONAL CROWN
Mike Panozzo
Thursday, December 04, 1997, 08:39 PM (Central)

Picture
Fisher looks to cap big year.
WPBA Board Elections

Belinda Campos, Dawn Hopkins and Jan Numan were elected to board positions when the WPBA held its annual membership at the Treasure Island Resort & Casino in Red Wing, Minn., site of the 1998 Brunswick WPBA National 9-Ball Championship.

The trio replaced departing directors Ewa Laurance (who was WPBA president), Susan Dasher and Darlene Stinson. Campos, Numan and Hopkins join Aileen Pippin, Pat Tipton and Ramona Biddle on the association's six-member board. The election of officers is scheduled f or Sunday.

Calling the Women's Professional Billiard Association National 9-Ball Championship "the biggest title on the ladies' pro tour," world-beater Allison Fisher prepared to defend her crown at the Brunswick WPBA Nationals in Red Wing, Minn.

Fisher, the prohibitive favorite to once again claim the tour's player-of-the-year honors, will open her title defense against Tammie Wesley Jones Thursday evening at the Treasure Island Resort and Casino.

"The Nationals was the second title I won when I joined the tour in 1995," said Fisher. "It's a great title to win. But most importantly, I just want to play good pool."

The tour's top 16 players were seeded into the second round in the 48-player field of the $85,000 event. Fisher entered the tournament as the top seed, with second-ranked Jeanette Lee squaring off against Peg Ledman at the bottom of the double-elimination bracket. Vivian Villarreal and Ewa Laurance were the No. 3 and No. 4 seed, resepectively.

###
Copyright © 1997 Billiards Digest