World Women's Billiards Championship Explained

Tournament Name:World Women's Billiards Championship
Establishment:1931
Organisation:World Billiards
Recent Edition:2024

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). 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.

History

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.[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,[2] took the 1935 title, and set a new highest break record of 62. 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.[3]

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.[4] The tournament was not held in 2020 or 2021.

Finals

Year Association Winner Runner-up Final score Venue
1931 data-sort-value="Harrison, Ruth" data-sort-value="Eddowes, Ellen" 1,000-581 Burroughes Hall, London [5] [6]
1932 data-sort-value="Carpenter, Thelma" data-sort-value="Brown, Ethel" 1,000-730 Burroughes Hall, London [7] [8]
1933data-sort-value="Carpenter, Thelma" data-sort-value="Seals, Vera" 1,000-552 Burroughes Hall, London [9] [10]
1934 data-sort-value="Carpenter, Thelma" data-sort-value="Seals, Vera" 1,200–915 Burroughes Hall, London [11] [12]
1935 data-sort-value="Seals, Vera" data-sort-value="Morland-Smith, Evelyn" 1,000-499 Burroughes Hall, London [13] [14]
1936 data-sort-value="Seals, Vera" data-sort-value="Morris, Ella" 1,000-528 Burroughes Hall, London [15] [16]
1937 data-sort-value="Phillips, Grace" data-sort-value="Seals, Vera" 1,000-968 Burroughes Hall, London [17]
1938 data-sort-value="McDougall, Victoria" data-sort-value="Morland-Smith, Evelyn" 1,000-991 Burroughes Hall, London [18] [19]
1939 data-sort-value="McDougall, Victoria" data-sort-value="Saunders, G" 674–563 Burroughes Hall, London [20] [21]
1940–46 Not held
1947 data-sort-value="Isaacs, Sadie" data-sort-value="Keene, Doris" 373–335 Empire Club, Shaftesbury Avenue, London [22]
1948 data-sort-value="Morland-Smith, Evelyn" data-sort-value="Burton, Gladys" 537–399 Thurston's Hall, London [23] [24]
1949data-sort-value="Keeton, Marie" data-sort-value="Burton, Gladys" 455–398 Burroughes Hall, London [25]
1950data-sort-value="Futo, Helen" data-sort-value="Isaacs, Sadie" 420–359 Burroughes Hall, London [26]
1951 Not held [27]
1952 WBAdata-sort-value="Morland-Smith, Evelyn" data-sort-value="Futo, Helen" 431–408 Burroughes Hall, London [28]
1953 data-sort-value="Morland-Smith, Evelyn" data-sort-value="Futo, Helen" 411–388 Burroughes Hall, London [29]
1954 data-sort-value="Futo, Helen" data-sort-value="Barrett, Maureen" 448–430 Burroughes Hall, London [30]
1955 data-sort-value="Barrett, Maureen" data-sort-value="Morland-Smith, Evelyn" 451–401 Burroughes Hall, London [31]
1956 data-sort-value="Barrett, Maureen" unknownunknown Burroughes Hall, London [32]
1957 WBAdata-sort-value="Barrett, Maureen" data-sort-value="Morland-Smith, Evelyn" 553–334 Burroughes Hall, London [33]
1958 Not held [34]
1959 data-sort-value="Morland-Smith, Evelyn" data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" 330–328 Burroughes Hall, London [35] [36]
1960data-sort-value="Hazeldene, Muriel" data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" 339–324 Burroughes Hall, London [37]
1961 WBAdata-sort-value="Barrett, Maureen" data-sort-value="Hindmarch, Thea" 542–506 Burroughes Hall, London [38] [39]
1962data-sort-value="Hindmarch, Thea" data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" 438–385 Burroughes Hall, London [40]
1963 data-sort-value="Isaacs, Sadie" data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" 485–315 Burroughes Hall, London [41]
1964 data-sort-value="Barrett, Maureen" data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" 649–336 Burroughes Hall, London [42]
1965data-sort-value="Youle, Vera" data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" 393–386 Burroughes Hall, London [43] [44]
1966data-sort-value="Barrett, Maureen" data-sort-value="Youle, Vera" 514–319 Burroughes Hall, London [45]
1967 data-sort-value="Hindmarch, Thea" data-sort-value="Bartley, Sally" 416–319 Burroughes Hall, London [46] [47]
1968data-sort-value="Barrett, Maureen" data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" 434–265 Billiards and Snooker Centre, Great Windmill Street, London [48]
1969 data-sort-value="Hindmarch, Thea" data-sort-value="Selby, Vera" 452–409 Billiards and Snooker Centre, Great Windmill Street, London[49] [50]
1970 data-sort-value="Selby, Vera" unknown unknown unknown [51]
1971data-sort-value="Selby, Vera" data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" 506–304 Billiards and Snooker Centre, Great Windmill Street, London [52] [53]
1972 data-sort-value="Selby, Vera" data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" 736–354 London[54] [55]
1973 data-sort-value="Selby, Vera" data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" n/a [56]
1974 data-sort-value="Selby, Vera" data-sort-value="Hindmarch, Thea" unknown Windmill Billiards Club, London [57] [58]
1975 Not held
1976data-sort-value="Selby, Vera" data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" 407–157 unknown [59]
1977 data-sort-value="Selby, Vera" unknown unknownunknown
1978 data-sort-value="Selby, Vera" data-sort-value="Barrett, Maureen" 366–319 Fishers, Acton, London [60]
1979data-sort-value="Barrett, Maureen" data-sort-value="Selby, Vera" unknown[61] [62]
1980–97 Not held
1998 data-sort-value="Corr, Karen" data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" 403–219 [63]
1999 data-sort-value="Corr, Karen" data-sort-value="Fisher, Kelly" 354–276 [64]
2000data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Walch, Caroline" 218–50 [65]
2001 data-sort-value="Fisher, Kelly" data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" 290–219 [66]
2002 data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Fisher, Kelly" 227–196 [67]
2003 WLBSAdata-sort-value="Fisher, Kelly" data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" 299–155 [68]
2004 Not held
2005 WLBSAdata-sort-value="Thakur, Anuja" data-sort-value="Horsburgh, Lynette" 243–136 Cambridge Snooker Centre [69] [70]
2006data-sort-value="Magimairaj, Chitra" data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" 193–164 Cambridge Snooker Centre [71]
2007data-sort-value="Magimairaj, Chitra" data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" 187–148 Cambridge Snooker Centre [72]
2008 data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Palmius, Eva" 216–119 Cambridge Snooker Centre [73]
2009 data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Magimairaj, Chitra" 272–118 Cambridge Snooker Centre [74]
2010 data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Magimairaj, Chitra" 269–220 [75]
2011 data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Owen-Sevilton, Tina" 202–181 [76]
2012data-sort-value="Umadevi, Revanna" data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" 201–143 Cambridge Snooker Centre [77]
2013 WLBSAdata-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Palmius, Eva" 329–207 Cambridge Snooker Centre [78]
April 2014 data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Umadevi, Revanna" 226–209 [79]
October 2014 data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Umadevi, Revanna" 237–191 [80]
2015 WLBSAdata-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Woods, Rochy" 334–119 [81]
2016data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Umadevi, Revanna" 239–169 [82]
2017 data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Palmius, Eva" 295–185 [83]
2018 data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" data-sort-value="Kenna, Rebecca" 329–209 [84]
2019 data-sort-value="Lynch, Anna" data-sort-value="Dangerfield, Judy" 244–204 [85]
2020–21 Not held
2022 data-sort-value="Hunter, Jamie"" data-sort-value="Babu, Snethra" 304–148 [86]
2023Not held
2024 data-sort-value="L, Shruthi" data-sort-value="Bhandaal, Keerath" 215–202 [87]

Wins by player

Name Country WinsRunner-ups
data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" England 13 6
data-sort-value="Selby, Vera" England 8 2
data-sort-value="Baynton, Maureen" Maureen Baynton (Née Barrett) England 8 2
data-sort-value="Morland-Smith, Evelyn" Evelyn Morland-Smith England 4 4
data-sort-value="Carpenter, Thelma" England 3 0
data-sort-value="Hindmarch, Thea" England 3 2
data-sort-value="McDougall, Victoria" Victoria McDougall England 20
data-sort-value="Fisher, Kelly" England 2 2
data-sort-value="Isaacs, Sadie" Sadie Isaacs England 2 1
data-sort-value="Magimairaj, Chitra" India 2 2
data-sort-value="Seals, Vera" Vera Seals England 2 3
data-sort-value="Futo, Helen" Helen Futo England 2 2
data-sort-value="Corr, Karen" Northern Ireland 2 0
data-sort-value="Thakur, Anuja" India 1 0
data-sort-value="Keeton, Marie" Marie Keeton England 1 0
data-sort-value="Hazeldene, Muriel" England 1 0
data-sort-value="Harrison, Ruth" England 1 0
data-sort-value="Youle, Vera" Vera Youle England 1 1
data-sort-value="Umadevi, Revanna" India 1 3
data-sort-value="Phillips, Grace" Grace Phillips England 1 0
data-sort-value="Lynch, Anna" Australia 1 0
data-sort-value="Hunter, Jamie" England 1 0
data-sort-value="L, Shruthi" Shruthi L India 1 0
data-sort-value="Craven, Ray" Ray Craven England 0 11
data-sort-value="Palmius, Eva" Eva Palmius Sweden 0 3
data-sort-value="Burton, Gladys" Gladys Burton England 0 2
data-sort-value="Eddowes, Ellen" Ellen Eddowes England 0 1
data-sort-value="Brown, E" Ethel Brown England 0 1
data-sort-value="Saunders, G" G M Saunders England 0 1
data-sort-value="Keene, Doris" Doris Keene England 0 1
data-sort-value="Bartley, Sally" Sally Bartley England 0 1
data-sort-value="Morris, Ella" Ella Morris England 0 1
data-sort-value="Horsburgh, Lynette" Scotland0 1
data-sort-value="Babu, Snethra" Snethra Babu India 0 1
data-sort-value="Woods, Rocha" England 0 1
data-sort-value="Own-Sebilton, Tina" Tina Owen-Sevilton England 0 1
data-sort-value="Wqlch, Caroline" England 0 1
data-sort-value="Kenna, Rebecca" England 0 1
data-sort-value="Dangerfileld, Judy" Judy Dangerfield Australia 0 1
data-sort-value="Bhandaal, Keerath" Keerath Bhandaal India 0 1
data-sort-value="zzzz" unknown 0 3

External links

Notes and References

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  7. News: . 18 January 1932. Women's Championship . The Manchester Guardian . 4 . Newspapers.com..
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  9. News: Women's Amateur Title . The Observer. 23 . 29 January 1933 . Newspapers.com.
  10. Women's Amateur Championship . The Billiard Player . 23. February 1933.
  11. News: 29 January 1934. Women's Championship final . The Manchester Guardian . 3 . Newspapers.com.
  12. Women's Amateur Billiard Championship . The Billiard Player . 5. February 1934.
  13. Carpenter . Thelma. Billiards for women . The Billiard Player . 4. February 1935.
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  15. News: . 19 February 1936. Women's Amateur Billiards Championship . The Daily Telegraph. 20. Newspapers.com .
  16. . Women's Amateur Billiard Championship . The Billiard Player . 27. March 1936.
  17. News: . Vera Seals loses title . Nottingham Evening Post . 10 . 2 December 1936 . Newspapers.com.
  18. News: . 29 November 1937. Women's Billiards Championship . Liverpool Daily Post. 15 . Newspapers.com .
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  52. News: . Vera collects the title . . 16 . 28 May 1971 .
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  59. Ann Beats Vera at Last . . 28 . Everton's News Agency . June 1976 .
  60. Agnes Davies regains women's title . . 22 . Everton's News Agency . May 1978 .
  61. News: Davison . John . Cue ace Vera to join paid ranks . Clash fills gap . 21 . 10 September 1979. Newspapers.com.
  62. Play stops reign . . 17 . Everton's News Agency . December 1979 .
  63. Kelly Fisher: first woman to win at the Crucible . . 29 . Everton's News Agency . June 1998 .
  64. Corr's late 85 decisive . . 25 . Everton's News Agency . June 1999 .
  65. . Bonney wins billiards title . Snooker Scene . 37 . Everton's News Agency . June 2000 .
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  67. News: . Emma's revenge win over Fisher . Wiltshire County Publications . 22 April 2002.
  68. News: . Fisher regains World crown . Wiltshire County Publications . 18 April 2003.
  69. News: . Anuja wins world crown . . 8 April 2005.
  70. Evans takes title after replayed frame . . 23 . Everton's News Agency . May 2005 .
  71. . India's first world champion . . 5 . Everton's News Agency . May 2006.
  72. . Reanne Evans completes world title hat-trick . . 25 . Everton's News Agency . May 2007.
  73. . Evans wins fourth consecutive title . . 37 . Everton's News Agency . June 2008 .
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  79. News: . Brilliant Bonney racks up another world title . . 26 April 2014 . 6 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191005235811/https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/other-sport/brilliant-bonney-racks-up-another-world-title-1-6022756 . 5 October 2019 . live .
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  83. Web site: 2017 LITEtask World Women's Championship . . 26 October 2017 . 25 November 2024 . 2 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230602184938/https://wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=253 . live .
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  86. Web site: 2022 World Women’s Billiards Championship . World Billiards . 8 September 2022 . 8 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220908094833/https://world-billiards.com/2022-world-womens-billiards-championship/ . live .
  87. Web site: 2024 Womens World Championship . World Billiards . 31 October 2024.

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