June Banks

June Banks

Born	(1969-03-04) 4 March 1969 (age 56)
Sport country	England

June Banks (born 4 March 1969) is an English snooker player. She was runner-up in the 2008 World Women's Snooker Championship, ^[1]

Biography

Banks played in the 1987 World Women's Snooker Championship, reaching the quarter final, where she was beaten by Mandy Fisher. ^[2]

From 1995 to 2002, Banks was beaten in five tournament finals by Kelly Fisher. Banks' first notable tournament victory came in 2005, when she beat Reanne Evans to become British Ladies Snooker Champion. Since then she has reached several other finals, and won the World Ladies Senior championship (for players aged 40 and over) for three consecutive years, 2009–2011. ^{[3] [4]}

She was runner-up in the 2008 World Women's Snooker Championship, losing 2–5 to the dominant player of the era, defending champion Reanne Evans. Evans won the title each year from 2005 to 2014, and also in 2016 and 2019.

Banks practices at the Sidcup Snooker Club. ^[5]

Titles and achievements

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent	Score	Ref.
Runner-up	1	1995	M-Tech Ladies Classic	Kelly Fisher	0–4	[3]
Runner-up	2	1996	Bailey Homes	Kelly Fisher	2–4	[3]
Runner-up	3	1999	Ladies British Open	Kelly Fisher	2–4	[3]
Runner-up	4	2000	Ladies British Open	Kelly Fisher	0–3	[3]
Runner-up	5	2002	Connie Gough National	Kelly Fisher	2–4	[3]
Winner	6	2005	Ladies' British Open Championship	Reanne Evans	4–0	[3] [5]
Winner	7	2005	East Anglian Ladies' Championship	Reanne Evans	4–3	[3] [5]
Runner-up	8	2006	Regal Ladies Championship	Maria Catalano	1–4	[3]
Runner-up	9	2007	Ladies UK Championship	Reanne Evans	2–4	[3]
Runner-up	10	2007	East Anglian Championship	Reanne Evans	2–4	[3]
Runner-up	11	2007	British Championship	Maria Catalano		[3]
Runner-up	12	2007	Connie Gough National	Maria Catalano		[3]
Runner-up	13	2008	East Anglian Championship	Katie Henrick	1–3	[3]
Runner-up	14	2008	South Coast Classic	Emma Bonney	2–3	[3]
Runner-up	15	2008	World Ladies Snooker Championship	Reanne Evans	2–5	[3]
Runner-up	14	2009	British Championship	Emma Bonney	0–3	[3]
Winner	15	2009	World Ladies Senior Championship	Jenny Poulter	3–0	[3]
Winner	16	2010	World Ladies Senior Championship	Eva Palmius	3–1	[3]
Winner	17	2011	World Ladies Senior Championship			[4]

References

1. World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
2. Hale, Janice (1991). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92. Queen Anne Press. pp. 379–380. ISBN   0356197476.
3. WLBSA Hall of Fame, World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association, archived from the original on 21 March 2012, retrieved 1 December 2019
4. "World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association – World Championships". Pro9. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
5. Ashton, Tim (13 December 2005). "Black ball finish in nail-biting snooker". News Shopper. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.