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Saturday 24 September 2011

Maria Catalano - WLBSA Northern Champion 2011
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Maria Catalano ends Reanne Evans' 90-match unbeaten run on snooker circuit

The 29-year-old�s historic 3-1 victory came in the semi-finals of the inaugural Northern Championship at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Clay Cross.

Catalano, who went on to beat Hong Kong �s Yu Ching Ching 3-1 in the final, said: �I�m over the moon to get a win over Reanne, really, because it�s been such a long time. We�ve had quite a few close matches, to be fair. She started off really well as she normally does. Then the frames went a little bit scrappy. We both missed a couple and I just managed to pot a few more than she did.�

�It wasn�t a fantastic match but any win over Reanne is a good win. So, I�ll take it.�

Catalano, Ronnie O�Sullivan�s cousin, and seven-time women�s world champion Evans both live in Dudley, West Midlands.

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Hannah Jones - WLBSA Northern Championship 2011 Shield and Plate Winner
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Jenny Poulter - WLBSA Northern Championship 2011 Seniors Winner
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Maria Catalano - WLBSA Northern Champion 2011
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In the final, Catalano opened proceedings with an 81 break. A 39 doubled the advantage before Yu pulled one back with a 52. But the world number two wrapped up her sixth ranking title with a run of 69.

�It was a good final,� said Catalano, who had been granted the weekend off from her dad�s ice-cream business. �I really enjoyed it.

�I�ve not really had a chance to practise much so it�s a massive win for me. I can count on the fingers of one hand how many times I�ve practised since (the World Championships) in April.

�It�s been a good day. I�ve played quite well.�

Yu defeated world number five Eva Palmius 3-2 in the second semi.

Evans had reached the nervous nineties by accounting for Portsmouth �s Emma Bonney 3-0 in the quarter-finals.

The undisputed world number one last suffered defeat on March 1, 2008, when she lost 3-2 to Catalano in the Connie Gough National Championship final.

The previous record of 69 straight wins was held by Kelly Fisher. That run was also ended by Catalano.

Meanwhile, there was double delight for Derby schoolgirl Hannah Jones. The 15-year-old won the Plate competition and the new Shield event for players under the age of 40. Jenny Poulter triumphed in the Seniors tournament.

The Northern Championship, the first of six ranking events on the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association� 2011/12 tour, was the first tournament since chairman Mandy Fisher retired after 30 years running the women�s game. Organisers hailed it a �big success�.

WORLD LADIES BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION

NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP - ENTRIES

Reanne Evans (Dudley, West Mids )
Maria Catalano (Dudley, West Mids )
Emma Bonney ( Portsmouth )
Eva Palmius (Isleham, Cambs)
Jenny Poulter ( Maidstone )
Hannah Jones ( Derby )
Marianne Williams (Smallfield, Surrey )
Gaye Jones (Melksham, Wilts)
Tina Owen-Sevilton ( Taunton )
Natascha Niermann ( Cambridge )
Pam Wood ( Newcastle )
Naomi Clare (Ripley, Derbys )
Maureen Rowland (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear)
Jan Hughes (St Neots, Cambs)
Yu Ching Ching ( Hong Kong )
Jaique Ip Wan In ( Hong Kong )
So Man Yan ( Hong Kong )
Ng On Yee ( Hong Kong )
Vicky Carter ( Hemel Hempstead )

WORLD LADIES BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION

NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP - RESULTS

PRELIMS: Vicky Carter 0 Yu Ching Ching 3, Tina Owen-Sevilton 3 Ng On Yee 1, Hannah Jones 1 Jenny Poulter 3.

LAST-16: Yu 3 Jan Hughes 1, Owen-Sevilton 3 Pam Wood 0, Poulter 1 Eva Palmius 3, Naomi Clare 0 Gaye Jones 3, Maria Catalano 3 Natascha Niermann 1, So Man Yan 3 Maureen Rowland 0, Jaique Ip Wan In 2 Emma Bonney 3, Marianne Williams 0 Reanne Evans 3.

QUARTER-FINALS: Yu 3 Owen-Sevilton 1, Palmius 3 G Jones 1, Catalano 3 So 0, Bonney 0 Evans 3.

SEMI-FINALS (�40): Yu 3 Palmius 2, Catalano 3 Evans 1.

FINAL (�120/�80): Catalano 3 Yu 1.

NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP - SENIORS (40+)

QUARTER-FINALS: Marianne Williams 0 Jenny Poulter 1, Maureen Rowland 1 Eva Palmius 0.

SEMI-FINALS: Jan Hughes 0 Poulter 1, Rowland 1 Pam Wood 0.

FINAL: Poulter 1 Rowland 0.

NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP - PLATE

LAST-16: Vicky Carter 2 Pam Wood 1, Maureen Rowland 0 Jan Hughes 2, Marianne Williams 1 Jaique Ip Wan In 2.

QUARTER-FINALS: Carter 0 Hannah Jones 2, Hughes 0 Ng On Yee 2, Ip Wan In 2 Natascha Niermann 0, Jenny Poulter 2 Naomi Clare 0.

SEMI-FINALS: Jones 2 Ng 0, Ip Wan In 1 Poulter 2.

FINAL (�25/�15): Jones 2 Poulter 1.

NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP - SHIELD (UNDER-40)

QUARTER-FINALS: Tina Owen-Sevilton 1 Ng On Yee 0

SEMI-FINALS: Vicky Carter 0 Owen-Sevilton 1, So Man Yan 0 Hannah Jones 1.

FINAL: Jones 1 Owen-Sevilton 0.

WLBSA PROVISIONAL RANKINGS PRIOR TO NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP
Position	Name	Town	Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39	Reanne Evans Maria Catalano Emma Bonney Katie Henrick Eva Palmius Hannah Jones Natascha Niermann Jenny Poulter Tina Owen-Sevilton Vicky Carter Marianne Williams Gaye Jones Chris Sharpe Suzie Opacic Martina Lumsden June Banks Naomi Clare Tatjana Vasiljeva Jodie Symes Yu Ching Ching Jasmine Bolsover Pam Wood Jan Hughes Chitra Magimairaj Jaique Ip Wan In Joanne Davies Maureen Rowland So Man Yan Ng On Yee Kim O'Brien Revanna Umadevi Laura Alves Victoria Gibbs Karen Harrison Mary Hawkes Clare Heseldine Georgina Holloway Supanni Yam-Oum Charlotte Holloway	Dudley, West Mids Dudley, West Mids Portsmouth Bickley, Kent Isleham, Cambs Derby Cambridge Maidstone Taunton Hemel Hempstead Smallfield, Surrey Melksham, Wilts Chelmsford Brambridge, Hants Eastbourne Orpington, Kent Ripley, Derbys Latvia Swindon Hong Kong Woking Newcastle St Neots, Cambs India Hong Kong Derby Wallsend, Tyne & Wear Hong Kong Hong Kong Bury St Edmunds India Dublin Trowbridge Fareham Eaton Bray, Beds Broadstairs, Kent Derby Canterbury Derby	880 610 610 370 323 296 292 255 253 240 236 213 209 190 175 144 134 130 129 120 112 102 95 90 90 66 65 60 60 45 40 36 19 12 12 5 0 0 0

Next snooker ranking event:

WLBSA - UK Championship
Sunday 30 October 2011
Woking Snooker Centre
Kingfield Road
Woking
Surrey
GU22 9AA

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