147 Controversy: Will a Woman Ever Make One as a Pro?…

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TWO 147’s have been made in the European Masters Qualifying on the professional circuit of the World Snooker Tour.

Hossein Vafaei, the Prince of Persia, and Zhang Anda have racked the 36 pot perfection with Hossein, the current Shootout King last season, racking his first career maximum and the first Iranian player to make a maximum.

However, controversy was sparked on Twitter as there was then mention of whether a woman player would ever make a 147 in a professional event.

New tour graduate Nutcharut Wongharuthai, winner of last season’s World Women’s Championship, has already racked a maximum in practice, but it may well be a long time before we see a female enduring maximum perfection in a competitive professional arena? Or will it?

Pro and Northern Ireland Open Champion Mark King, who made an incredible 147 in an exhibition a few months ago in Surrey, said that it would be unlikely at the present if a woman would make a 147 in competition.

He said on Twitter…

It’s an opinion and I stick by it,we all have them and I made another 147 in an exhibition a couple of months back with @joegentlemanjoe so I’d check ya facts before opening your mouth young man. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/Pe3zNrCyXY

— mark king (@markking147) July 17, 2022

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More people waded into the banter…

Why is @markking147 getting hammered for having an opinion! I agree with Mark and that’s not me being sexist at all and as CEO of elite sports management we will give any female players that makes a 147 in a wst event £2000 as a gift for this excellent achievement #incentive

— CDG 😎 (@cdgdaboss) July 18, 2022

It was all sparked by this comment from former World number three Neal Foulds…

The maximum break made today by Hossein Vafaei is the 178th in professional competition and only the 2nd to be compiled against a woman. The first such 147 was made by Mark Williams against Diana Schuler in Germany in 2010 #Stats

— Neal Foulds (@fouldsy147) July 17, 2022

Also, I genuinely think we aren’t far away from seeing a woman player added to the list of official 147 makers. The overall standard in woman’s snooker is improving all the time.

— Neal Foulds (@fouldsy147) July 17, 2022

And it rolled on to this…

I didn’t have to say anything Mark. I started by talking about 147 breaks and who they were made against. Anyway I’ll be saying no more on the subject. Cheers mate take care 👍 😎 https://t.co/hKiRf6Kjnb

— Neal Foulds (@fouldsy147) July 18, 2022

OMG @fouldsy147 said he could see a lady making a maximum on the tour soon just because he has to say it as he’ll be commentating on the mixed pairs etc,I hope I am wrong but I really can’t see it atm.just my opinion. https://t.co/rlzKGlZ73B

— mark king (@markking147) July 18, 2022

What do you think? Is Foulds right? How far away is the standard in the women’s game from these kinds of feats?