Reanne wins The Wytech Masters Trophy

WOMEN’S snooker star Reanne Evans admitted she was “drained” after retaining the Wytech Masters trophy in a dramatic late-night battle with Katie Henrick.

Three women world champions from three different cue sports appeared at the invitation-only event, sanctioned by the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association, at the North East Derbyshire SC, Clay Cross, on Saturday, September 13.

Kent-based world number three Henrick twice took the lead in the best-of-five final but Evans twice levelled with breaks of 59.

At a quarter-to-one in the morning, Evans, the four-time world champion from Dudley, fluked the brown in the decider and cleared up.

“We were drained,” said the 22-year-old mother-of-one who pocketed £529.

“I think we both played quite well, considering how late it was.

“Everybody seems to have improved a bit. They must be fed up of me winning now.” she laughed.

“I feel confident; I’m playing quite well – for the time being, anyway.”

Evans heads to Austria next month to defend her IBSF world title.

Tournament sponsor Mark Jones, MD of Midlands IT company Wytech, said: “It was a very long day but it was fantastic.

“There was a lot of appreciation from the players. It went on too long but that’s something we can look at next year.”

World 8-ball pool champion Lynette Horsburgh, from Blackpool, and world billiards champion Emma Bonney, from Portsmouth, both went out 3-2 to Henrick.

Newcastle’s Pam Wood was taken ill minutes after clearing the colours to lead Maureen Logan 2-0 in the first round.

She was rushed to hospital where a scan revealed a two millimetre kidney stone and she was discharged later that day.

The 39-year-old legal secretary picked up a £10 bonus for the highest break of the round.

Matches were streamed live by Wytech on globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Prize money totalled £1,419.

Wytech Masters results (breaks):

ROUND 1 (£20): Sarah Smith bt Joanne Davies 3-0, Gaye Jones bt Marianne Williams 3-1, Maureen Logan w/o Pam Wood, Lynette Horsburgh bt Eva Palmius 3-0.

ROUND 2 (£30): Smith (45, 45, 30) bt Vicky Ashby 3-0, Chris Sharpe bt G Jones 3-1, Hannah Jones bt Logan 3-0, Horsburgh bt Suzie Opacic (31) 3-2.

QUARTER-FINALS (£65): Reanne Evans (38, 32, 33) bt Smith 3-1, Maria Catalano (46) bt Sharpe 3-1, Emma Bonney bt H Jones 3-0, Katie Henrick (31) bt Horsburgh 3-2.

SEMI-FINALS (£100): Evans (43) bt Catalano (40) 3-1, Henrick bt Bonney (36) 3-2.

FINAL (£450/£200): Evans (59, 59) bt Henrick 3-2.

£10 high break awards:

Round 1: Pam Wood (27), round 2: Sarah Smith (45), quarter-finals: Maria Catalano (46), semi-finals: Reanne Evans (43), final: Evans (59).

Pound-a-point overall highest break:

Evans (59).

UK Championship

REANNE Evans continued her dominance of women’s snooker by clinching a fourth straight UK Championship title and the Wytech Masters trophy on the same day.

The four-time world champion defeated Katie Henrick 3-2 in the Masters final which ended at a quarter-to-one in the morning on Sunday, September 14.

A few hours later Evans returned to the North East Derbyshire SC, Clay Cross, to defend her UK title.

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s 26-year-old cousin Maria Catalano took a 1-0 lead in the final, the first frame that Evans had dropped in the tournament.

“I didn’t realise, otherwise I would’ve tried harder,” laughed the 22-year-old mother-of-one from Dudley after running out a 3-1 winner.

“I felt comfortable and I’ve been cueing all right.”

“She practises too much,” laughed Catalano.

World number four Catalano may have played a last snooker tournament before the world championships. She heads to the U.S. later this month to compete on the 9-ball pool circuit.

Three women world champions from three different cue sports appeared in the first ranking event of the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association season.

World billiards champion Emma Bonney and world 8-ball pool champion Lynette Horsburgh both went out 3-0 to Evans.

Newcastle’s Pam Wood was back in action after being rushed to hospital the previous day and diagnosed with a kidney stone.

The 39-year-old lost on a fluked pink to World Ladies Junior champion Hannah Jones in the Plate semi-final.

The WLBSA is hosting six ranking events this season culminating in the World Championships in April.

UK Championship results (breaks):

ROUND 1: Hannah Jones bt Joanne Davies 3-1.

LAST 16: Reanne Evans (78) bt H Jones 3-0, Lynette Horsburgh (45) bt Maureen Logan 3-0, Sarah Smith bt Chris Sharpe 3-1, Emma Bonney (49) bt

Vicky Ashby 3-0, Maria Catalano (42) bt Suzie Opacic 3-0, Eva Palmius bt Marianne Williams 3-1, Gaye Jones bt Laura Alves 3-0, Katie Henrick bt Pam Wood 3-0.

QUARTER-FINALS: Evans (41,42) bt Horsburgh 3-0, Bonney bt Smith 3-0, Catalano (32) bt Palmius 3-0, Henrick (32) bt G Jones 3-0.

SEMI-FINALS: Evans (48) bt Bonney 3-0, Catalano bt Henrick (51) 3-1.

FINAL: Evans (52, 46) bt Catalano 3-1.

UK Championship Plate results:

LAST 16: Pam Wood bt Joanne Davies 2-0.

QUARTER-FINALS: Wood bt Laura Alves 2-0, Hannah Jones bt Maureen Logan 2-1, Suzie Opacic bt Vicky Ashby 2-0, Chris Sharpe bt Marianne Williams 2-1.

SEMI-FINALS: Jones bt Wood 2-1, Opacic bt Sharpe 2-1.

FINAL: Opacic bt Jones 2-1. 

UK Championship Seniors results:

QUARTER-FINALS: Chris Sharpe bt Maureen Logan 1-0.

SEMI-FINALS: Eva Palmius bt Sharpe 1-0, Gaye Jones bt Laura Alves 1-0.

FINAL: Jones bt Palmius 1-0.

WLBSA snooker provisional rankings post UK Championship: