Women's World Championships 2012

[snookerdad]

THE chasing pack can smell blood as women’s snooker star Reanne Evans bids to end a nightmare season with a record eighth successive world title.

Cambridge Snooker Centre hosts the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association’s World Championships, which start on Friday, April 20.

Seven-time champion Evans saw her record 90-match winning streak ended by Maria Catalano in the Northern Championship back in September.

Although the 26-year-old from Dudley, West Midlands, returned to winning ways in the UK Championship, she missed the next two events after being struck down by pleurisy.

And Catalano, now ranked number one, inflicted another defeat on Evans, who has dropped to number three, in the preliminary round of the Connie Gough Memorial.

Winner of three ranking tournaments this season, Catalano, 29, also from Dudley, must see 2012 as her best chance of fulfilling her long-held dream of a first world title.

The WLBSA are delighted to welcome back Hong Kong quartet Jaique Ip Wan In, Yu Ching Ching, Ng On Yee and So Man Yan. And Chitra Magimairaj and Revanna Umadevi from India.

Tatjana Vasiljeva will again team up with world number 26 Joe Perry as the Latvia/Chatteris double act chases a hat-trick of Mixed Pairs titles. Former WLBSA chairman, and now president, Mandy Fisher is also in the line-up for the opening event on Friday.

The round-robin stage of the main competition kicks off at 10am on Saturday with the final scheduled for 2.30pm on Tuesday. Seniors play to a finish on Sunday and the Plate competition will be decided on Monday.

Southern Classic champion Emma Bonney, the world number two from Portsmouth, could be the first to claim both the snooker and billiards crowns since Kelly Fisher in 2003. Bonney will be seeking a fifth straight billiards title on Wednesday.

The WLBSA thanks Cambridge Snooker Centre for hosting the events.

WLBSA World Championships
Friday, April 20, to Wednesday, April 25
Cambridge Snooker Centre
Coldhams Road
Cambridge
CB1 3EW
Tel: 01223 249661

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Reanne Evans
MIXED PAIRS: Tatjana Vasiljeva & Joe Perry
WORLD SENIORS: June Banks
WORLD BILLIARDS: Emma Bonney

2012 WLBSA WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS ENTRIES

Reanne Evans (Dudley, West Mids)
Maria Catalano (Dudley, West Mids)
Emma Bonney (Portsmouth)
Katie Henrick (Bickley, Kent)
Eva Palmius (Isleham, Cambs)
Jenny Poulter (Maidstone)
Chris Sharpe (Chelmsford)
Marianne Williams (Smallfield, Surrey)
Gaye Jones (Melksham, Wilts) Seniors only
Tina Owen-Sevilton (Taunton)
Natascha Niermann (Cambridge)
Naomi Clare (Ripley, Derbys)
Maureen Rowland (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear)
Jasmine Bolsover (Woking)
Jan Hughes (St Neots, Cambs)
Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia)
Chitra Magimairaj (India)
Revanna Umadevi (India)
Yu Ching Ching (Hong Kong)
Jaique Ip Wan In (Hong Kong)
So Man Yan (Hong Kong)
Ng On Yee (Hong Kong)
Vicky Carter (Sandy, Beds)
Suzie Opacic (Brambridge, Hants)
Martina Lumsden (Eastbourne)
Mandy Fisher (Wisbech, Cambs) Mixed Pairs only
Fran Calvert (Lowestoft) Mixed Pairs only

2012 WLBSA WORLD BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRIES

Emma Bonney (Portsmouth)
Chitra Magimairaj (India)
Eva Palmius (Isleham, Cambs)
Tina Owen-Sevilton (Taunton)
Gaye Jones (Melksham, Wilts)
Maureen Rowland (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear)
Revanna Umadevi (India)

[Penalty]

Where can the draw and results be viewed ?

[snookerdad]

Tatjana Vasiljeva and Joe Perry completed a hat-trick of Mixed Pairs titles in the opening event of the women’s world championships in Cambridge today.

Rumour has it they were going to have the trophy for six months each but the cost of postage from Chatteris to Latvia proved to be a major hurdle.

MIXED PAIRS RESULTS

QUARTER-FINALS: Natascha Niermann & Will Scott beat Mandy Fisher & Phil Mumford 3-2, Tatjana Vasiljeva & Joe Perry beat Fran Calvert & Aidan Owens 3-1, Vicky Carter & Rob Shirley beat Jasmine Bolsover & Gavin Bolsover 3-1, Emma Bonney & Nigel Ward beat Jan Hughes & David Pyke 3-0.

SEMI-FINALS: Vasiljeva & Perry beat Niermann & Scott 3-0, Bonney & Ward beat Carter & Shirley 3-1.

FINAL: Vasiljeva & Perry beat Bonney & Ward 3-0.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The draw has been made for the weekend’s round-robin groups.

Matches will be played at 10am, noon and 3pm on Saturday and 10am and noon on Sunday. Top four seeds in brackets.

GROUP 1
Maria Catalano (1)
Marianne Williams
Tatjana Vasiljeva
Yu Ching Ching
Jasmine Bolsover
Eva Palmius

GROUP 2
Reanne Evans (3)
Revanna Umadevi
Naomi Clare
Chris Sharpe
Jenny Poulter
So Man Yan

GROUP 3
Vicky Carter (4)
Suzie Opacic
Ng On Yee
Martina Lumsden
Maureen Rowland
Jaique Ip Wan In

GROUP 4
Emma Bonney (2)
Chitra Magimairaj
Katie Henrick
Natascha Niermann
Tina Owen-Sevilton
Jan Hughes

Tim Dunkley (WLBSA press officer)

[mikeadyla]

Are there videos of some (or all) of the games? x

[snookerdad]

Sadly not.

[wyt147]

Thanks for the update Tim :)

[LittleMissAlexa]

none of the german women who played in the ptcs last season ie elizabeth bins?

[mikeadyla]

Too bad. What a shame, I really want to see it :)

But yea, thank you for the update :) :)

[likahokeith]

Will the offical website and twitter be updated again? I've been waiting for a year.

Another question: Will WLBSA expand the Asia/Oceania or Europe market? I don't think that the recent professional tour could survive with just 20-30 players.

[wyt147]

I understand that the website is being re-developed ready for June/July.

[likahokeith]

I understand that the website is being re-developed ready for June/July.

Thank you.:)

[snookerdad]

THE top four seeds are safely through to the knockout stage of the women’s world championships at Cambridge Snooker Centre.

World number one Maria Catalano dropped just one frame in the round-robin stages to book a last-16 date with number four seed Vicky Carter, who qualified fourth in her group.

Seven-time world champion Reanne Evans won all five of her matches but dropped three frames. She faces India’s Chitra Magimairaj.

Emma Bonney, the only player yet to lose a frame, meets Chris Sharpe.

Group C winner Ng On Yee, one of four Hong Kong women in the last-16, takes on her compatriot Yu Ching Ching.

ROUND-ROBIN BREAKS

Maria Catalano: 80, 51, 49, 48, 40, 35, 31.
Reanne Evans: 76, 60, 56, 55, 35, 32.
Ng On Yee: 64, 54, 47, 44, 44, 33, 31, 30.
Chitra Magimairaj: 56, 54.
So Man Yan: 56, 41, 30.
Tatjana Vasiljeva: 50, 33, 31.
Yu Ching Ching: 50.
Emma Bonney: 48, 47, 41, 36, 32.
Chris Sharpe: 47.
Jaique Ip Wan In: 43.
Jenny Poulter: 41.
Marianne Williams: 32
Vicky Carter: 31, 30.

KNOCKOUT DRAW
LAST-16 (10am, Mon, April 23): Maria Catalano (Dudley, West Mids) v Vicky Carter (Sandy, Beds), Eva Palmius (Isleham, Cambs) v Suzie Opacic (Brambridge, Hants), Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia) v Jaique Ip Wan In (Hong Kong), Yu Ching Ching (Hong Kong) v Ng On Yee (Hong Kong), Reanne Evans (Dudley, West Mids) v Chitra Magimairaj (India), So Man Yan (Hong Kong) v Natascha Niermann (Cambridge), Jenny Poulter (Maidstone) v Katie Henrick (Bickley, Kent), Chris Sharpe (Chelmsford) v Emma Bonney (Portsmouth).

SENIORS DRAW
QUARTER-FINALS (Sun, April 22): Maureen Rowland (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear) v Eva Palmius (Isleham, Cambs), Jan Hughes (St Neots, Cambs) v Revanna Umadevi (India), Chris Sharpe (Chelmsford) v Jenny Poulter (Maidstone). Bye: Martina Lumsden (Eastbourne).

PLATE DRAW
QUARTER-FINALS (9.30am, Mon, April 23): Martina Lumsden (Eastbourne) v Tina Owen-Sevilton (Taunton), Maureen Rowland (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear) v Jan Hughes (St Neots, Cambs), Marianne Williams (Smallfield, Surrey) v Revanna Umadevi (India). Bye: Naomi Clare (Ripley, Derbys).

[jaguarf1]

If possible I would like to know all group stage results of Vasiljeva.
Thank You.

[snookerdad]

Tatjana Vasiljeva lost 3-0 to Maria Catalano and 3-0 to Eva Palmius. She beat Marianne Williams 3-0, Jasmine Bolsover 3-0 and Yu Ching Ching 2-1.

Tim

[jaguarf1]

Tatjana Vasiljeva lost 3-0 to Maria Catalano and 3-0 to Eva Palmius. She beat Marianne Williams 3-0, Jasmine Bolsover 3-0 and Yu Ching Ching 2-1.

Tim
Thank You, Tim

[snookerdad]

WORLD number one Maria Catalano meets Latvia’s Tatjana Vasiljeva in the last four of the women’s world championships at Cambridge Snooker Centre tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10.30am.

In the second semi, seven-time world champion Reanne Evans faces Katie Henrick.

Both matches are best-of-seven frames. The best-of-nine final kicks off four hours later at 2.30pm.

Meanwhile, Revanna Umadevi (India) clinched the Seniors trophy and Tina Owen-Sevilton (Taunton) triumphed in the Plate.

KNOCKOUT (BREAKS)

LAST-16 (£40): Maria Catalano (Dudley, West Mids) (64) beat Vicky Carter (Sandy, Beds) 3-0, Eva Palmius (Isleham, Cambs) beat Suzie Opacic (Brambridge, Hants) 3-2, Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia) (47) beat Jaique Ip Wan In (Hong Kong) (36) 3-1, Yu Ching Ching (Hong Kong) (33) beat Ng On Yee (Hong Kong) (37) 3-1, Reanne Evans (Dudley, West Mids) (39, 51, 47) beat Chitra Magimairaj (India) 3-0, So Man Yan (Hong Kong) beat Natascha Niermann (Cambridge) 3-1, Katie Henrick (Bickley, Kent) (32, 35) beat Jenny Poulter (Maidstone) 3-0, Emma Bonney (Portsmouth) (38, 62, 84) beat Chris Sharpe (Chelmsford) 3-1.

QUARTER-FINALS (£80): Catalano beat Palmius 3-1, Vasiljeva (59) beat Yu 3-2, Evans (47) beat So 3-0, Henrick beat Bonney 3-1.

SEMI-FINALS (£120): Catalano v Vasiljeva, Evans v Henrick.

FINAL (£450/£225):

SENIORS

QUARTER-FINALS: Eva Palmius (Isleham, Cambs) beat Maureen Rowland (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear) 2-0, Revanna Umadevi (India) beat Jan Hughes (St Neots, Cambs) 2-1, Jenny Poulter (Maidstone) beat Chris Sharpe (Chelmsford) 2-1.

SEMI-FINALS: Palmius beat Martina Lumsden (Eastbourne) 2-1, Umadevi beat Poulter 2-1.

FINAL (£80/£40): Umadevi beat Palmius 2-0.

PLATE

QUARTER-FINALS: Tina Owen-Sevilton (Taunton) beat Martina Lumsden (Eastbourne) 2-0, Jan Hughes (St Neots, Cambs) beat Maureen Rowland (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear) 2-0, Revanna Umadevi (India) beat Marianne Williams (Smallfield, Surrey) 2-0.

SEMI-FINALS: Owen-Sevilton w/o Naomi Clare (Ripley, Derbys), Umadevi beat Hughes 2-0.

FINAL (£80/£40): Owen-Sevilton beat Umadevi 3-0.

Tim Dunkley (WLBSA press officer)

[Tom Read]

Out of interest, how comes this is played at Cambridge Snooker Centre? I ask as it's my local club that I play at regularly and there is no real spectator areas other than around the edges or dead in the middle, and that can only be about 10 people! I mean I don't really know about Women's snooker much but is there not the fanbase to fill a small arena?

How many people have been there watching? I'm wondering if it will make the place a bit more popular, as it's a lovely place but is rarely busy, maybe 4 or 5 tables being used at most.

[snookerdad]

Hi Tom

Sadly, the fanbase couldn't make it this year.

Tim

[wyt147]

Exciting stuff happening at the Worlds today. Will wait for Tim to put his excellent appraisal together after the results come in. Shame it isnt being streamed!

[philip in china]

So a few breaks there over 70. Is the break building improving or is it my imagination. Do you have any stats?

[wyt147]

It has improved with a century in the semi final. As I said I shall await Tims update.

[snookerdad]

REANNE Evans ended her “up-and-down” season with a record eighth successive women’s world snooker championship title.

The 26-year-old, who had been kept off the green baize for three months after being struck down with pleurisy, defeated Maria Catalano 5-3 in the final at Cambridge Snooker Centre.

“I’m just happy I’ve won,” declared Evans. “For three months, I didn’t even look at my cue – let alone pick it up. I was in too much pain.

“Touch wood, I’m over it now and, hopefully, there’s better things to come.”

It was first blood to 30-year-old Catalano as she took a tense opening frame on the blue. But the Dudley pair went into the mid-session interval all square at 2-2.

After the break, Evans put together a run of 50 and then won an epic safety battle to lead 4-2.

Still determined to fulfill her dream of a first world title, Catalano pulled one back with a 48 clearance to win on the black.

However, one scrappy frame later, Evans was crowned world champion.

“I struggled in the final,” admitted Evans, after claiming her 31st ranking title on the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association circuit. “But I gritted my teeth and stuck in there.

“(Maria) probably played the best overall. She played well all week. She’s had a great season but it just wasn’t meant to be.

“I tried to hang on as long as I could and thought, hopefully, things would turn my way – and they did.

“People know that I can play and I’ve been number one and I’ve won it for the last seven years, so you’ve always got the expectation. I know I can win, even with my B game, which I proved this year. But it’s still hard to live up to the task.”

Catalano, who had ended Evans’ record 90-match winning streak back in September and beaten her again in the Connie Gough Memorial, said: “I’m a bit gutted because I don’t feel there was much in it.

“Deep down, I feel I was probably the better player. It was just down to a few crucial balls. I didn’t play fantastic in the final but I felt good.

“I know I’m more than capable of winning the tournament. I’ll be back next year. I’ll keep trying. I’ll be here until the day I die. I’ll never give up.”

Despite the agony of a third world championship final defeat, Catalano ended the season as world number one.

And she pocketed the £100 high-break prize for a 116 clearance in the opening frame of her 4-2 semi-final victory over Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia).

Frame scores (Evans first): 39-73, 75-42, 70-54, 25-70, 66(50)-8, 63-33, 54(47)-57(48), 60-38.

Tomorrow, it's the turn of the three-ball wizards.

Tim Dunkley (WLBSA press officer)

[snookerdad]

India's Revanna Umadevi beat Emma Bonney in today's final.

Scores and details to follow tomorrow.

[snookerdad]

REVANNA Umadevi flew back to India on cloud nine after clinching her first billiards world championship.

The three-ball aficionado ended Emma Bonney’s bid for a fifth successive World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association title at Cambridge Snooker Centre.

Umadevi, 47, the 2011 Indian Ladies National Billiards Champion, trailed the defending champion from Portsmouth in the early stages but dug in and gradually built up a lead.

WLBSA chairman Brian Harvey said: “Revanna just chipped away. She’s a very, very good billiards player. She’s no mug. She played a very nice controlled game of billiards.

And he added: “On the day, Emma had played very well.”

In the semi-finals, Umadevi beat her compatriot Chitra Magimairaj, who claimed the title in 2006 and 2007, and Bonney accounted for Somerset’s Tina Owen-Sevilton.

RESULTS (BREAKS)

ROUND-ROBIN (45-MINUTE MATCHES): Revanna Umadevi (India) beat Tina Owen-Sevilton (Somerset) 161(41, 35)-78, Emma Bonney (Portsmouth) beat Eva Palmius (Isleham, Cambs) 182(37)-114, Chitra Magimairaj (India) beat Maureen Rowland (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear) 183-43, Bonney beat Rowland 368(30, 48, 48, 81)-26, Magimairaj beat Owen-Sevilton 128-123, Umadevi beat Palmius 189-29, Umadevi beat Rowland 169(64)-59, Bonney beat Magimairaj 209(38)-91, Owen-Sevilton beat Palmius 163-87, Owen-Sevilton beat Rowland 251-50, Magimairaj beat Palmius 114-107, Umadevi beat Bonney 140-117, Bonney beat Owen-Sevilton 225-114, Palmius beat Rowland 154-30, Umadevi beat Magimairaj 126-115.

SEMI-FINALS (45-MINUTE MATCHES): Umadevi beat Magimairaj 130-80, Bonney beat Owen-Sevilton 281(37, 41, 37)-94

FINAL (ONE-HOUR MATCH): Umadevi beat Bonney 201-143(31).

PLATE

FINAL (30-MINUTE MATCH): Palmius beat Rowland 141-28.

Tim Dunkley (WLBSA press officer)