2013 Women's World Championship

[snookerdad]

SIX countries will be represented at the women’s world snooker championships that kick off in Cambridge next Friday.

Eight-time champion Reanne Evans heads a star-studded international cast for the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association’s (WLBSA) showpiece event.

Ladies Doubles opens the four-day jamboree at Cambridge Snooker Centre on Friday morning.

And that afternoon, world number 20 Joe Perry again teams up with Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia) in a bid to land a fourth Mixed Doubles title. Also in the running is WLBSA president Mandy Fisher partnering former snooker professional and top billiards player Phil Mumford.

Round-robin group matches for the main event will be played to a finish on Saturday.

Early favourites in the 21-strong field are Evans, bidding for a ninth straight title, world number one Maria Catalano, desperate to claim a first world crown, and six-time world billiards champion Emma Bonney.

Vasiljeva, India’s Chitra Magimairaj and the Hong Kong quartet of Jaique Ip Wan In, Yu Ching Ching, Ng On Yee and So Man Yan will be hoping to take the trophy overseas.

The top three from each of the four groups qualify for the knockout stage on Sunday. The final will be held on Monday morning.

WLBSA World Championships
Friday, April 12, to Monday, April 15
Cambridge Snooker Centre
Coldhams Road
Cambridge
CB1 3EW
Tel: 01223 249661

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Reanne Evans
MIXED DOUBLES: Tatjana Vasiljeva & Joe Perry
WORLD SENIORS: Revanna Umadevi
WORLD BILLIARDS: Revanna Umadevi

2013 WLBSA WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS ENTRIES

Reanne Evans (Dudley, West Mids)
Maria Catalano (Dudley, West Mids)
Emma Bonney (Portsmouth)
Eva Palmius (Isleham, Cambs)
Jenny Poulter (Maidstone)
Chris Sharpe (Chelmsford)
Marianne Williams (Smallfield, Surrey)
Gaye Jones (Melksham, Wilts)
Tina Owen-Sevilton (Taunton)
Maureen Rowland (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear)
Jasmine Bolsover (Woking)
Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia)
Yu Ching Ching (Hong Kong)
Jaique Ip Wan In (Hong Kong)
So Man Yan (Hong Kong)
Ng On Yee (Hong Kong)
Chitra Magimairaj (India)
Vicky Carter (Sandy, Beds)
Hannah Jones (Derby)
Laura Alves (Dublin)
Weronika Nowicka (Poland)
Mandy Fisher (Wisbech, Cambs) Mixed Doubles only
Fran Calvert (Lowestoft) Ladies and Mixed Doubles only
Martina Lumsden (Eastbourne) Seniors only

2013 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)

Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach and WLBSA press officer)

[robertmac]

It sounds like a great event and hopefully some of it will either
be televised live or on Youtube at a later date.

[snookerdad]

THE knockout stages of the women’s world championship are happening today at Cambridge Snooker Centre.

PRELIMS: Emma Bonney v Eva Palmius, Maria Catalano v So Man Yan, Jaique Ip Wan In v Jasmine Bolsover, Yu Ching Ching v Marianne Williams.

QUARTER-FINALS: Ng On Yee v Bonney or Palmius, Chitra Magimairaj v Catalano or So, Reanne Evans v Ip Wan In or Bolsover, Hannah Jones v Yu or Williams.

Hannah Jones, 16, was perhaps the surprise winner of her group. The England international from Derby was unbeaten AND beat number two seed Emma Bonney 3-0.

And 13-year-old Jasmine Bolsover, from Woking, took a frame off world number one Maria Catalano and collected two victories over seasoned tour players to book a spot in the main knockout.

The final and the billiards are tomorrow.

LADIES PAIRS (BREAKS)

ROUND-ROBIN RESULTS: Ng On Yee (31, 43, 54) & So Man Yan (47) beat Laura Alves & Fran Calvert 2-0, Maureen Rowland & Tatjana Vasiljeva (40) beat Alves & Calvert 2-0, Ng & So drew 1-1 with Rowland & Vasiljeva.

FINAL (£100/£50): Ng & So beat Rowland & Vasiljeva 2-0.

MIXED PAIRS (BREAKS)

SEMI-FINALS: Fran Calvert & Aiden Owens (40, 52, 78) beat Tatjana Vasiljeva & Jamie O’Neill (42, 46) 3-1, Mandy Fisher & Phil Mumford (35, 40, 62) beat Jasmine & Gavin Bolsover 3-0.

FINAL (£130/£80): Fran Calvert & Aiden Owens (38, 38, 58) beat Mandy Fisher & Phil Mumford (48, 49, 53) 3-2.

SENIORS DRAW

QUARTER-FINALS: Laura Alves v Gaye Jones, Eva Palmius v Jenny Poulter, Martina Lumsden v Marianne Williams, Chris Sharpe v Maureen Rowland.

Tim Dunkley (WLBSA press officer and World Snooker coach)

[DeanH]

Hi Tim
quick question, are Jasmine and Gavin Bolsover any relation to Anthony Bolsover who was playing in the 90s/00s?
cheers

[snookerdad]

Sorry, Dean. No idea.

[wyt147]

No they aren't Dean, I asked Gavin the same question.

[DeanH]

Such an unusual name I'd thought there could have been
What is their relationship, siblings?
Cheers

[wyt147]

Gavin is Jasmines Father but he did confirm that they are not in any way related to Anthony.

[DeanH]

Cheers for that

[snookerdad]

FOR the fourth time in five years Reanne Evans and Maria Catalano meet in the final of the women's world championship.

The two friends from Dudley, West Midlands, do battle at Cambridge Snooker Centre tomorrow (Monday) morning.

Meanwhile, 16-year-old Hannah Jones has won her fifth Junior title.

KNOCKOUT (BREAKS)

PRELIMS: Emma Bonney beat Eva Palmius 3-0, Maria Catalano beat So Man Yan 3-1, Jaique Ip Wan In beat Jasmine Bolsover 3-0, Yu Ching Ching beat Marianne Williams 3-0.

QUARTER-FINALS: Ng On Yee (31, 58) beat Bonney 3-0, Catalano beat Chitra Magimairaj 3-1, Reanne Evans (41, 45, 55, 57, 59) beat Ip Wan In 3-0, Yu beat Hannah Jones 3-0.

SEMI-FINALS: Catalano (48, 54, 57) beat Ng 4-0, Evans (30, 30, 60) beat Yu 4-0.

FINAL: Evans v Catalano.

SENIORS

QUARTER-FINALS: Gaye Jones beat Laura Alves 2-0, Jenny Poulter beat Eva Palmius 2-0, Marianne Williams beat Martina Lumsden 2-1, Chris Sharpe beat Maureen Rowland 2-0.

SEMI-FINALS (£20): Poulter beat Jones 2-0, Williams beat Sharpe 2-0.

FINAL (£90/£40): Poulter v Williams.

PLATE

GROUP 1: Jenny Poulter beat Weronika Nowicka 3-0, Poulter beat So Man Yan 2-1, So beat Nowicka 2-1.

GROUP 2: Vicky Carter beat Laura Alves 3-0, Eva Palmius beat Carter 2-1, Palmius beat Alves 3-0.

GROUP 3: Marianne Williams beat Chris Sharpe 2-0.

GROUP 4: Tatjana Vasiljeva (52 break) beat Maureen Rowland 2-1, Vasiljeva beat Jasmine Bolsover 3-0, Rowland beat Bolsover 3-0.

SEMI-FINALS: Vasiljeva beat Palmius 2-0, Poulter beat Williams 2-1.

FINAL: Vasiljeva v Palmius.

JUNIORS

FINAL (£25/£15): Hannah Jones (44 break) beat Jasmine Bolsover 3-0.

Tim

[Neil Taperell]

Should be a good final between the 2 of them .

[wyt147]

The final has started. Reanne knocks in a 100 clearance in the first frame.

She is 2-0 up at the moment.

[wyt147]

3-2 to Reanne at the mid session interval

[wyt147]

2nd century from Reanne 117 to go 4-2 ahead.

[wyt147]

Sorry the 117 was to go 5-2 ahead. Maria knocked in a 44 to take the next 5-3. Best of 11.