Snooker Season Kicks Off for Women
World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association press release
The women’s snooker season kicks off next weekend with the traditional double-header at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Clay Cross.
On Saturday, it’s the £1,400 Wytech Masters. And on Sunday it’s the Paul Wood UK Championship, the first of six ranking events on the 2010/11 World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association circuit.
Reanne Evans, the six-time women’s world champion, WILL play in both events.
The women’s snooker season kicks off next weekend with the traditional double-header at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Clay Cross.
As a professional, Evans, the only woman on World Snooker’s Main Tour, will concede an 18-point start in each frame of the Masters.
The 24-year-old, who is on a 61-match unbeaten run on the WLBSA circuit, won both the Masters and UK titles last year. She will play in as many of this season’s events as she can.
Mark Jones and Paul Stanynought, joint owners of Midlands-based IT company Wytech, are sponsoring the Masters for the fourth year running.
Mr Jones said: “Paul and I, along with our secondary sponsors Capital City Solutions and the Q Room in Derby , are proud to be sponsoring the Wytech Masters.
“This is the fourth consecutive year of our involvement and we are proud of the event that we put on each year.
“I hope the ladies have a great time in the opening event of the season and put on some great personal performances. The day is about fun, meeting and making friends, oh, and of course snooker.”
Matches will be best of three frames in the early rounds and best of five from the quarter-finals onwards. There will be a plate competition for first and second-round losers.
Selected matches will be streamed via Ustream. More information will be found on the WLBSA and Wytech websites.
The Paul Wood UK Championship carries prize money of £900.
All matches will be best of five frames. A plate, a junior event and a handicapped seniors’ competition will be played if time permits.
A new WLBSA website (www.worldladiessnooker.co.uk), which has been built by Austrian billiards star Karin Wannemacher, with be unveiled at the start of the Masters.
The WLBSA is hosting six ranking events this season culminating in the World Championships in April.
WYTECH MASTERS SPONSORS
Primary sponsor: Wytech Ltd (www.wytech.co.uk)
Secondary sponsor: Capital City Solutions (www.ccsmaintenance.co.uk)
High-break sponsor: Q Room Derby (www.theqroom.co.uk)
2010 Wytech Ladies Masters Championship
9.30am Saturday, September 25
North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre
Derby Road
Clay Cross
S45 9AG
Tel: 01246 866364
2010 Paul Wood UK Championship
Ranking event
10am Sunday, September 26
North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre
Derby Road
Clay Cross
S45 9AG
Tel: 01246 866364
WLBSA PROVISIONAL SNOOKER RANKINGS 2010/11
| Pos | Name | Town | Pts | Sponsor |
| 1 | Reanne Evans | Dudley, West Mids | 455 | |
| 2 | Maria Catalano | Dudley, West Mids | 330 | |
| 3 | Emma Bonney | Portsmouth | 290 | |
| 4 | Katie Henrick | Bickley, Kent | 290 | 180poker.com |
| 5 | Suzie Opacic | Brambridge, Hants | 190 | Kara Accountants |
| 6 | Eva Palmius | Isleham, Cambs | 143 | |
| 7 | Hannah Jones | Derby | 127 | Wytech + The Q Room |
| 8 | Marianne Williams | Smallfield, Surrey | 125 | |
| 9 | Jenny Poulter | Maidstone | 122 | |
| 10 | Vicky Ashby | Hemel Hempstead | 119 | |
| 11 | Natascha Niermann | Cambridge | 110 | |
| 12 | Chris Sharpe | Chelmsford | 106 | |
| 13 | Jodie Symes | Swindon | 99 | |
| 14 | Gaye Jones | Melksham, Wilts | 94 | |
| 15 | Martina Lumsden | Eastbourne | 91 | |
| 16 | Naomi Clare | Ripley, Derbys | 75 | |
| 17 | Tina Owen-Sevilton | Taunton | 74 | |
| 18 | Jasmine Bolsover | Woking | 73 | |
| 19 | Pam Wood | Newcastle | 72 | |
| 20 | June Banks | Orpington, Kent | 60 | |
| 21 | Maureen Rowland | Wallsend, Tyne & Wear | 46 | Fine Arch Cues |
| 22 | Joanne Davies | Derby | 36 | Wytech |
| 23 | Jan Hughes | St Neots, Cambs | 12 | |
| 24 | Laura Alves | Dublin | 12 | |
| 25 | Mary Hawkes | Eaton Bray, Beds | 12 | |
| 26 | Clare Heseldine | Broadstairs, Kent | 5 | |
| 27 | Stacey Hancock | Burgess Hill | 0 | |
| 28 | Georgina Holloway | Derby | 0 | |
| 29 | Supanni Yam-Oum | Canterbury | 0 | |
| 30 | Charlotte Holloway | Derby | 0 | |
| 31 | Rita Holmes | Minehead | 0 |
| Wytech Masters entries: | UK Championship entries: |
| Reanne Evans | Reanne Evans |
| Maria Catalano | Maria Catalano |
| Emma Bonney | Emma Bonney |
| Chris Sharpe | Chris Sharpe |
| Hannah Jones | Hannah Jones |
| Eva Palmius | Eva Palmius |
| Joanne Davies | Naomi Clare |
| Jan Hughes | Maureen Rowland |
| Jasmine Bolsover | Gaye Jones |
| Natascha Niermann | Marianne Williams |
| Naomi Clare | Vicky Ashby |
| Maureen Rowland | Jenny Poulter |
| Gaye Jones | Laura Alves |
| Marianne Williams | Natascha Niermann |
| Vicky Ashby | Jan Hughes |
| Jenny Poulter | Jasmine Bolsover |
| Laura Alves | So Man Yan ( Hong Kong ) |
| So Man Yan ( Hong Kong ) | Joanne Davies |
| Deb Burchell (Notts) |
Next snooker ranking event:
2010 East Anglian Championship
Saturday, October 30
Cambridge Snooker Centre
Coldhams Road
Cambridge
CB1 3EW
More details and pictures of most of the ladies available from:
Tim Dunkley (WLBSA press office)
88 Lionheart Way
Bursledon Green
Southampton
SO31 8HN
Tel home: 02380 562647
Tel work: 01329 853513
Mobile: 07986 376114
E-Mail: timdunkleysnookerdad@hotmail.com
