WORLD number 27 Ben Woollaston teamed up with Yana Shut, from Belarus, to claim the Mixed Pairs title during the women’s world championships at the Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds.
Wendy Jans, the current IBSF world and European champion from Belgium, recorded a break of 102 in the semi-finals.
RESULTS (BREAKS)
PRELIMS: Reanne Evans & Michael Holt (53) beat Anna Prisazhnuk & Gareth Allen 3-0, Diana Schuler & Jamie Bodle (54) beat Laura Alves & Thomas Ward 3-0, Yana Shut & Ben Woollaston beat Maria Catalano (33) & Andrew Scott 3-1, Anita Maflin & Kurt Maflin (62) beat Nastya Toumilovitch & Ian Glover 3-0, Wendy Jans (41) & Jamie Clarke beat Tatjana Vasiljeva & Dave Grace (36) 3-0.
QUARTER-FINALS: Evans (47, 69) & Holt (30, 73) beat Schuler & Bodle (53) 3-1, Shut & Woollaston beat Irina Gorbataya & Oliver Lines 3-0, Jessica Woods & Peter Lines (42) beat Hannah Jones & Sanderson Lam 3-1, Jans & Clarke (44) beat Maflin & Maflin 3-1.
SEMI-FINALS (£110 for each losing team): Shut & Woollaston (59, 68, 96) beat Evans (60) & Holt (56) 3-1, Jans (102) & Clarke beat Woods & P Lines 3-1.
FINAL (£250/£180): Shut & Woollaston (33) beat Jans (31) & Clarke 3-0.
Tim Dunkley (WLBSA press officer and World Snooker coach)
Follow all the action from Leeds at www.wlbsa.com/
Wendy Jans, the current IBSF world and European champion from Belgium, recorded a break of 102 in the semi-finals.
RESULTS (BREAKS)
PRELIMS: Reanne Evans & Michael Holt (53) beat Anna Prisazhnuk & Gareth Allen 3-0, Diana Schuler & Jamie Bodle (54) beat Laura Alves & Thomas Ward 3-0, Yana Shut & Ben Woollaston beat Maria Catalano (33) & Andrew Scott 3-1, Anita Maflin & Kurt Maflin (62) beat Nastya Toumilovitch & Ian Glover 3-0, Wendy Jans (41) & Jamie Clarke beat Tatjana Vasiljeva & Dave Grace (36) 3-0.
QUARTER-FINALS: Evans (47, 69) & Holt (30, 73) beat Schuler & Bodle (53) 3-1, Shut & Woollaston beat Irina Gorbataya & Oliver Lines 3-0, Jessica Woods & Peter Lines (42) beat Hannah Jones & Sanderson Lam 3-1, Jans & Clarke (44) beat Maflin & Maflin 3-1.
SEMI-FINALS (£110 for each losing team): Shut & Woollaston (59, 68, 96) beat Evans (60) & Holt (56) 3-1, Jans (102) & Clarke beat Woods & P Lines 3-1.
FINAL (£250/£180): Shut & Woollaston (33) beat Jans (31) & Clarke 3-0.
Tim Dunkley (WLBSA press officer and World Snooker coach)
Follow all the action from Leeds at www.wlbsa.com/
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