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 what a shame

[wyt147]

thanks 4 the info wyt147

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

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

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]

World champ escapes gun drama

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]

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'....

[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

[snookerdad]

WLBSA Wytech Masters and UK Champs

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.