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2011 East Anglian Championship
Pot Black Sports Bar
Auto Park
Eastgate Street
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1YQ
Tel: 01284 704231
www.potblacksportsbar.co.uk
www.worldladiessnooker.co.uk

Saturday 26 September 2011

Maria Catalano - WLBSA East Anglian Champion 2011
Photograph �Monique Limbos - used by Pro9 with express permission.
MARIA Catalano believes �every snooker player�s dream is now a real possibility after the confidence boost of victory in the women�s East Anglian Championship.

A 3-0 win over Kent �s Katie Henrick in the final at Pot Black Sports Bar, Bury St Edmunds, handed Catalano her second title this season.

And it took her to top spot in the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA) rankings at the expense of seven-time world champion Reanne Evans, who was preparing for the Players Tour Championship event in Sheffield .

Catalano said: �I managed to get another one under my belt.

�Katie didn�t really perform like she can. I didn�t play too bad and potted solidly. I�m just happy to win, really.�

The 29-year-old from Dudley, West Midlands , who also claimed the Northern Championship in September, insisted her priority is an elusive first world championship title.

�It�s every snooker player�s dream,� she said. �I feel more up for it now. One of the biggest things is confidence. Obviously, winning two tournaments has given me a big boost.

�I�m a little bit more consistent. My B game is stronger now than it used to be. And when I play well I can make the breaks as well. If it all comes together, yes, I fancy beating anyone, to be honest.�

Catalano was forced to battle for every point in her quarter-final match against Portsmouth �s Emma Bonney. She fought back from 2-1 down to prevail 3-2.

�That was a good match,� she declared. �The decider was a tight one and I managed to nick it on the black. I was pleased with that one as well. It could�ve gone either way.�

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Maria Catalano And Referee Steve Markham
Photograph �Vicky Carter - used by Pro9 with express permission.
While Catalano was accounting for Vicky Carter, from Stevenage , 3-0 in the semi-finals, former world champion Karen Corr�s bid for a first WLBSA final for 12 years ended in a 3-1 defeat by Henrick.

Catalano said it was a �nice surprise� to see Corr, who plays on the US pool circuit.

�It�s always great to see one of the old veterans come back,� she laughed. �She still knows how to play.�

Catalano, who said she�d �never say never� to following Corr across the Atlantic , dedicated her seventh WLBSA title to her poorly nan Gladys.

�This one�s for her,� she said. �And I hope she gets well soon.�

Corr constructed the day�s highest break of 78 in a 3-0 last-16 win over former England international Marianne Williams.

Hampshire�s Suzie Opacic beat two-time European pool champion Kim O�Brien 2-0 to clinch the Plate trophy. Eva Palmius accounted for Jan Hughes 2-0 to claim an all-Cambridgeshire Seniors� title. And Derby schoolgirl Hannah Jones, 15, defeated Somerset �s Tina Owen-Sevilton 2-1 in the Shield final.

The East Anglian Championship was the third of six WLBSA ranking events this season. The Pot Black Sports Bar will again host the World Championships in April.

Vic Hartley and East Anglian Senior Champion Eva Palmius
Photograph �Vicky Carter - used by Pro9 with express permission.

Easy Anglian Plate Champion Suzie Opacic and Colin Selby
Photograph �Vicky Carter - used by Pro9 with express permission.

Vic Hartley and East Anglian Shield Champion Hannah Jones
Photograph �Vicky Carter - used by Pro9 with express permission.

WORLD LADIES BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION

EAST ANGLIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - ENTRIES

Maria Catalano (Dudley, West Mids )
Emma Bonney ( Portsmouth )
Katie Henrick ( Bickley , Kent )
Jenny Poulter ( Maidstone )
Tina Owen-Sevilton ( Bridgewater , Somerset )
Suzie Opacic (Brambridge, Hampshire)
Marianne Williams (Smallfield, Surrey )
Gaye Jones (Melksham, Wilts)
Hannah Jones ( Derby )
Eva Palmius (Isleham, Cambs)
Chris Sharpe ( Chelmsford )
Natascha Niermann ( Cambridge )
Jan Hughes (St Neots, Cambs)
Vicky Carter ( Stevenage )
Kim O�Brien (Bury St Edmunds)
Fran Calvert ( Lowestoft )
Karen Corr ( Northern Ireland )

WORLD LADIES BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION

EAST ANGLIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - RESULTS

PRELIMS: Chris Sharpe beat Natascha Niermann 3-1.

LAST-16: Sharpe beat Fran Calvert 3-1, Katie Henrick beat Suzie Opacic 3-1, Tina Owen-Sevilton beat Jan Hughes 3-0, Karen Corr (78, 42, 40) beat Marianne Williams 3-0, Emma Bonney (35, 34) beat Jenny Poulter (32) 3-2, Maria Catalano beat Kim O�Brien 3-0, Hannah Jones (36) beat Gaye Jones 3-0, Vicky Carter beat Eva Palmius (30) 3-1.

QUARTER-FINALS: Henrick beat Sharpe 3-1, Corr beat Owen-Sevilton 3-1, Catalano (66) beat Bonney (58 ) 3-2, Carter beat H Jones (39) 3-2.

SEMI-FINALS (�40): Henrick beat Corr 3-1, Catalano (38 ) beat Carter 3-0.

FINAL (�120/�80): Catalano beat Henrick 3-0.

EAST ANGLIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - SENIORS (40+)

FINAL: Eva Palmius beat Jan Hughes 2-0.

EAST ANGLIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - PLATE

QUARTER-FINALS: Kim O�Brien beat Jan Hughes 2-0, Jenny Poulter beat Gaye Jones 2-1, Marianne Williams beat Eva Palmius 2-0, Suzie Opacic bye.

SEMI-FINALS: O�Brien beat Poulter 2-1, Opacic beat Williams 2-0.

FINAL (�15/�10): Opacic beat O�Brien 2-0.

EAST ANGLIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - SHIELD (UNDER-40)

FINAL: Hannah Jones beat Tina Owen-Sevilton 2-1.

WLBSA PROVISIONAL RANKINGS PRIOR TO EAST ANGLIAN 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	Maria Catalano Reanne Evans Emma Bonney Vicky Carter Gaye Jones Katie Henrick Natascha Niermann Tina Owen-Sevilton Jenny Poulter Yu Ching Ching Eva Palmius Hannah Jones Marianne Williams Jan Hughes Suzie Opacic So Man Yan Jasmine Bolsover Naomi Clare Maureen Rowland Kim O'Brien Martina Lumsden Jaique Ip Wan In Pam Wood Fran Calvert Ng On Yee Shaghayegh Sanei Chris Sharpe June Banks Tatjana Vasiljeva Revanna Umadevi Chitra Magimairaj Jodie Symes Joanne Davies Laura Alves Vicky Gibbs Karen Harrison Karen Corr Clare Heseldine	Dudley, West Midlands Dudley, West Midlands Portsmouth Stevenage Melksham, Wilts Bickley, Kent Cambridge Bridgwater, Somerset Maidstone, Kent Hong Kong Isleham, Cambs Derby Smallfield, Surrey St Neots, Cambs Brambridge, Hants Hong Kong Woking Ripley, Derbys Wallsend, Tyne & Wear Bury St Edmunds Eastbourne Hong Kong Newcastle Lowestoft Hong Kong Iran Chelmsford Orpington, Kent Latvia India India Swindon Derby Dublin Trowbridge Fareham Northern Ireland Broadstairs, Kent	165 100 100 65 60 60 50 50 50 50 45 40 40 35 30 25 25 20 20 15 10 10 10 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Next snooker ranking event:

WLBSA - Southern Classic
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Fareham Snooker Club
Broadcut
Fareham
Hampshire
PO16 8ST
Tel: 01329 221759

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