Sixth women’s world billiards title for Bonney

However, the 34-year-old admitted to neglecting the three-ball game since being crowned Portsmouth champion last July.

“I haven’t really played since then because I’m trying to improve my snooker,” she said.

Bonney defeated Taunton’s Tina Owen-Sevilton 202-181 in the one-hour final at the Pot Black Sports Bar, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Owen-Sevilton closed the gap in the last few minutes after trailing for most of the game. However, Bonney was at the table when the buzzer went.

Bonney, who is based at Copnor Snooker Club, said: “Most of the time I was 40 or 50 points up. She played really quick and potted some really good balls at the end.

Bonney added that her snooker ability compliments her billiards knowledge and she doesn’t rely solely on her potting ability.

She said: “Five times in the final I played a really good ‘in off’ or a ‘long jenny’, key shots that weren’t necessarily pots. They were more billiards shots which kept me in it at crucial times.

“I haven’t really been practising billiards, so it was a bit of a struggle. To win a world title four year in a row is nice.

“I’m going to try and practise a bit more for next year,” she laughed.

As well as the Ron Agnew World Ladies Billiards title, Bonney pocketed a year’s free subscription to all English-Billiards Open Series (EBOS) tournaments, a package worth £200.

But even with free entry (and six world titles under her belt), she said lack of sponsorship may make the travelling and hotel costs unaffordable.

Bonney took to the billiards table just 55 minutes after a dramatic 4-3 semi-final victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan’s cousin Maria Catalano in the Greene King World Ladies Snooker Championship.

A 58 break at 3-1 down sparked a dramatic three-frame fight back. And she replaced Catalano as world number two.

But there was to be no double delight for the Queen of the South.

In the final she was up against six-time world champion Reanne Evans.

Make that seven.

Bonney was unable to capitalise on the chances she was given as the undisputed world number one from Dudley, West Midlands, cruised to a 5-1 victory.

But in the fourth frame, she started a charge. Evans made a mess of escaping from a snooker and Bonney scored enough to leave her opponent chasing snookers.

After the mid-session interval, Bonney spurned a glorious chance to reduce the deficit to one.

After Evans had twice broken down in the balls, Bonney responded with a 44, the highest break of the match.

However, in a devastating blow, Bonney failed to escape from the required snooker and Evans sunk an exquisite long pink with stun run-through to land perfectly on the black and snatch the frame.

Evans said: “I couldn’t have hit it any better. She looked like she should’ve won but I dug in.”

A 42 clearance to the black in the sixth secured the £1,000 prize money.

Bonney pocketed £500 plus the £100 high-break prize for a 67 against Revanna Umadevi in the last-16.

Sadly, 11-year-old Woking schoolgirl Jasmine Bolsover was forced to pull out of the tournament due to ill health after the first day of round-robin matches.

Billiards champion Emma Bonney being presented with her trophy by Clive Scott, head of refereeing at the English Amateur Billiards Association