UK Championships

[snookerdad]

THE women’s snooker season kicks off this weekend with a double-header at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Clay Cross.

On Sunday, September 13, an 18-strong field will assemble for the UK Championship, the first ranking event of the 2009/10 World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association season.

The previous day, the girls will be chasing more than £1,100 prize money in the third Wytech Ladies Masters (see separate thread).

Both tournaments start at 10am.

Among the favourites are: five-time world champion Reanne Evans, 23; Ronnie O’Sullivan’s cousin Maria Catalano, 27; four-time world billiards champion Emma Bonney, 33; and former World Snooker Association ‘Young Player of Distinction’ Katie Henrick, 29.

The UK Championship will also use the six-red format, but only in the Plate.

Evans is the defending champion. She overcame Catalano 3-1 in last year’s final.

The WLBSA is hosting six ranking events this season culminating in the World Championships in April.

UK Championship entries:

Reanne Evans
Katie Henrick
Maria Catalano
Emma Bonney
Chris Sharpe
Suzie Opacic
Hannah Jones
Eva Palmius
Joanne Davies
Jodie Symes
Naomi Clare
Maureen Logan
Gaye Jones
Marianne Williams
Vicky Ashby
Jenny Poulter
Laura Alves
Mary Hawkes

Tim Dunkley
(WLBSA press office)

[noel]

THE women’s snooker season kicks off this weekend with a double-header at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Clay Cross.

Thanks snookerdad... would love to see that live, but being so far away can only hope for some Live Streams
or settle for some YouTube vids after-the-fact. Will still look forward to it!

I hope you don't mind but I'd love to ask someone who KNOWS...
Reanne Evans is arguably the class of the field.
If she were on her A game and all her opponents from the Men's Top 96 [ excluding Mark Allen ] were also on their A games...
how far up that list would she win, in your opinion?

Cheers!



=o)

Noel

[Monique]

Noel ... and others
I will be there, both days, and hopefully you will get pictures and reports.
And, no, Reanne isn't anywhere near the top boys level. But I have the opportunity to do some mini interviews and I hope to highlight some of the hurdles the development of the girls game is facing..

[wyt147]

Noel,

The action from the Masters should be live on cuesport.tv depending on the internet connection and will be edited properly to be shown later on the same site.

Sunday will be streamed by yours truly through Ustream - won't be as professional but should give you an idea of what is going on and how people are playing.. :)

[noel]

Noel,

The action from the Masters should be live on cuesport.tv depending on the internet connection and will be edited properly to be shown later on the same site.

Sunday will be streamed by yours truly through Ustream - won't be as professional but should give you an idea of what is going on and how people are playing.. :)

Awesome wyt147!!!
Thank you.
I will definitely checkitout!



=o)

Noel

[checkSide]

Am I correct in assuming women can play on the (main) professional tour if good enough??

[DandyA]

Noel,

The action from the Masters should be live on cuesport.tv depending on the internet connection and will be edited properly to be shown later on the same site.

Sunday will be streamed by yours truly through Ustream - won't be as professional but should give you an idea of what is going on and how people are playing.. :)

cool, thanks wyt147 ... www.CueSport.tv is my favourite site at the moment - I've been watching so much of the free stuff on there, I feel I know Pete and Angie personally ...

I haven't yet got my plastic out yet but I'm sure I will eventually ... in the meanwhile, I hope you/they are making enough money from "ad-supported" free stuff ...

I'm enjoying it all but my favourite so far has to be www.CueSport.tv => 8-ball pool TV => Ladies EPA tour ... crikey, can those girls play pool :)

[Monique]

Am I correct in assuming women can play on the (main) professional tour if good enough??

Yes, that's correct.

[davidhawkes]

Noel,

The action from the Masters should be live on cuesport.tv depending on the internet connection and will be edited properly to be shown later on the same site.

Sunday will be streamed by yours truly through Ustream - won't be as professional but should give you an idea of what is going on and how people are playing.. :)

Thanks.

I didn't realise that ladies snooker was televised at all!

[snookerdad]

Reanne Evans plays one level below the professional circuit.

She finished 36th on the EASB Pro-Ticket Tour last season.

But at the age of 23, she has years ahead of her.

I know how determined she is to become the first woman to qualify for the pro-circuit.

Reanne has a top competitive break of 140. She believes in playing like a man – attacking the pack at every opportunity and trying to win each frame in one visit.

Tim Dunkley (WSA coach)

[wyt147]

Live streaming has just started on USTREAM.TV

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ladies-uk-championship-2009

Reanne Evans last nights Masters Champion is playing Gaye Jones.

[wyt147]

Final of the UK is playing now.

Reanne Evans against Maria Catalano.

Reanne is 1-0 up

[wyt147]

Reanne Evans 2 - 0 up

[wyt147]

Reanne Evans has won the UK Ladies Final.over Maria Catalano 3-0

[noel]

wyt147.... thanks for posting this.

It's a damn shame I only just noticed it...
in the nick of time to watch Catalano standing at the end of the table, carefully, and thoughtfully
packing up her kit and putting on her black leather jacket sadly, as though she was wearing defeat.

I assume Reanne won.


=o|

Noel

[wyt147]

wyt147.... thanks for posting this.

It's a damn shame I only just noticed it...
in the nick of time to watch Catalano standing at the end of the table, carefully, and thoughtfully
packing up her kit and putting on her black leather jacket sadly, as though she was wearing defeat.

I assume Reanne won.


=o|

Noel


Thanks Noel,

Yes Reanne won, she lost 1 frame all weekend!!!!!

I am hoping that I managed to save the livestream so that it can be watched again on Cuesport.tv You should still be able to watch the Masters finals at Cuesport over the next few days while they edit the taped version.

All in all it has been a great weekend. Tables weren't great at the start but we moved the girls to different tables and it made an immediate difference with more breaks over 60 being posted. Still no century this weekend, which was a shame. Press release from Tim Dunkley later as soon as I collate the scores and get them across to him along with the photographs.

FYI
Marianne Williams won the plate event beating Vicky Ashby
Marianne Williams won the senior event beating Jenny Poulter
Hannah Jones won the junior event beating Jodie Symes

Bring on the next event.

[snookerdad]

Summer break is Evans sent

WORLD number one Reanne Evans believes a summer break helped her to dominate the first two tournaments on the women’s snooker circuit.

Evans, 23, eased past England team-mate Maria Catalano in the finals of the £1,100 Wytech Masters and the UK Championships, the first ranking event of the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA) 2009/10 season.

Both matches finished 3-0. In fact, Evans dropped just one frame out of 19 in the double-header at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Clay Cross.

“I had a month off,” she said. “I didn’t feel comfortable so I had a long break.”

It was the five-time world champion’s fifth straight UK Championship and an 18th WLBSA ranking title. She collected £660 prize money - £400 for winning the Wytech Masters plus £60 for a high-break of 53, and £200 for the UK Championship.

Mother-of-one Evans and Ronnie O’Sullivan’s cousin Catalano, 27, both from Dudley, West Midlands, last week powered England Ladies to victory in the Home Internationals at Pontin’s, Prestatyn.

Evans insists she still has the hunger to produce a clean sweep on the circuit this season even at the expense of her good friend.

“Although we’re friends you have to put that aside,” she said. “We have a laugh and a joke on the table but at the end of the day we still take it seriously. There’s no point entering if you don’t want to win.”

Evans will again compete this season on the EASB Pro-Ticket Tour in a bid to become the first woman to qualify for the professional circuit.

Former England international Marianne Williams, from Smallfield, Surrey, triumphed in both the UK Championship Plate and Seniors events.

Derby schoolgirl and two-time World Ladies Junior Champion Hannah Jones, 13, won the UK Championship junior final.

Nottinghamshire pool stars Kerry Griffiths, Deb Burchell and Rachel Tucker made their snooker debuts in the Wytech Masters.

For the first time on the WLBSA circuit, the six-red format was trialed up to the quarter-finals of the Wytech Masters.

The Wytech Masters was played on Saturday, September 12, and streamed live on Cuesport TV. The UK Championships was played on Sunday, September 13, and streamed live on ustream.tv.

The WLBSA is hosting six ranking events this season culminating in the World Championships in April.

Wytech Masters results (breaks) prize money:

FIRST ROUND (six reds) £10: Jenny Poulter (35) 3-0 Vicky Ashby, Eva Palmius 3-0 Maureen Logan, Deb Burchell 3-0 Naomi Clare, Kerry Griffiths 3-1 Jodie Symes, Marianne Williams 3-0 Mary Hawkes, Rachel Tucker 3-0 Joanne Davies, Suzie Opacic 3-1 Gaye Jones, Chris Sharpe 3-2 Hannah Jones.

SECOND ROUND (six reds) £10: Williams 3-1 Griffiths, Poulter 3-1 Sharpe, Tucker 3-2 Palmius, Opacic 3-1 Burchell.

QUARTER-FINALS (15 reds) £50: Maria Catalano (31, 32) 3-1 Opacic, Reanne Evans (53) 3-0 Marianne Williams, Emma Bonney (35) 3-0 Rachel Tucker, Katie Henrick (30) 3-0 Jenny Poulter.

SEMI-FINALS (15 reds) £90: Catalano (47) 3-1 Bonney, Evans (46) 3-1 Henrick.

FINAL (15 reds) £400/£210: Evans (44, 30) 3-0 Catalano (42).

UK Championship results (breaks):

PRELIM: Gaye Jones 3-0 Maureen Logan.

LAST 16: Reanne Evans 3-0 G Jones, Chris Sharpe 3-0 Mary Hawkes, Eva Palmius 3-0 Marianne Williams, Katie Henrick 3-0 Naomi Clare, Emma Bonney (35, 33) 3-0 Jodie Symes, Jenny Poulter 3-0 Hannah Jones, Suzie Opacic bye, Maria Catalano 3-0 Vicky Ashby.

QUARTER-FINALS: Evans (41, 43) 3-0 Sharpe, Henrick 3-0 Palmius, Bonney 3-2 Poulter, Catalano (73) 3-2 Opacic.

SEMI-FINALS: Evans (61) 3-0 Henrick, Catalano (49) 3-0 Bonney.

FINAL: Evans (32, 56, 43) 3-0 Catalano (31).

UK Championship Plate

QUARTER-FINALS: Jodie Symes 2-0 Hannah Jones, Vicky Ashby 2-0 Naomi Clare, Marianne Williams 2-0 Mary Hawkes, Gaye Jones 2-0 Maureen Logan.

SEMI-FINALS: Ashby 2-0 Symes, Williams 2-0 G Jones.

FINAL: Williams 2-0 Ashby.

UK Junior Championship

ROUND-ROBIN: Hannah Jones 1-0 Naomi Clare, Jodie Symes 1-0 Clare.

FINAL: Jones 2-0 Symes.

UK Senior Championship

QUARTER-FINALS: Marianne Williams 1-0 Chris Sharpe, Eva Palmius bye, Maureen Logan bye, Jenny Poulter 1-0 Mary Hawkes.

SEMI-FINALS: Williams 1-0 Palmius, Poulter 1-0 Logan.

FINAL: Williams 1-0 Poulter.

Tim Dunkley (WLBSA press officer and WSA coach)

[davidhawkes]

Thanks Noel,

Yes Reanne won, she lost 1 frame all weekend!!!!!

I am hoping that I managed to save the livestream so that it can be watched again on Cuesport.tv You should still be able to watch the Masters finals at Cuesport over the next few days while they edit the taped version.

All in all it has been a great weekend. Tables weren't great at the start but we moved the girls to different tables and it made an immediate difference with more breaks over 60 being posted. Still no century this weekend, which was a shame. Press release from Tim Dunkley later as soon as I collate the scores and get them across to him along with the photographs.

FYI
Marianne Williams won the plate event beating Vicky Ashby
Marianne Williams won the senior event beating Jenny Poulter
Hannah Jones won the junior event beating Jodie Symes

Bring on the next event.

When is the next event?

On the cuesport website, their is a Live Event Schedule.
But this is only listing July and August.

On the World Snooker website, their is a list of ranking events for the whole season. Can something be done like this on cuesport?

[Monique]

The dates for the ladies events are:

Ladies Masters
Saturday 12th September 2009
North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Derby Road, Clay Cross

Ladies UK Champs
Sunday 13th September 2009
North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Derby Road, Clay Cross

East Anglian Championship
10th October 2009
Cambridge Snooker Centre, Coldhams Road, Cambridge, CB1 3EW

British Open Championship
14th November 2009
Newmarket Snooker and Bowls
2-12 All Saints Road, Newmarket, CB8 8NL

South Coast Classic
6th February 2010
The Q Ball Snooker Club, 126 Seaside, Eastbourne

Connie Gough
6th March 2010
Venue to be confirmed

2010 World Ladies Championships
3rd April 2010 - 8th April 2010
Cambridge Snooker Centre.

[crush]

Live streaming has just started on USTREAM.TV

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ladies-uk-championship-2009

Reanne Evans last nights Masters Champion is playing Gaye Jones.

thanks! watched recorded video :)

[davidhawkes]

Thanks Monique.

Do you know if they will be televised?

I am not impressed with the first 3 events clashing with the pro ranking tournaments.

[Monique]

extremely unlikely ... alas :(

[wyt147]

Monique I am going to try and set up a stream at each of the ladies events now. All depends on access to the Internet. If not then I will at the very least record the final to be put up on the Internet later. I may be pushing it to Cuesport.tv or Ustream at the least, depends on what I sort out.

Cheers. :)

[Monique]

That's excellent news Mark :) When answering the previous post what I had in mind is actual television broadcast though. I had that conversation with Steve over the week-end about the time the Ladie's WC latest stages were played at the Crucible. Steve pointed out that all telly equipment was there in place and that at least snippets of the final could easily have been recorded and broadcasted, maybe not as main program, but as those short sequences the BBC gives between sessions and all. Steve complained that they always favoured showing this or that top male player at the golf or anything, rather than showing some of the girls playing. Shame really!

[wyt147]

That's excellent news Mark :) When answering the previous post what I had in mind is actual television broadcast though. I had that conversation with Steve over the week-end about the time the Ladie's WC latest stages were played at the Crucible. Steve pointed out that all telly equipment was there in place and that at least snippets of the final could easily have been recorded and broadcasted, maybe not as main program, but as those short sequences the BBC gives between sessions and all. Steve complained that they always favoured showing this or that top male player at the golf or anything, rather than showing some of the girls playing. Shame really!

As far as TV Coverage is concerned then I totally agree with you. I am not holding my breath that major broadcasting companies will ever cover the ladies game, and that is a shame indeed. TImes are a changing though and Cursport.tv delivers a suitable platform for the girls. Now it is just about getting the message out there, finding more ladies to play and perhaps finding a future player who can challenge for a spot on the main tour. Long, long term plan though but we have started making the little steps.

[Monique]

I have uploaded a selection of pictures from the Masters and the UK Championship here http://www.thesnookerforum.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=77

Meet the ladies :D

[philip in china]

BTW did I read that right? The "high" break was 53?