Bonney: British Open finalist
CUESTARS’ top woman snooker player Emma Bonney (left) lost in the final of the WLBSA British Open to the virtually unbeatable queen of the green baize Reanne Evans.
World number three Bonney, based at Copnor SC Portsmouth, levelled the match at 1-1 with what Evans described as a “brilliant pink”.
But it was not enough to halt the world number one\’s march towards a record 76th straight win on the WLBSA circuit.
Five-time world billiards champion Bonney, who had defeated Taunton’s Tina Owen-Sevilton 3-0 in the last-four, lost 3-1 to Evans at the Pot Black Sports Bar in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Evans, now a professional, said: “It was a bit scrappy and all the balls went a bit awkward. I needed a snooker in the second frame, got it, and then she potted a brilliant pink.”
It was announced this week that, from January 1, WLBSA membership will be free. Tournament entry fees will be increased slightly to cover administration costs.
FULL RESULTS (BREAKS)
LAST-32: Vicky Carter beat Kim O’Brien 3-2.
LAST-16: Reanne Evans (52) beat Carter 3-0, Natascha Niermann beat Jenny Poulter 3-1, June Banks beat Gaye Jones 3-0, Martina Lumsden beat Eva Palmius 3-1, Emma Bonney beat Chris Sharpe 3-0, Jan Hughes beat Naomi Clare 3-2, Hannah Jones beat Marianne Williams 3-2, Tina Owen-Sevilton beat Maria Catalano 3-2.
QUARTER-FINALS (£30): Evans beat Niermann 3-0, Banks beat Lumsden 3-0, Bonney (31) beat Hughes 3-1, Owen-Sevilton beat H Jones (31, 30) 3-1.
SEMI-FINALS (£50): Evans (140) beat Banks 3-0, Bonney beat Owen-Sevilton 3-0.
FINAL (£200/£100): Evans beat Bonney 3-1.
PLATE
QUARTER-FINALS: Jenny Poulter beat Kim O’Brien 2-1, Gaye Jones beat Naomi Clare 2-0.
SEMI-FINALS: Vicky Carter beat Marianne Williams 2-0, Poulter beat Jones 2-0.
FINAL (£30/£20): Poulter beat Carter 2-0.
SENIORS
QUARTER-FINALS: Eva Palmius (31) beat Jenny Poulter (35) 1-0, Marianne Williams beat Jan Hughes 1-0.
SEMI-FINALS: Martina Lumsden beat Williams 1-0, Gaye Jones beat Palmius 1-0.
FINAL: Lumsden beat Jones 1-0.
JUNIORS
FINAL: Hannah Jones beat Naomi Clare 2-0.
Picture by Monique Limbos