Hong Kong’s Ng On Yee made it a title double in October as she won the Eden Women’s Masters for the first time last weekend in Gloucester. Having captured the UK Women’s Championship for the third time at the start of the month, On Yee narrowly edged out world number one Reanne Evans 4-3 in
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The group stage draw is now available on mySnookerStats.com for the third event in the 2017/18 World Women’s Snooker Tour. There will be seven groups of three and the top 14 will go through to the knockout stage. As with previous events this season, top seeds Reanne Evans and On Yee Ng are seeded straight
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The Snooker Legends UK Seniors Finals start on Tuesday 24 October and the winner will be crowned on Thursday. 8 of the sport’s legends will be taking on the 4 amateur qualifiers for a top prize of £7500. Day 1 will see Dennis Taylor take on Les Dodd who was the first qualifier after his
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“The race for top spot in the WLBS ranking list is hotting up as long-time number one Reanne Evans and closest challenger Ng On Yee are set to battle it out over the coming months.” But there are many who will argue that, as the women’s game progresses, there are soon to be new challengers. The top
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This first event, in a series of six to be played in various venues throughout the West of England, was hosted by Top Q Snooker Club, Gloucester. Report and Results
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Nigel Coton, the 2016 Open Disability Snooker Championship Group 3 winner, has announced that once again surplus funds from an upcoming exhibition that he has organised will be donated to the WDBS! Nigel said “It is important to myself and my wife Ali to support the WDBS again.” See https://snookerhub.co.uk/snooker-exhibitions/event/ronnie-osullivan-2-nights-lincoln-drill-hall/ for more details
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Following the successful completion of the qualifying rounds for the UK Seniors Championship, the World Seniors Championship kicks off this weekend. https://snookerhub.co.uk/event/snooker-legends-world-seniors-championship/ The first of 8 qualifiers is at The Crucible Sports & Social Club in Newbury and as a special treat for all entrants, they each receive a piece of the revolutionary Taom Chalk.
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There have been some major developments in the world of amateur snooker over the last few days. In case you missed it, this is the announcement made by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) regarding the newly formed World Snooker Federation (WSF) http://www.wpbsa.com/world-snooker-federation-wsf/ This new organisation is designed to bring together both amateur
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The official WLBS world women’s rankings have been updated for the second time this season following victory for Ng On Yee at the LITEtask UK Women’s Championship last weekend. View the updated WLBS world rankings The WLBS world rankings operate on a rolling two-year basis, with points earned during 2015/16 to be removed during the course of
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A PORTLAND online supplier of cue sports equipment has given women’s snooker a major boost. Billiards Boutique has signed a sponsorship deal with world number eight Suzie Opacic. The small family-run business sells snooker and pool tables as well as cues, cases and other accessories to customers worldwide. It started life 12 years ago in a small shop in Weymouth but now enjoys a glorious sea view from a suite of offices above a motor service centre on Portland. Owner Pete Williams, who “dabbles” at snooker, said: “I was playing nine-ball pool on the British circuit – not to any particular standard – and I thought it would be a great idea to import some of the American stuff. “It soon transpired that there wasn’t that much of a market for the American game over here. That’s still the case, sadly. “So I had to diversify and that’s when snooker equipment came along.” Hampshire golden girl Opacic’s highest ever World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) ranking was fifth. The 29-year-old town planner from Southampton said: “The sponsorship that Billiards Boutique is offering me enables me to practise more, play more, travel to tournaments and really keep pushing in the ladies’ game. “The game has seen a huge surge in the last year or two with ladies’ snooker getting the backing of World Snooker. “Tournaments used to always be in the UK but now they are moving abroad and that widens the appeal of the ladies’ game. “You need the backing to play on the circuit and hopefully I can push up the rankings.” Two years ago, WLBS was taken back under the wing of World Snooker and received increased sponsorship. As well as holding an event in Germany last season, they took the 2017 world championships to Singapore where the total prize fund was £15,000. In contrast, the professionals in the World Championship at the Crucible earlier this year were competing for a slice of a £1.75m prize pot. Williams, 38, added: “I’ve known of Suzie since I’ve been involved in the industry but I’d never met her until now. “It’s good to see that World Snooker has got involved again because the women’s game was almost on its last legs, which was a shame.” For more information about the company, visit www.billiardsboutique.com Words and Picture by Tim Dunkley. Pete Williams and Suzie Opacic. Thanks for reading Pete Williams Billiards Boutique
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