June Banks Explained

June Banks
Birth Date:4 March 1969

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.

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.

Titles and achievements

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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/world-champions/ World Champions
  2. Book: Hale, Janice . 1991 . Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92 . Queen Anne Press . 379–380 . 0356197476 .
  3. News: Ashton . Tim . 13 December 2005 . Black ball finish in nail-biting snooker . News Shopper . 16 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190816175130/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/othersport/660891.black-ball-finish-in-nail-biting-snooker/ . 16 August 2019 . live .
  4. Web site: World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association – World Championships . Pro9 . 17 April 2012 . 16 August 2019.