REANNE Evans kicked off the 2013/14 women’s snooker season with victory in the British Open.
The nine-time world champion from Dudley, West Midlands, accounted for teenager Hannah Jones 4-1 in the final at Whitley Bay Snooker Centre, Tyne and Wear.
Derby ace Jones, 17, appearing in her first ranking final, took the first frame but was unable to deny 27-year-old Evans her 33rd World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association ranking title.
World number one Maria Catalano had pulled out of the event because of illness.
Earlier, Jones defeated her ten-year-old sister Ellie 2-0 in the Under-21 final.
Vicky Carter, knocked out 3-1 in the quarter-finals of the main event by Hannah Jones, triumphed in the Plate competition – defeating Maureen Rowland 2-0 in the final.
Local girl Rowland, from Wallsend, came close in her second final of the day. She took the first frame of the Seniors (40+) final on the pink but missed the black for the match in the next.
But perhaps the snooker gods were looking down on her opponent, Jenny Poulter, who ran out a 2-1 victor.
Poulter’s mum Jean had been taken ill when the pair arrived on Friday night from their home in Maidstone but insisted from her hospital bed that her daughter competed in the British Open.
The WLBSA wishes Jean a speedy recovery.
The British Open was the first of eight ranking events on the WLBSA’s £8,400 2013/14 tour.
RESULTS (BREAKS)
QUARTER-FINALS: Reanne Evans (48, 38, 62, 47) beat Maureen Rowland 3-0, Jenny Poulter beat Ellie Jones 3-0, Pam Wood beat Laura Alves 3-0, Hannah Jones beat Vicky Carter 3-1.
SEMI-FINALS (£40): Evans beat Poulter 3-0, Jones (42) beat Wood 3-0.
FINAL (£200/£90): Evans (45, 52, 31) beat Jones 4-1.
PLATE
SEMI-FINALS: Maureen Rowland beat Laura Alves 2-1, Vicky Carter (40) beat Ellie Jones 2-0.
FINAL (£15/£10): Carter beat Rowland 2-0.
SENIORS
SEMI-FINALS: Maureen Rowland beat Laura Alves 2-0, Jenny Poulter beat Pam Wood 2-0.
FINAL: Poulter beat Rowland 2-1.
UNDER-21
FINAL: Hannah Jones (36) beat Ellie Jones 2-0.
ENTRIES
Reanne Evans (Dudley, West Mids)
Vicky Carter (Sandy, Beds)
Jenny Poulter (Maidstone)
Hannah Jones (Derby)
Maureen Rowland (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear)
Laura Alves (Dublin)
Pam Wood (Newcastle)
Ellie Jones (Derby)
NEXT EVENTS
International Ladies Billiards Championship
September 22, 2013
Cambridge Snooker Centre (£500 anonymous sponsorship).
Coldhams Road
Cambridge
CB1 3EW
(Snooker) Agnes Davies Memorial
October 5, 2013
Terry Griffiths Matchroom
Waunlanyrafon
Llanelli
Carmarthenshire
Wales
SA15 3AA
REANNE Evans kicked off the 2013/14 women’s snooker season with victory in the British Open.
The nine-time world champion from Dudley, West Midlands, accounted for teenager Hannah Jones 4-1 in the final at Whitley Bay Snooker Centre, Tyne and Wear.
Derby ace Jones, 17, appearing in her first ranking final, took the first frame but was unable to deny 27-year-old Evans her 33rd World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association ranking title.
World number one Maria Catalano had pulled out of the event because of illness.
Earlier, Jones defeated her ten-year-old sister Ellie 2-0 in the Under-21 final.
Vicky Carter, knocked out 3-1 in the quarter-finals of the main event by Hannah Jones, triumphed in the Plate competition – defeating Maureen Rowland 2-0 in the final.
Local girl Rowland, from Wallsend, came close in her second final of the day. She took the first frame of the Seniors (40+) final on the pink but missed the black for the match in the next.
But perhaps the snooker gods were looking down on her opponent, Jenny Poulter, who ran out a 2-1 victor.
Poulter’s mum Jean had been taken ill when the pair arrived on Friday night from their home in Maidstone but insisted from her hospital bed that her daughter competed in the British Open.
The WLBSA wishes Jean a speedy recovery.
The British Open was the first of eight ranking events on the WLBSA’s £8,400 2013/14 tour.
RESULTS (BREAKS)
QUARTER-FINALS: Reanne Evans (48, 38, 62, 47) beat Maureen Rowland 3-0, Jenny Poulter beat Ellie Jones 3-0, Pam Wood beat Laura Alves 3-0, Hannah Jones beat Vicky Carter 3-1.
SEMI-FINALS (£40): Evans beat Poulter 3-0, Jones (42) beat Wood 3-0.
FINAL (£200/£90): Evans (45, 52, 31) beat Jones 4-1.
PLATE
SEMI-FINALS: Maureen Rowland beat Laura Alves 2-1, Vicky Carter (40) beat Ellie Jones 2-0.
FINAL (£15/£10): Carter beat Rowland 2-0.
SENIORS
SEMI-FINALS: Maureen Rowland beat Laura Alves 2-0, Jenny Poulter beat Pam Wood 2-0.
FINAL: Poulter beat Rowland 2-1.
UNDER-21
FINAL: Hannah Jones (36) beat Ellie Jones 2-0.
ENTRIES
Reanne Evans (Dudley, West Mids)
Vicky Carter (Sandy, Beds)
Jenny Poulter (Maidstone)
Hannah Jones (Derby)
Maureen Rowland (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear)
Laura Alves (Dublin)
Pam Wood (Newcastle)
Ellie Jones (Derby)
WLBSA RANKINGS PRIOR TO BRITISH OPEN
Pos |
Name |
Home town/country |
Pts |
Sponsor |
1 |
Maria Catalano |
Dudley, West Midlands, GB |
642 |
|
2 |
Reanne Evans |
Dudley West Midlands, GB |
399 |
MIUS |
3 |
Emma Bonney |
Portsmouth, GB |
347 |
|
4 |
Yu Ching Ching |
Hong Kong, China |
336 |
|
5 |
Jaique Ip Wan In |
Hong Kong, China |
335 |
|
6 |
Ng On Yee |
Hong Kong, China |
284 |
|
7 |
Tina Owen-Sevilton |
Bridgwater, Somerset, GB |
249 |
|
8 |
So Man Yan |
Hong Kong, China |
223 |
|
9 |
Vicky Carter |
Sandy, Beds, GB |
222 |
|
10 |
Eva Palmius |
Isleham, Cambs, Sweden |
213 |
|
11 |
Jenny Poulter |
Maidstone, Kent, GB |
194 |
|
12 |
Hannah Jones |
Derby, GB |
182 |
Eden, Jaxx Q Club & Wytech |
13 |
Katie Henrick |
Bickley, Kent, GB |
175 |
|
14 |
Tatjana Vasiljeva |
Latvia |
174 |
|
15 |
Natascha Niermann |
Cambridge, Germany |
148 |
|
16 |
Marianne Williams |
Smallfield, Surrey, GB |
122 |
|
17 |
Jasmine Bolsover |
Woking, GB |
120 |
|
18 |
Gaye Jones |
Melksham, Wilts, GB |
99 |
|
19 |
Chitra Magimairaj |
India |
88 |
|
20 |
Suzie Opacic |
Brambridge, Hants, GB |
83 |
Kara Accountants |
21 |
Jan Hughes |
St Neots, Cambs, GB |
77 |
|
22 |
Chris Sharpe |
Chelmsford, GB |
72 |
|
23 |
Martina Lumsden |
Eastbourne, GB |
54 |
|
24 |
Maureen Rowland |
Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, GB |
46 |
Fine Arch Cues |
25 |
Karen Corr |
Republic of Ireland |
35 |
|
26 |
June Banks |
Orpington, Kent, GB |
25 |
|
27 |
Vicky Gibbs |
Trowbridge, GB |
25 |
|
28 |
Naomi Clare |
Ripley, Derbys, GB |
20 |
|
29 |
Kim O’Brien |
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, GB |
15 |
|
30 |
Revanna Umadevi |
India |
14 |
|
31 |
Laura Alves |
Dublin, Brazil |
14 |
|
32 |
Pam Wood |
Newcastle, GB |
10 |
|
33 |
Fran Calvert |
Lowestoft, GB |
10 |
|
34 |
Jodie Symes |
Swindon, GB |
10 |
|
35 |
Michelle Marinova |
Bracknell, Bulgaria |
10 |
|
36 |
Donna Davies |
Carmarthen, Wales |
5 |
|
37 |
Shaghayegh Sanei |
Iran |
5 |
|
38 |
Weronika Nowicka |
Poland |
4 |
|
39 |
Karen Harrison |
Fareham, GB |
0 |
|
40 |
Joanne Davies |
Derby, GB |
0 |
Wytech |
41 |
Clare Heseldine |
Broadstairs, GB |
0 |
|
42 |
Georgina Holloway |
Derby, GB |
0 |
|
43 |
Charlotte Holloway |
Derby, GB |
0 |
|
44 |
Mary Hawkes |
Leighton Buzzard, GB |
0 |
|
45 |
Supanni Yam-Oum |
France |
0 |
NEXT EVENTS
International Ladies Billiards Championship
September 22, 2013
Cambridge Snooker Centre (£500 anonymous sponsorship).
Coldhams Road
Cambridge
CB1 3EW
(Snooker) Agnes Davies Memorial
October 5, 2013
Terry Griffiths Matchroom
Waunlanyrafon
Llanelli
Carmarthenshire
Wales
SA15 3AA