Tournament information | |
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Established | 1931 |
Organisation(s) | World Billiards |
Recent edition | 2024 |
Current champion | Shruthi L (IND) |
The World Women's Billiards Championship is an English billiards tournament, first held in 1931 when organised by the cue sports company Burroughes and Watts then run from 1932 by the Women's Billiards Association (WBA). [1] It is currently run under the auspices of World Billiards Ltd (WBL), a subsidiary company of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.
It should not be confused with the Women's Professional Billiards Championship, which was also run by the WBA, or with the International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Women's Billiards Championship held in 2015.
Emma Bonney has won the title a record 13 times. The reigning champion is Shruthi L.
A Women's Amateur Billiards Championship was organised by cue sports company Burroughes and Watts. 23 players entered, and the highest break made was 28. Ruth Harrison was the champion. [2] [1]
The Women's Billiards Association took over responsibility for the tournament in 1932, when there were 41 entries. Thelma Carpenter made the highest break, 45, on her way to winning the title. Capenter won in 1933 and 1934 to complete a hat-trick of victories, before turning professional and going on to compete in the Women's Professional Billiards Championship. Vera Seals, a receptionist from Chesterfield that had learnt the game from Joe Davis, [3] took the 1935 title, and set a new highest break record of 62. [4] The tournament was held regularly until 1940, but then put on hold until after World War II. From 1947 to 1980 the tournament was held most years, with Vera Selby winning eight titles, and Maureen Baynton (Née Barrett) winning six. Evelyn Morland-Smith was another player to win multiple titles. In 1960, at the age of 75, she attempted to defend her title, but was unsuccessful. [5]
After a period of dormancy from 1980, the tournament was revived in 1998, when Karen Corr won the first of two titles. The dominant player since the 1998 revival has been Emma Bonney, who has won the title 13 times.
As of 2024, World Billiards (WBL), a subsidiary company of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, runs the competition. In June 2019, the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) and World Billiards agreed that the World Billiards Championship would be held by the WBL in 2019 in Australia and by the IBSF in 2020 and to co-operate to avoid tournament dates clashing. [6] The tournament was not held in 2020 or 2021. [7]
Year | Association | Winner | Runner-up | Final score | Venue | Ref. |
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1931 | WBA | Ruth Harrison (ENG) | Ellen Eddowes (ENG) | 1,000-581 | Burroughes Hall, London | [8] [9] |
1932 | WBA | Thelma Carpenter (ENG) | Ethel Brown (ENG) | 1,000-730 | Burroughes Hall, London | [10] [1] |
1933 | WBA | Thelma Carpenter (ENG) | Vera Seals (ENG) | 1,000-552 | Burroughes Hall, London | [11] [12] |
1934 | WBA | Thelma Carpenter (ENG) | Vera Seals (ENG) | 1,200–915 | Burroughes Hall, London | [13] [14] |
1935 | WBA | Vera Seals (ENG) | Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG) | 1,000-499 | Burroughes Hall, London | [4] [15] |
1936 | WBA | Vera Seals (ENG) | Ella Morris (ENG) | 1,000-528 | Burroughes Hall, London | [16] [17] |
1937 | WBA | Grace Phillips (ENG) | Vera Seals (ENG) | 1,000-968 | Burroughes Hall, London | [18] |
1938 [a] | WBA | Victoria McDougall (ENG) | Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG) | 1,000-991 | Burroughes Hall, London | [19] [20] |
1939 | WBA | Victoria McDougall (ENG) | G M Saunders (ENG) | 674–563 | Burroughes Hall, London | [21] [22] |
1940–46 | Not held | |||||
1947 | WBA | Sadie Isaacs (ENG) | Doris Keene (ENG) | 373–335 | Empire Club, Shaftesbury Avenue, London | [23] |
1948 | WBA | Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG) | Gladys Burton (ENG) | 537–399 | Thurston's Hall, London | [24] [25] |
1949 | WBA | Marie Keeton (ENG) | Gladys Burton (ENG) | 455–398 | Burroughes Hall, London | [26] |
1950 | WBA | Helen Futo (ENG) | Sadie Isaacs (ENG) | 420–359 | Burroughes Hall, London | [27] |
1951 | Not held | [28] | ||||
1952 [b] | WBA | Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG) | Helen Futo (ENG) | 431–408 | Burroughes Hall, London | [29] |
1953 | WBA | Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG) | Helen Futo (ENG) | 411–388 | Burroughes Hall, London | [30] |
1954 | WBA | Helen Futo (ENG) | Maureen Barrett (ENG) | 448–430 | Burroughes Hall, London | [31] |
1955 | WBA | Maureen Barrett (ENG) | Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG) | 451–401 | Burroughes Hall, London | [32] |
1956 [c] | WBA | Maureen Barrett (ENG) | unknown | unknown | Burroughes Hall, London | [33] |
1957 | WBA | Maureen Barrett (ENG) | Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG) | 553–334 | Burroughes Hall, London | [34] |
1958 | Not held | [35] | ||||
1959 | WBA | Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG) | Ray Craven (ENG) [d] | 330–328 | Burroughes Hall, London | [36] [37] |
1960 | WBA | Muriel Hazeldene (ENG) [e] | Ray Craven (ENG) | 339–324 | Burroughes Hall, London | [38] |
1961 | WBA | Maureen Barrett (ENG) | Thea Hindmarch (ENG) | 542–506 | Burroughes Hall, London | [39] [40] |
1962 | WBA | Thea Hindmarch (ENG) | Ray Craven (ENG) | 438–385 | Burroughes Hall, London | [41] |
1963 | WBA | Sadie Isaacs (ENG) | Ray Craven (ENG) | 485–315 | Burroughes Hall, London | [42] |
1964 | WBA | Maureen Baynton (née Barrett) (ENG) | Ray Craven (ENG) | 649–336 | Burroughes Hall, London | [43] |
1965 | WBA | Vera Youle (ENG) | Ray Craven (ENG) | 393–386 | Burroughes Hall, London | [44] [45] |
1966 | WBA | Maureen Baynton (née Barrett) (ENG) | Vera Youle (ENG) | 514–319 | Burroughes Hall, London | [46] |
1967 | WBA | Thea Hindmarch (ENG) | Sally Bartley (ENG) | 416–319 | Burroughes Hall, London | [47] [48] |
1968 | WBA | Maureen Baynton (née Barrett) (ENG) | Ray Craven (ENG) | 434–265 | Billiards and Snooker Centre, Great Windmill Street, London | [49] |
1969 | WBA | Thea Hindmarch (ENG) | Vera Selby (ENG) | 452–409 | Billiards and Snooker Centre, Great Windmill Street, London | [50] [51] |
1970 | WBA | Vera Selby (ENG) | unknown | unknown | unknown | [52] |
1971 | WBA | Vera Selby (ENG) | Ray Craven (ENG) | 506–304 | Billiards and Snooker Centre, Great Windmill Street, London | [53] [54] |
1972 | WBA | Vera Selby (ENG) | Ray Craven (ENG) | 736–354 | London | [55] [56] |
1973 | WBA | Vera Selby (ENG) | Ray Craven (ENG) | w.o. | n/a | [57] |
1974 | WBA | Vera Selby (ENG) | Thea Hindmarch (ENG) | unknown | Windmill Billiards Club, London | [58] [59] |
1975 | Not held | |||||
1976 | WBA | Vera Selby (ENG) | Ray Craven (ENG) | 407–157 | unknown | [58] [60] |
1977 | WBA | Vera Selby (ENG) | unknown | unknown | unknown | |
1978 | WBA | Vera Selby (ENG) | Maureen Baynton (née Barrett) (ENG) | 366–319 | Fishers, Acton, London | [58] [61] |
1979 | WBA | Maureen Baynton (née Barrett) (ENG) | Vera Selby (ENG) | unknown [f] | British Rail Staff Association, Gateshead | [62] [63] |
1980–97 | Not held | |||||
1998 | WLBSA | Karen Corr (NIR) | Emma Bonney (ENG) | 403–219 | Radion Executive Club, Sheffield | [64] |
1999 | WLBSA | Karen Corr (NIR) | Kelly Fisher (ENG) | 354–276 | Radion Executive Club, Sheffield | [65] |
2000 | WLBSA | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Caroline Walch (ENG) | 218–50 | Radion Executive Club, Sheffield | [66] |
2001 | WLBSA | Kelly Fisher (ENG) | Emma Bonney (ENG) | 290–219 | Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon | [67] |
2002 | WLBSA | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Kelly Fisher (ENG) | 227–196 | Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon | [68] |
2003 | WLBSA | Kelly Fisher (ENG) | Emma Bonney (ENG) | 299–155 | Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon | [69] |
2004 | Not held | |||||
2005 | WLBSA | Anuja Thakur (IND) | Lynette Horsburgh (SCO) | 243–136 | Cambridge Snooker Centre | [70] [71] |
2006 | WLBSA | Chitra Magimairaj (IND) | Emma Bonney (ENG) | 193–164 | Cambridge Snooker Centre | [72] |
2007 | WLBSA | Chitra Magimairaj (IND) | Emma Bonney (ENG) | 187–148 | Cambridge Snooker Centre | [73] |
2008 | WLBSA | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Eva Palmius (SWE) | 216–119 | Cambridge Snooker Centre | [74] |
2009 | WLBSA | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Chitra Magimairaj (IND) | 272–118 | Cambridge Snooker Centre | [75] |
2010 | WLBSA | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Chitra Magimairaj (IND) | 269–220 | Stadium Snooker Club, Birmingham | [76] |
2011 | WLBSA | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Tina Owen-Sevilton (ENG) | 202–181 | Pot Black Sports Bar, Bury St Edmunds | [77] |
2012 | WLBSA | Revanna Umadevi (IND) | Emma Bonney (ENG) | 201–143 | Cambridge Snooker Centre | [78] |
2013 | WLBSA | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Eva Palmius (SWE) | 329–207 | Cambridge Snooker Centre | [79] |
April 2014 | WLBSA | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Revanna Umadevi (IND) | 226–209 | Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds | [80] |
October 2014 | WLBSA | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Revanna Umadevi (IND) | 237–191 | Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds | [81] |
2015 | WLBSA | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Rochy Woods (ENG) | 334–119 | Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds | [82] |
2016 | WLBS | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Revanna Umadevi (IND) | 239–169 | Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds | [83] |
2017 | WLBS | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Eva Palmius (SWE) | 295–185 | Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds | [84] |
2018 | World Billiards | Emma Bonney (ENG) | Rebecca Kenna (ENG) | 329–209 | Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds | [85] |
2019 | World Billiards | Anna Lynch (AUS) | Judy Dangerfield (AUS) | 244–204 | Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, Melbourne | [86] |
2020–21 | Not held | [7] | ||||
2022 | World Billiards | Jamie Hunter (ENG) | Snenthra Babu (IND) | 304–148 | Sharkx Academy, Newbridge | [7] |
2023 | Not held | |||||
2024 | World Billiards | Shruthi L (IND) | Keerath Bhandaal (IND) | 215–202 | Landywood Snooker Club, Great Wyrley | [87] |
Name | Country | Wins | Runner-ups |
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Emma Bonney | England | 13 | 6 |
Vera Selby | England | 8 | 2 |
Maureen Baynton (Née Barrett) | England | 8 | 2 |
Evelyn Morland-Smith | England | 4 | 4 |
Thelma Carpenter | England | 3 | 0 |
Thea Hindmarch | England | 3 | 2 |
Victoria McDougall | England | 2 | 0 |
Kelly Fisher | England | 2 | 2 |
Sadie Isaacs | England | 2 | 1 |
Chitra Magimairaj | India | 2 | 2 |
Vera Seals | England | 2 | 3 |
Helen Futo | England | 2 | 2 |
Karen Corr | Northern Ireland | 2 | 0 |
Anuja Thakur | India | 1 | 0 |
Marie Keeton | England | 1 | 0 |
Muriel Hazeldene 1 | England | 1 | 0 |
Ruth Harrison | England | 1 | 0 |
Vera Youle | England | 1 | 1 |
Revanna Umadevi | India | 1 | 3 |
Grace Phillips | England | 1 | 0 |
Anna Lynch | Australia | 1 | 0 |
Jamie Hunter | England | 1 | 0 |
Shruthi L | India | 1 | 0 |
Ray Craven | England | 0 | 11 |
Eva Palmius | Sweden | 0 | 3 |
Gladys Burton | England | 0 | 2 |
Ellen Eddowes | England | 0 | 1 |
Ethel Brown | England | 0 | 1 |
G M Saunders | England | 0 | 1 |
Doris Keene | England | 0 | 1 |
Sally Bartley | England | 0 | 1 |
Ella Morris | England | 0 | 1 |
Lynette Horsburgh | Scotland | 0 | 1 |
Snethra Babu | India | 0 | 1 |
Rochy Woods | England | 0 | 1 |
Tina Owen-Sevilton | England | 0 | 1 |
Caroline Walch | England | 0 | 1 |
Rebecca Kenna | England | 0 | 1 |
Judy Dangerfield | Australia | 0 | 1 |
Keerath Bhandaal | India | 0 | 1 |
unknown | 0 | 3 |
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