Biography: add← Previous revisionRevision as of 16:13, 13 October 2026 Line 18: Line 18: Kelly was a [[Shepherd|sheepherder]] in Ireland and won the Irish women's [[snooker]] championship a record seven times before travelling to the United States with her friend [[Karen Corr]] to take up pool.{{cite news |last=Yant Kinney |first=Monica |date=1 August 2001 |title=Meet the unassuming ace of women's pool – She's pocketed the top rank. Marketers now want to mold her |work=Philadelphia Inquirer |page=A01 |via=[[NewsBank]] Retrieved 15 August 2019.}} Kelly sold her sheep to help finance the move.{{cite news |last=Staff Reporter |date=16 February 2011 |title=Antrim's Corr atop world women's pool rankings |url=https://www.irishecho.com/2011/02/antrims-corr-atop-world-womens-pool-rankings-5/ |work=Irish Echo |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815233126/https://www.irishecho.com/2011/02/antrims-corr-atop-world-womens-pool-rankings-5/ |archive-date=15 August 2019 |url-status=live }} Kelly was a [[Shepherd|sheepherder]] in Ireland and won the Irish women's [[snooker]] championship a record seven times before travelling to the United States with her friend [[Karen Corr]] to take up pool.{{cite news |last=Yant Kinney |first=Monica |date=1 August 2001 |title=Meet the unassuming ace of women's pool – She's pocketed the top rank. Marketers now want to mold her |work=Philadelphia Inquirer |page=A01 |via=[[NewsBank]] Retrieved 15 August 2019.}} Kelly sold her sheep to help finance the move.{{cite news |last=Staff Reporter |date=16 February 2011 |title=Antrim's Corr atop world women's pool rankings |url=https://www.irishecho.com/2011/02/antrims-corr-atop-world-womens-pool-rankings-5/ |work=Irish Echo |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815233126/https://www.irishecho.com/2011/02/antrims-corr-atop-world-womens-pool-rankings-5/ |archive-date=15 August 2019 |url-status=live }} Kelly won the 2000 [[WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship]] in Quebec City, Canada. She twice defeated defending champion [[Liu Shin-mei]], by scores of 9–8 and 9–6, and beat [[Jeanette Lee]] 9–7 before defeating [[Karen Corr]] 9–8 in the final.{{cite web |url=https://www.poolroom.com/irish-eyes-are-smiling/ |title=Irish eyes are smiling |website=PoolRoom |access-date=13 October 2026}} She beat [[Karen Corr|Corr]] in the final to win the [[List of WPA World Nine-ball champions|WPA nine-ball world championship]] in 2000, and had some other successes on the tournament circuit, including a victory over [[Allison Fisher]] to win the 2000 [[Women's Professional Billiard Association|WPBA]] Canadian Classic. In October 2004, Kelly won her first [[Women's Professional Billiard Association|WPBA]] title, at the Canadian Classic in Windsor, Ontario. After losing to Corr in the fourth round, she progressed through the losers' bracket and defeated Corr 7–4 in the semi-final. She then beat [[Allison Fisher]] 7–5 in the final.{{cite news |url=https://www.billiardsdigest.com/new_news/display_article.php?id=428 |title=Julie Kelly Triumphs in Windsor |work=Billiards Digest |date=12 October 2004 |access-date=13 October 2026}} ==Titles and achievements== ==Titles and achievements==