Women's Professional Billiard Association facts for kids

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The Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) is a special group for professional women who play pool. It organizes exciting tournaments and events mainly in the United States. The WPBA helps women who play pool as a job to compete and show their amazing skills. It was started in 1976. Two players, Madelyn Whitlow and Palmer Byrd, helped create it. Larry Miller, who was an editor for a newspaper about billiards, also helped. They wanted to create a strong organization for women in professional pool.

Top Pool Players in the WPBA

The WPBA ranks its players based on how well they do in tournaments. Here are some of the top players from the end of 2019 rankings:

Allison Fisher
Brittany Bryant
Jennifer Barretta
Wei-Tzu Chien
Kelly Fisher
Line Kjørsvik
Siming Chen
Monica Webb
Jia Li
Melissa Little
Janet Atwell
Caroline Pao
Gerda Gregerson
Loree Jon Hasson
Emily Duddy
Teruko Cucculelli
Gail Eaton
Sara Miller
Jasmin Ouschan
Jenna Bishoff
Kim Ga-Young
Kristina Tkach
April Larson
Kim Newsome
Bonnie Arnold
Jessica Barnes
Maureen Seto
Cathy Metzinger
Dawn Hopkins
Ashley Burrows
Eugenia Gyftopoulos
Beth Fondell

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Official Page: http://www.wpba.com

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