Katie Henrick

Biography

Henrick was a student at the Hundred of Hoo school

She was the recipient of the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Most Improved Player award in both 1998 and 1999. In 2000 she joined the Young Players' Distinction programme, which aimed to help young players develop their game as well as providing media training and advice on how to manage stress. In 2002, she achieved the highest break, 121, in the World Ladies Snooker Championship.

She won her only ranking title, the 2007 Ladies East Anglian Open Championship, in 2007. 2007 was also the year of her appearance in the World Ladies Snooker Championship final, where she was beaten 3–5 by Reanne Evans.

From 2009, Henrick took up playing pool again, and in 2019 was ranked fourth by the World Eightball Pool Federation.

Henrick once doubled for Holly Willoughby on a children's television show, playing a trick shot whilst dressed in a French maid's outfit. She has worked as the Royal Automobile Club's snooker professional since 2003, coaching members.