English Women's World Billiards Championship

Logo of the organizing association

The Women's English Billiards World Championship is an international English billiards tournament that has been held intermittently since 1931. It represents the highest title and the most important tournament in the tournament calendar of the women's billiards. The record winner is the Englishwoman Emma Bonney with 13 titles (as of Aug. 2019) . Bonney is also a snooker player and three-time vice world champion there.

history

The world championships were held in two categories, from 1931 to 1950 for professionals and since 1931 also for amateurs. This is the only World Cup currently held. The World Billiards Association has been organized and responsible for the World Championships since December 2018, following the spin-off from the former women's world association WLBS . Initially, the "World Billiards and Snooker Association" (WBSA) was responsible for both categories (until 1979). From 1980 to 1997 there were no World Cups. From 1998 the newly founded women's world association World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA) took over the organization, from December the association was renamed World Ladies Billiards & Snooker (WLBS).

In contrast to the Snooker World Cup, which has been held exclusively in Sheffield since 1971 or the Billiards World Cup, which is regularly held in Leeds , the venue for the Women's Billiards World Cup "wanders" across the planet. It is held at the end of the year in October. (Status: Aug. 2019)

mode

The World Cup has been held once a year since 2004. The only exception was the year 2014 in which a World Cup was held in April and October. In contrast to the men's World Cup, where both time and points are played, the women only play in time mode, i.e. the tournament management specifies the maximum time to be played (2 hours), and the winner is the player with the most points .

statistics

Professionals

year	Association	Winner	Finalist	Result
1931	WBSA	Joyce Gardner	?	?
1932		Joyce Gardner	?	?
1933		Joyce Gardner	?	?
1934		Ruth Harrison	?	?
1935		Joyce Gardner	?	?
1936		Joyce Gardner	?	?
1937		Joyce Gardner	?	?
1938		Joyce Gardner	?	?
1939		Ruth Harrison	?	?
1940		Thelma Carpenter	?	?
1941–1947 No events
1948	WBSA	Thelma Carpenter	?	?
1949		Thelma Carpenter	?	?
1950		Thelma Carpenter	?	?

Amateurs

year	Association	Winner	Finalist	Result
1931	WBSA	Ruth Harrison	?	?
1932		Thelma Carpenter	?	?
1933		Thelma Carpenter	?	?
1934		Thelma Carpenter	?	?
1935		Vera Seals	?	?
1936		Vera Seals	?	?
1937		Grace Phillips	?	?
1938		V McDougall	?	?
1939		V. McDougall	?	?
1940–1946 No events
1947	WBSA	Sadie Isaacs	?	?
1948		E. Morland Smith	?	?
1949		M. Keeton	?	?
1950		Helen Futo	?	?
1951 No event
1952	WBSA	E. Morland Smith	?	?
1953		E. Morland Smith	?	?
1954		Helen Futo	?	?
1955		Maureen Barrett	?	?
1956		Maureen Barrett	?	?
1957–1958 No competitions
1959	WBSA	Muriel Hazeldine	?	?
1960		Maureen Barrett	?	?
1961 No event
1962	WBSA	Dorothea Hindmarch	?	?
1963		Sadie Isaacs	?	?
1964		Maureen Baynton (née Barrett)	?	?
1965		Vera Youle	?	?
1966		Maureen Baynton (née Barrett)	?	?
1967		Dorothea Hindmarch	?	?
1968		Maureen Baynton (née Barrett)	?	?
1969		Dorothea Hindmarch	?	?
1970		Vera Selby	?	?
1971		Vera Selby	?	?
1972		Vera Selby	?	?
1973		Vera Selby	?	?
1974		Vera Selby	?	?
1975 No event
1976	WBSA	Vera Selby	?	?
1977		Vera Selby	?	?
1978		Vera Selby	?	?
1979		Maureen Baynton (née Barrett)	?	?
1980–1997 No events
1998	WLBSA	Karen Corr	Emma Bonney	403: 219
1999		Karen Corr	Kelly Fisher	354: 276
2000		Emma Bonney	Caroline Walch	218: 50
2001		Kelly Fisher	Emma Bonney	290: 219
2002		Emma Bonney	Kelly Fisher	227: 196
2003		Kelly Fisher	Emma Bonney	299: 155
2004 No event
2005	WLBSA	Anuja Thakur	Lynette Horsburgh	243: 136
2006		Chitra Magimairaj	Emma Bonney	193: 164
2007		Chitra Magimairaj	Emma Bonney	187: 148
2008		Emma Bonney	Eva Palmius	216: 119
2009		Emma Bonney	Chitra Magimairaj	272: 118
2010		Emma Bonney	Chitra Magimairaj	269: 220
2011		Emma Bonney	Tina Owen-Sevilton	202: 181
2012		Revanna Umadevi	Emma Bonney	201: 143
2013		Emma Bonney	Eva Palmius	329: 207
2014/1 April		Emma Bonney	Ravenna Umadevi	226: 209
2014/2 Oct.		Emma Bonney	Ravenna Umadevi	237: 191
2015		Emma Bonney	Rochy Woods	334: 119
2016	WLBS	Emma Bonney	Ravenna Umadevi	239: 169
2017		Emma Bonney	Eva Palmius	295: 185
2018		Emma Bonney	Rebecca Kenna	329: 209
2019		Anna Lynch	Judy Dangerfield	244: 204

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See also

• English Billiards Championship (World Billiards Championship)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} World Ladies Billiards Champions. World Billiards , June 15, 2015, archived from the original on January 19, 2018 ; accessed on August 25, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Results 2018. World Billiards, October 24, 2018, archived from the original on August 25, 2019 ; accessed on August 25, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Results 2019. World Billiards, October 11, 2019, archived from the original on October 16, 2019 ; accessed on October 16, 2019 (English).