World Ladies Snooker Season

[wyt147]

The Ladies version on the Masters will be held at North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, ClayCross, Derbyshire on Saturday September 15th 10:45 start.

The entries for the event are as follows:

Reanne Evans – World Number 1, World Champ, European Champ, UK Cham, British Open Champ
Maria Catalano – Connie Gough Champion 2007, England International
Jenny Poulter – World Ladies Seniors Champion 2006
Christine Sharpe – World Ladies Doubles Champion 2007, England International
Katie Henrick – World Champs Runner Up 2007, Young Player of Distinction
Emma Bonney – World Ladies Billiard Champion 2002 , World Championship Finalist 2006
Suzie Opacic – World Ladies Junior Champion, Ladies UK Semi Finalist 2006
Joanne Davies – World Ladies Doubles Finalist 2007, UK Ladies quarter finalist, (14 years old)
Hannah Jones – England International 2007, World Ladies Junior Finalist, (11 years old)
Wan-Ip In -– IBSF World Championship Runner Up 2006

The players are competing for a £1200 prize fund and the event will be a good preparation for the Ladies UK Championship which is held at the same venue the following day, Sunday 16th September.

The Masters is a Top 4 event with wildcards for the next 6 players. Notable absence is World Number 2 June Banks who is away on holiday. She is replaced with World number 5 Christine Sharpe.

[Sam147]

thanks 4 the info wyt147 :)

too bad one can't watch it & worse, look at the prize money :eek: what a shame :confused:

[wyt147]

thanks 4 the info wyt147 :)

too bad one can't watch it & worse, look at the prize money :eek: what a shame :confused:


No problem Sam147.

You can watch it as I hav mentioned in a previous post 2 cameras on 2 tables. Possibly live feed - not sure yet. Live scoring in Globalcuesportscentre.com.

Prize money - well it is a start ;) and all entrys get paid as it is an invitational tournament.

[Sam147]

yeah, just read it & replied to it :o

would be awesome if businesses & promoters get more interest in the ladies game because i do believe many ppl would luv to watch it regardless of their gender and it would be great for advertisers as well... more viewership = more advertisers :)

[snookerdad]

FORMER World Ladies Junior Champion Suzie Opacic was minutes away from being caught in the gun drama that rocked Chandler’s Ford on Thursday morning.

The 19-year-old from Brambridge was due to continue preparations for Saturday's trip to Derbyshire for the Wytech Masters.

“I got here just after quarter past,” she said. “And it had just happened.”

With the road blocked, Suzie parked nearby and climbed a bank to get to the snooker club before the area was taped off.

“There was a red car, which was just behind the security van, with bullet holes in the bonnet. And there was one parked further along by the bank with a bullet hole.

“I was thinking ‘they’re shooting bullets this way and I’ve just run up there’.”

Two alleged bank robbers were gunned down by police just yards from Suzie's home club in Chandler's Ford. The club was sealed off all day.

Tim Dunkley

[Sam147]

:eek:

thank God she's ok & hopefully no innocent ppl were harmed!!!

experiences like this one can shake the confidence & concentration of sports persons... hopefully, Suzie will have put it past her come Saturday!

[nardiello]

ladies snooker?wow..just know bout it..whos the most beautiful player?reanne evans?is the table same as the men snooker table?or smaller?and whats their maximum break?can they make a century break?

[Erwan_BZH]

Yes, ladies can ALSO play snooker....on 'real' tables, with 'real centuries'....:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[wyt147]

Indeed Maria Catalano knocked in a 102 at the World Ladies UK Championships against Katie Henrick on Sunday 16th September.

Kelly Fisher has made a tournament highest break of 143 and has had more than 20 maximums.

[Sam147]

Indeed Maria Catalano knocked in a 102 at the World Ladies UK Championships against Katie Henrick on Sunday 16th September.

Kelly Fisher has made a tournament highest break of 143 and has had more than 20 maximums.

very impressive, some ladies have the sweetest cue action :)

wyt147, u got any footage of ladies centuries u can post on here? would be nice to see... even better if it's Hannah's ;)

[wyt147]

No I haven't sorry Sam147.

Hannah is no where near a century yet, plenty of time to go though.

If I do manage to record one I shall certainly post it up.:)

[Sam147]

that would be cool, thank u :)

i've read on her website she got an 89 in praccy? not far... fingers crossed :)

[MrRottweiler]

Do they have cues and balls with AI to make the game a bit easier for them?






Said with tongue firmly planted :D

[snookerdad]

THREE-time world ladies champion Reanne Evans added the Wytech Masters and the 2007 UK Championship to a growing list of titles at the weekend.

The 21-year-old from Gornal, West Midlands, pocketed £500 after a 4-2 Masters final victory over Emma Bonney (Portsmouth) at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Clay Cross.

And the following day, watched by boyfriend and world No 29 Mark Allen, mother-of-one Evans, beat England international Katie Henrick 3-0 in the UK final.

Evans, who won five of the six World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association events last season, still has the hunger to dominate the game and insists she will not join the lucrative US pool circuit.

“I hate pool,” she said.

The £1,300 Masters, the inaugural invitation-only WLBSA 2007/08 season curtain-raiser, was sponsored by Midlands-based IT company Wytech.

Bonney, 31, who lost 3-1 in the UK semis to Evans, played both tournaments with a £15 cue bought from a car-boot sale in Gosport a couple of weeks ago. The two-time world billiard champion said: “I couldn’t actually see if it was straight. I’ve not played a competitive game with it yet.”

Suzie Opacic (Chandler’s Ford) was minutes from being caught up in the gun drama just yards from her home club last Thursday. The 19-year-old former World Ladies Junior Champion lost 3-1 to Henrick in the UK semis.

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s cousin Maria Catalano, 25, scored the highest break, a 102 clearance to take a 2-1 lead against Henrick, but lost 3-2.

Jaique Ip-Wan In flew in from Hong Kong to take in both events. The 2006 International Billiards & Snooker Federation ladies runner-up was beaten 4-3 by Bonney in the Masters semis but saw off Jenny Poulter 2-1 to win the UK Plate.

The 27-year-old, whose trip was paid by the Hong Kong Billiards & Snooker Control Council, said: “It was hard for me to come here, a long flight.” But she “enjoyed” her first tournament in England and it anxious to return.

Wytech Masters results, breaks in brackets:

Last 16
Suzie Opacic (Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire) 3-0 Joanne Davies (Derby)
Jaique Ip-Wan In (Hong Kong) 3-0 Hannah Jones (Derby)

Quarter-finals - losers £75 each
Reanne Evans (Gornal, West Midlands) 3-0 Opacic
Katie Henrick (Bickley, Kent) 3-0 Jenny Poulter (Maidstone)
Emma Bonney (Portsmouth) 3-2 Chris Sharpe (Chelmsford)
Ip-Wan In (52) 3-1 Maria Catalano (Dudley, West Midlands)

Semis-finals - losers £100 each
Evans (49, 39) 4-1 Henrick (30, 38)
Bonney 4-3 Ip-Wan In

Final – winner £500, runner-up £300
Evans (41, 36, 38) 4-2 Bonney


UK Championships

Semi-finals
Henrick 3-1 Opacic
Evans 3-1 Bonney

Final – winner £150, runner-up £75
Evans 3-0 Henrick


Tim Dunkley (WLBSA press office)

[wyt147]

Hannah Jones and Mark Allen having an impromptu fight at the Ladies UK before the final beween Reanne Evans and Katie Henrick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-V-CkXjjyo


Video of the matches is being edited now and will be on-line soon.

[alfadriver@hotm]

Indeed Maria Catalano knocked in a 102 at the World Ladies UK Championships against Katie Henrick on Sunday 16th September.

Kelly Fisher has made a tournament highest break of 143 and has had more than 20 maximums.

I was there with my camera poised but just stood and watched her do it. Amazing play.

[snookerdad]

Katie clinches East Anglian Championship

WOMEN’S snooker star Katie Henrick was “over the moon” after clinching a first ranking event at Cambridge SC on Saturday (October 6).

Runner-up in Derbyshire last month, Henrick went one better to beat June Banks 3-1 in the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association East Anglian Championship final.

The 27-year-old from Bickley, Kent, pocketed £180 and is now provisionally ranked world number two.

“I’m really, really pleased,” said Henrick. “It was something I wanted to do this season and it took me up to number two as well, so that’s even more of a bonus.”

The former England international is a snooker professional at the RAC in Pall Mall and has played on the circuit for ten years. She lost to world number one Reanne Evans in the UK Championship final, the first event of the season.

Henrick added: “I’m really pleased to finally win one because I’ve had a couple of finals and not quite managed it, so to actually win today is such a boost.”

Banks was on course for a first tournament win since this event in 2005 after compiling breaks of 56, 41, 42 and 49 in the early rounds and taking a 1-0 lead in the final.

But the 38-year-old from Orpington, Kent, who picked up £80, said: “I ran out of steam in the end.”

World number one Evans, 21, was in action on the English Association of Snooker and Billiards Pro-Ticket Tour in Leeds.

Vicky Ashby, 24, from Hemel Hempstead, beat Hannah Jones from Derby, 2-0 in the Plate final.

England international Jones, 11, who is due to fly out to Thailand next month for the IBSF World Amateur Championships, reached a first final despite having had only four hours’ sleep the previous night.

Results:

Last 32
Emma Bonney (Portsmouth) 3-0 Charlotte Holloway (Ashbourne, Derbyshire)

Last 16
June Banks (Orpington, Kent) (56) 3-0 Bonney
Eva Palmius (Royston, Herts) 3-0 Mary Hawkes (Eaton Bray, Beds)
Chris Sharpe (Chelmsford) 3-0 Hannah Jones (Derby)
Suzie Opacic (Brambridge, Hants) 3-0 Joanne Davies (Derby)
Martina Lumsden (Eastbourne) 3-0 Georgina Holloway (Ashbourne, Derbyshire)
Marianne Williams (Smallfield, Surrey) 3-1 Vicky Ashby (Hemel Hempstead)
Katie Henrick (Bickley, Kent) 3-0 Jan Hughes (St Neots, Cambs)
Jenny Poulter (Maidstone) 3-0 Pam Wood (Newcastle)

Quarter-finals
Banks (41, 42) 3-1 Palmius
Sharpe 3-1 Opacic
Lumsden 3-1 Williams
Henrick 3-1 Poulter

Semi-finals
Banks (49) 3-0 Sharpe
Henrick 3-0 Lumsden

Final – winner £180, runner-up £80
Henrick 3-1 Banks

Plate

Quarter-finals
Jones 2-0 Charlotte Holloway
Davies 2-1 Hughes
Ashby 2-1 Wood
Hawkes 2-0 Georgina Holloway

Semi-finals
Jones (22) 2-0 Davies
Ashby 2-1 Hawkes

Final
Ashby 2-0 Jones

Next tournament is the British Open in Rushden on November 10.

Tim Dunkley (WLBSA press office)

[snookerdad]

Three-time women's world champion Reanne Evans in the Daily Mail and, perhaps, a future women's champion needs some work on her cue action...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/othersports.html?in_article_id=489813&in_page_id=1781

Tim Dunkley

[Maija]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/othersports.html?in_article_id=489813&in_page_id=1781


I read that interview earlier, very interesting. Sad to see that she "hates pool", yet contemplates possibly as a last resort taking it up to "pay for" her snooker.

Reanne Evans is only 21 but she has already managed a feat that not even Ronnie O'Sullivan will match.

I find that a tad patronising, considering she is already one world title up on Ronnie ;)

[wyt147]

I read that interview earlier, very interesting. Sad to see that she "hates pool", yet contemplates possibly as a last resort taking it up to "pay for" her snooker.

Reanne Evans is only 21 but she has already managed a feat that not even Ronnie O'Sullivan will match.

I find that a tad patronising, considering she is already one world title up on Ronnie ;)

I think it is more tongue in cheek about Ronnie not winning a World title while pregnant...:)

[Maija]

I think it is more tongue in cheek about Ronnie not winning a World title while pregnant...:)

We need a tongue-in-cheek smiley! ;) obviously doesn't cut it :D

[snookerandy]

reanne evans plays in my league for baggeridge....

[snookerdad]

reanne evans plays in my league for baggeridge....

Give Reanne my regards when you next see her.

How does she get treated in your league, considering she is a woman and a three-time world champion?

Tim Dunkley

[snookerandy]

not sure my first season but mark allen has played a few and her 2 brothers play so i expect she gets treated with respect. i would treat her with respect if i played her anyways. shes made a 71 in first 3 games so cant be too bad lol

[snookerdad]

THE women’s snooker circuit descends on Rushden this Saturday for the British Open, the third ranking event of the season.

World number two Katie Henrick (Bickley, Kent) is aiming for a second tournament win in a row after her triumph at the East Anglian Championship in Cambridge last month.

Maria Catalano (Dudley, West Midlands), who has just returned from playing on the US pool circuit, fancies her chances of a first title this season.

Beaten finalist in Cambridge June Banks (Orpington, Kent) will be keen to regain her number two spot

Two veterans of the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA) circuit, 47-year-old snooker club-boss Jenny Poulter (Maidstone) and 45-year-old Chris Sharpe (Chelmsford) are also in action.

Reigning champion, and world number one, Reanne Evans and 11-year-old Derby schoolgirl Hannah Jones are in Korat, Thailand, for the International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Ladies Championship and miss the trip to Northamptonshire.

Tina Owen-Sevilton (Somerset), Maureen Logan (Tyne & Wear) and Derby duo Julie Kightley and Julia Betteridge make their first starts of the season.

2007 Ladies British Open - ranking event
Saturday, 10th November, 2007
Rushden Snooker Centre,
Glassbrook Road
Rushden
Northamptonshire
NN10 9TH
General manager Andy Voyce
Tel: 01933 319191

Confirmed entries:

Katie Henrick Bickley, Kent
June Banks Orpington, Kent
Jenny Poulter Maidstone, Kent
Maria Catalano Dudley, West Midlands
Suzie Opacic Brambridge, Hants
Chris Sharpe Chelmsford, Essex
Emma Bonney Portsmouth, Hants
Eva Palmius Royston, Herts
Martina Lumsden Eastbourne, East Sussex
Pam Wood Newcastle
Jan Hughes St Neots, Cambs
Joanne Davies Derby
Vicky Ashby Hemel Hempstead, Herts
Marianne Williams Smallfield, Surrey
Mary Hawkes Eaton Bray, Beds
Charlotte Holloway Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Georgina Holloway Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Maureen Logan Wallsend, Tyne & Wear
Julie Kightley Derby
Julia Betteridge Derby
Tina Owen-Sevilton Somerset


Tim Dunkley

[xxwolf]

Prize money?

[Semih_Sayginer]

is there "many" lady players from the far east "taking up" the game seriously these days?

if so, anyone with info on them?

(the game is that popular over there these days, so i was wondering if the same could be said of the ladies game)

[whitewitch]

There was a girl called Jaique Ip-Wan In (I think that is right!) who flew over from Hong Kong for the first ranking event of the season, the UK Championship and the Wytech Masters. Apparently, she was 2006 Ladies IBSF World Runner Up. She was beaten in SF of Masters by Emma Bonney 4-3 but won the UK Champ Plate.

I was watching her play some of her matches and I reckon she has a lot of potential. Nice solid cue action and great potter. I think we might be seeing a lot more of her in future. She said she enjoyed event and seemed keen to return.

[snookerdad]

Prize money?


Yes...well...There is more to playing snooker than winning money.

Tim Dunkley

[Monique]

Yes...well...There is more to playing snooker than winning money.

Tim Dunkley

Well yes ... but when you see players like Wendy Jans focusing on pool because they can't make a living in snooker ... maybe this futile detail requires some attention after all...:p

[Semih_Sayginer]

There was a girl called Jaique Ip-Wan In (I think that is right!) who flew over from Hong Kong for the first ranking event of the season, the UK Championship and the Wytech Masters. Apparently, she was 2006 Ladies IBSF World Runner Up. She was beaten in SF of Masters by Emma Bonney 4-3 but won the UK Champ Plate.

I was watching her play some of her matches and I reckon she has a lot of potential. Nice solid cue action and great potter. I think we might be seeing a lot more of her in future. She said she enjoyed event and seemed keen to return.

thanks for that ww.

if you (or anyone else) has any more info, id like to know it.

cheers :cool:

[Semih_Sayginer]

googling sent me back here - to the gallery -

http://www.thesnookerforum.com/photoplog/index.php?n=451

:)

[snookerdad]

Jaique Ip-Wan In is 27 and has a high match break of 61.

She speaks good English and enjoyed her trip to Derbyshire although she found it difficult to make the long flight on her own with no friends or coach.

It was her first tournament here.

Her trip was sponsored by the Hong Kong Billiards and Snooker Control Council and she would like to return if the HKBSCC will finance her.

She likes Mars bars and prefers to be photographer with her hair down.

As regards prize money:

The girls pay £30 to enter each event and prize money is paid out of that.

The only financial support the WLBSA receive at the moment is from Midlands-based IT company Wytech who sponsored the Masters.

Tim Dunkley

[snookerdad]

Re World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association press release

MARIA Catalano was crowned British Open Ladies champion at Rushden SC on Saturday (November 10).

Results

Preliminary round:
Maureen Logan (Wallsend) bt Pam Wood (Newcastle) 3-0
Katie Henrick (Bickley, Kent) bt Mary Hawkes (Eaton Bray, Beds) 3-0
Emma Bonney (Portsmouth) bt Eva Palmius (Royston, Herts) 3-0
Jenny Poulter (Maidstone) bt Marianne Williams (Smallfield, Surrey) 3-0
Joanne Davies (Derby) bt Georgina Holloway (Ashbourne, Derbyshire) 3-0

Last 16:
June Banks (Orpington, Kent) (48) bt Logan 3-0
Julia Betteridge (Derby) bt Jan Hughes (St Neots, Cambs) 3-1
Henrick (43) bt Tina Owen-Sevilton (Taunton) 3-0
Bonney bt Vicky Ashby (Hemel Hempstead) 3-0
Poulter by Charlotte Holloway (Ashbourne, Derbyshire) 3-0
Chris Sharpe (Chelmsford) by Julie Kightley (Derby) 3-0
Suzie Opacic (Brambridge, Hants) bt Martina Lumsden (Eastbourne) 3-0
Maria Catalano (Dudley, West Midlands) (54) bt Davies 3-0

Quarter-finals
Banks (52) bt Betteridge 3-0
Bonney bt Henrick 3-0
Sharpe bt Poulter 3-2
Catalano bt Opacic 3-0

Semi-finals
Catalano (90) bt Sharpe 3-0
Bonney bt Banks 3-2

Final
Catalano £250 bt Bonney £150 3-2


Plate prelims
Kightley bt Palmius 2-0
Ashby bt Owen-Sevilton 2-1
Williams bt Davies 2-0
Hughes bt Hawkes 2-0
Lumsden bt Charlotte Holloway 2-0

Plate quarter-final
Georgina Holloway by Kightley 2-1
Williams 2-0 Ashby
Lumsden bt Hughes 2-0
Logan by Wood 2-1

Plate semi-finals
Williams bt Lumsden 2-1
Logan bt Holloway 2-0

Plate final
Williams bt Logan 2-0


Seniors final
Palmius bt Hughes 2-0

[Monique]

I hope it's OK to post this excerpt of today's edition of "Le Soir" probably the main newspaper in French speaking part of Belgium ...


Wendy Jans en finale du mondial de Snooker
vendredi 23.11.2007, 09:15

Wendy Jans s’est qualifiée pour la finale du championnat du monde de snooker amateurs, à Korat en Thaïlande. La citoyenne de Bree n’a laissé aucune chance en demi-finale à l’Irlandaise Michelle Sherwin, battue 4-0. Jans, 24 ans, tenante du titre, sera opposée en finale à la jeune Anglaise Reanna Evans, 20 ans, qui a battu la Chinoise de Hong Kong Ip-Wan-In-Jaque 4-0 dans l’autre demi-finale. Il s’agit de la 4e finale consécutive de Wendy Jans dans un mondial amateurs. Elle a remporté son premier titre l’an dernier en dominant Ip-Wan-In 5-0 en finale.

This is all the more remarkable that it is the first time ever I see snooker mentioned in the online edition of "Le Soir" ... and it's about the Ladies ...:p

[xxwolf]

If Ladies Snooker is sexy,may be better......

[whitewitch]

So Wolf .... d'ya think if all the ladies turned up at Eastbourne in Feb wearing mini skirts, low cut tops, stockings n suspenders and 9 inch stilletos then they might have more chance of attracting sponsors????

[xxwolf]

So Wolf .... d'ya think if all the ladies turned up at Eastbourne in Feb wearing mini skirts, low cut tops, stockings n suspenders and 9 inch stilletos then they might have more chance of attracting sponsors????

hehe,do you know what is sexy in sports?

[Anastasia]

If Ladies Snooker is sexy,may be better......

I am agree lith you ;)

[Anastasia]

Or at least not dressed in men's clothes

[whitewitch]

I am not one of the top lady players - I can regularly make breaks in the 70's and 80's in practice but sometimes struggle to make a break over 16 in a match! Sadly, 99% of males watching a reasonably attractive female playing a snooker or pool match (unless they are gay maybe!) are more interested in watching their bums when they bend over to take a shot rather than how good their cueing action is and their potting skills etc!! :mad:

When I played in my local pool league I used to have blokes coming up to me - even ones from my own team - saying things like "try and wear tighter jeans next time" and "I heard you were playing our team tonight and I think you have one of the best ar**s in the the whole pool league to I thought I would come along tonight specially to watch you"!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

I would much rather someone came to watch my snooker skills (not that I have many at the minute like!!! - one day hopefully) than for the above reason.

Oh and sorry Wolf ... by 'sexy' you meant us women clad in black pvc leather and kinky thigh high boots didn't u!!!!! lol :D

[xxwolf]

I am not one of the top lady players - I can regularly make breaks in the 70's and 80's in practice but sometimes struggle to make a break over 16 in a match! Sadly, 99% of males watching a reasonably attractive female playing a snooker or pool match (unless they are gay maybe!) are more interested in watching their bums when they bend over to take a shot rather than how good their cueing action is and their potting skills etc!! :mad:

When I played in my local pool league I used to have blokes coming up to me - even ones from my own team - saying things like "try and wear tighter jeans next time" and "I heard you were playing our team tonight and I think you have one of the best ar**s in the the whole pool league to I thought I would come along tonight specially to watch you"!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

I would much rather someone came to watch my snooker skills (not that I have many at the minute like!!! - one day hopefully) than for the above reason.

Oh and sorry Wolf ... by 'sexy' you meant us women clad in black pvc leather and kinky thigh high boots didn't u!!!!! lol :D


nonono,it isn't my view.
Sexy in tennis or golf,do you know?

[q-girl]

Don't think you can blame them guys for looking. Personally I also watch for example swimming competitions to see them sexy bodies, but hey one can still appreciate the skill.

I've experienced the same as you whitewitch, bums and boobs respectively. But I also get a "... and she can play too." Don't think because they are slobbering over your body features that they can't appreciate a good cue action.

[Monique]

Well don't be deluded guys ... we girls also do appreciate players who are physically fit and display some nice bums when bending ... and other details.
And curse over undies showing through the trousers fabric and spoiling the sight:rolleyes:
Be warned ... you're not the only ones in that game:D

[Wim]

Don't think you can blame them guys for looking. Personally I also watch for example swimming competitions to see them sexy bodies, but hey one can still appreciate the skill.

I've experienced the same as you whitewitch, bums and boobs respectively. But I also get a "... and she can play too." Don't think because they are slobbering over your body features that they can't appreciate a good cue action.

Could be the body features helps us to appreciate good cue action :)
anyway imagine we shouldn't look how disppointed would you be then...(just joking girls)

[MrRottweiler]

Interesting. I've always associated Snooker clubs as being dark and dingy and not the place a woman would be interested in visiting and certainly not practicing for hours. Obviously not the case but I've never seen a girl practicing on her own. Of course there is no reason why women can't play Snooker as well as males although apparantly it can be difficult for women with large breasts because it can hinder the cue rubbing against the side of their chests. Imagine having a partner who is a Snooker player. "Just going for a few frames love" "I'll come too and kick your a***" "ok, the loser cooks dinner" or "hit a century and I've got a surprise for you tonight!!" Hows that for an incentive :D

I think in that situation and in anticipation it would be acceptable to find something more interesting to look at than their cue action. Just keep the saliva well away from your tip.

Jamie "double" Entendre

[snookerdad]

Any idea who said something like: "There's as much chance of a woman winning the world snooker championship as winning the world boxing championship."

And where and when?

Thanks

Tim Dunkley

[snookerdad]

IBSF world champion Reanne Evans heads a 23-strong field aiming to enjoy a day at the seaside on Saturday at Eastbourne's Q Ball SC:


Reanne Evans - Dudley, West Midlands
Katie Henrick - Bickley, Kent
June Banks - Orpington, Kent
Jenny Poulter - Maidstone, Kent
Maria Catalano - Dudley, West Midlands
Suzie Opacic - Brambridge, Hants
Gaye Jones - Melksham, Wilts
Chris Sharpe - Chelmsford, Essex
Emma Bonney - Portsmouth, Hants
Martina Lumsden - Eastbourne, East Sussex
Pam Wood - Newcastle
Hannah Jones - Derby
Joanne Davies - Derby
Sue Selby - Haywards Heath
Vicky Ashby - Hemel Hempstead, Herts
Marianne Williams - Smallfield, Surrey
Mary Hawkes - Eaton Bray, Beds
Charlotte Holloway - Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Georgina Holloway - Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Maureen Logan - Wallsend, Tyne & Wear
Jane O’Neill - Spain
Maureen Twomey - Plympton, Devon
Tina Owen-Sevilton - Somerset

Tim Dunkley

[wyt147]

Reanne Evans knocked in a personal best 140 total clearance against Suzie Opacic in the first frame of the quarter finals.

[snooligan]

Wow!!! :cool:

That is just awesome. Way to go Reanne Evans (two thumbs up). ;)

Has the break been video recorded? Can it be watched anywhere? How long did she take to clear the table? I'm very curious. :D

[snookerdad]

Bonney win for Emma at the South Coast Classic

SEVEN-time beaten finalist Emma Bonney has finally potted her way to glory in a women’s ranking event - with a £15 cue picked up at a car boot sale.

The 31-year-old from Portsmouth clinched the WLBSA South Coast Classic at the Q Ball SC in Eastbourne with a 3-2 victory over world number three June Banks from Orpington.

Stand-in film star Reanne Evans took centre stage in the quarter-finals with her highest break, a 140 total clearance in the first frame of a 3-0 last-eight win over Hampshire’s Suzie Opacic.

But Bonney had not read the script and ended the IBSF world champion’s 35-match unbeaten run on a fifth-frame black-ball decider in the semi-finals after trailing 2-1.

Evans took a 2-1 lead with breaks of 83 and 52 but two-time world billiards champion Bonney levelled and won the decider which was dominated by high-class snookers.

Bonney, who lost 3-2 to Evans at the same event in Brighton last year, said: “It’s about time I won. I’ve had a few chances to beat her and I managed to do it today.

“It’s always satisfying to beat someone when you know they’re cueing well. I had her snookered a couple of times, she had me a couple of times and I pulled out a very good blue, pink and black to win.”

Bonney bought her cue at a car boot sale in Gosport at the start of the season but left it in the car park at the last event at Rushden. It was spotted late at night by the tournament director and taken to Brighton.

Bonney said: “I’ve been getting on alright with it. I work for an insurance company, just hope they’re going to let me have the time off for the World Championship because they’ve changed the date. If they don’t, I’ll have to leave,” she laughed.

Surrey’s Marianne Williams beat local girl Martina Lumsden 2-1 in the Plate final.

The day before the fourth ranking event of six, mother-of-one Evans stood in for actress Kristin Scott Thomas to play a snooker shot in Noel Coward’s Easy Virtue which was being filmed in Reading.


Results (breaks in brackets):

LAST 32: Tina Owen-Sevilton bt Jane O’Neill 3-0, Maureen Logan bt Charlotte Holloway 3-0, Joanne Davies bt Maureen Twomey 3-2, Martina Lumsden bt Mary Hawkes 3-2, Vicky Ashby bt Sue Selby 3-1, Gaye Jones bt Marianne Williams 3-1.

LAST-16: Reanne Evans bt Owen-Sevilton 3-0, Suzie Opacic bt Logan 3-1, Emma Bonney bt Pam Wood 3-0, Jenny Poulter bt Hannah Jones 3-0, Katie Henrick bt Lumsden 3-0, Chris Sharpe bt Ashby 3-1, June Banks (58 and 32) bt G Jones 3-0, Maria Catalano (40) bt Davies 3-0.

QUARTER FINALS: Evans (140 and 43) bt Opacic 3-0, Bonney bt Catalano 3-1, Henrick (55) bt Poulter 3-0, Banks bt Sharpe 3-0.

SEMI FINALS: Bonney bt Evans (83 and 52) 3-2, Banks bt Henrick 3-2.

FINAL (£300/£150): Bonney by Banks 3-2.


PLATE RESULTS:

LAST 16: Selby by H Jones 2-1, Wood bt G Jones 2-0, Lumsden bt Logan 2-0, Williams bt Davies 2-0, O’Neill by Hawkes 2-1, Owen-Sevilton bt Holloway 2-0.

QUARTER FINALS: Selby bt Twomey 2-1, Lumsden bt Wood 2-1, Owen-Sevilton bt Ashby (49) 2-1, Williams bt O’Neill 2-1.

SEMI-FINALS: Lumsden bt Selby 2-0, Williams bt Owen-Sevilton 2-1.

FINAL: Williams bt Lumsden 2-1.