Michaela Tabb

Michaela Tabb ( born December 11, 1967 in Bath) is a British pool and snooker referee.

Life

Tabb was himself active pool player. As such, they won 1997 Women's Swimming Championship in the UK and in the following year, the Women's World Cup. From 1997 she was a referee, first in the 9-Ball Pool, where she led games at St. Andrew 's Cup and Mosconi Cup.

Your first appearance at a world ranking tournament snooker professionals had Tabb 2002. During the Welsh Open, she led the match between Ken Doherty and James Wattana

At the World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield they came for the first time in 2003 in the match between Mark King and Drew Henry used. Snooker story she wrote on 18 February 2007 the Welsh Open: the first woman, she ran the final ( between Andrew Higginson and Neil Robertson) a world ranking tournament snooker professionals.

Both players as well as fans she now enjoys high reputation. One of her nicknames is " (The) LadyRef " ( "ref" is a common in English abbreviation of the word " referee " for referees ).

Tabb initiated on 3 and 4 May 2009, the first woman to the final of the World Snooker Championships. On 6 and 7 May 2012, she was again a referee in the World Cup final. In the final of the Shanghai Masters 2012 Tabb accompanied for the third time in her career a maximum break.

On September 9, 2012, she headed the finals of the World Cup of Pool in the Robinson's Place in Manila, Philippines.

Tabb is married. She lives with her ​​husband, the Scottish snooker player Ross McInnes, and their two children in Dunfermline.

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