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WLBSA 2011 Southern Classic
Fareham Snooker Club
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Fareham
PO16 8ST
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Saturday 28 January 2011

Emma Bonney - WLBSA Southern Classic Champion 2011
Photograph �Monique Limbos - used by Pro9 with express permission.
Bonney crowned Queen of the South

HAMPSHIRE�S Emma Bonney claimed her first women�s snooker title for more than three years with a cue bought on the internet two days previously.

Superior matchplay helped the world number three defeat Hong Kong cueist Jaique Ip Wan In 3-1 in the Southern Classic final at Fareham Snooker Club.

Bonney, who accounted for two more of the four Hong Kong entries en route to the final, potted a difficult pink down the side cushion to take the first frame.

The pair shared the next two. Ip Wan In, needing a clearance in the fourth, sunk a brilliant last red but missed the final brown and Bonney cleared.

�I played some really good safety today, which was the telling thing against the Hong Kong girls,� said the 35-year-old from Portsmouth.

�I was keeping them pretty tight to the bottom cushion when I could and it did make quite a difference.�

Bonney admitted she envies the Hong Kong quartet�s professional status.

�They�re very dedicated,� she said. �They have a full-time coach and they play full time.

�They will be the ones to beat in the future. They�ll always be strong competition. They came over a few days early and came to the club and practised. I envy them.�

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Ip Wan In - WLBSA Southern Classic 2011 Runner Up
Photograph �Vicky Carter - used by Pro9 with express permission.

Jenny Poulter - WLBSA Southern Classic Seniors Winner with Serena Sinanan
Photograph �Vicky Carter - used by Pro9 with express permission.

Yu Ching Ching - WLBSA Southern Classic Shield Winner with Serena Sinanan
Photograph �Vicky Carter - used by Pro9 with express permission.

Suzie Opacic - WLBSA Southern Classic 2011 Plate Winner with Colin Selby
Photograph �Vicky Carter - used by Pro9 with express permission.
Top quality snooker in the semi-finals of the fourth leg of the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA) tour saw Bonney edge past two-time IBSF Women�s World Champion Ng On Yee 3-1.

Ng controlled the first frame with breaks of 50 and 37. Bonney rallied to draw level with a run of 62 and the six-time world billiards champion ran out a 3-1 winner.

Bonney said: �She started off really well in the first frame. I rattled one ball and that was my only shot in the frame.�

Referee Steve Markham said: �It was a brilliant match. Both players were outstanding.�

Remarkably, Bonney had only five hours practice with her new cue.

�I really liked it straight away,� she said. �Hopefully, I�ll win the next one (in Swindon ) and the World Championship with my new cue.�

Bonney�s previous WLBSA ranking wins came in the South Coast Classic and British Open in 2008.

Ip Wan in produced the shock of the day, knocking out world number one Maria Catalano 3-0 in the last-16.

Jenny Poulter ( Maidstone , Kent ) defeated Gaye Jones (Melksham, Wilts) 2-0 to collect her third Seniors trophy of the season.

Hampshire�s Suzie Opacic prevailed 2-0 against So Man Yan ( Hong Kong ) to pick up her second Plate trophy since returning to the circuit this season.

And Yu Ching Ching (Hong Kong) beat Vicky Carter ( Stevenage ) 2-0 in the Shield final.

Missing her second event of the season was seven-time world champion, and the 2011 Southern Classic winner, Reanne Evans, who is suffering from pleurisy.

The draw was carried out by Wayne Griffiths, the son of 1979 world champion Terry Griffiths. Wayne coaches the Hong Kong players.

Organisers said a �massive thanks� to Fareham SC �s joint owner Serena Sinanan and her staff.

Emma Bonney - WLBSA Southern Classic 2011 Champion
Photograph �Vicky Carter - used by Pro9 with express permission.

WORLD LADIES BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION

SOUTHERN CLASSICP - ENTRIES

Maria Catalano (Dudley, West Mids )
Emma Bonney ( Portsmouth )
Jenny Poulter ( Maidstone )
Tina Owen-Sevilton ( Bridgewater , Somerset )
Suzie Opacic (Brambridge, Hampshire)
Gaye Jones (Melksham, Wilts)
Eva Palmius (Isleham, Cambs)
Martina Lumsden ( Eastbourne )
Natascha Niermann ( Cambridge )
Jan Hughes (St Neots, Cambs)
Vicky Carter ( Stevenage )
Anna Sanei ( Iran )
Ng On Yee ( Hong Kong )
Jaique Ip Wan In ( Hong Kong )
So Man Yan ( Hong Kong )
Yu Ching Ching ( Hong Kong )
Jasmine Bolsover ( Woking )
Marianne Williams (Smallfield, Surrey )

WORLD LADIES BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION

SOUTHERN CLASSIC - RESULTS

PRELIM: Vicky Carter beat Marianne Williams 3-1, So Man Yan w/o Anna Sanei.

LAST-16: Carter beat Natascha Niermann 3-0, Jaique Ip Wan In beat Maria Catalano 3-0, Tina Owen-Sevilton beat Eva Palmius 3-2, Yu Ching Ching beat Suzie Opacic 3-0, Jan Hughes beat Jasmine Bolsover 3-0, Ng On Yee (34) beat Martina Lumsden 3-0, Jenny Poulter (31) beat Gaye Jones 3-1, Emma Bonney beat So 3-1.

QUARTER-FINALS: Ip Wan In (56) beat Carter 3-1, Owen-Sevilton beat Yu 3-1, Ng beat Hughes 3-0, Bonney beat Poulter 3-1.

SEMI-FINALS (�40): Ip Wan In beat Owen-Sevilton 3-1, Bonney (62) beat Ng (50, 37) 3-1.

FINAL (�120/�80): Bonney beat Ip Wan In 3-1.

SOUTHERN CLASSIC - SENIORS (40+)

QUARTER-FINALS: Gaye Jones beat Eva Palmius 1-0

SEMI-FINALS: Jones beat Jan Hughes 1-0, Jenny Poulter beat Martina Lumsden 1-0.

FINAL: Poulter beat Jones 2-0.

SOUTHERN CLASSIC - PLATE

QUARTER-FINALS: Suzie Opacic beat Martina Lumsden 2-1, Marianne Williams beat Jasmine Bolsover 2-1, So Man Yan beat Gaye Jones 2-0, Natascha Niermann beat Eva Palmius 2-0.

SEMI-FINALS: Opacic beat Williams 2-0, So (41, 52) beat Niermann (35) 2-0.

FINAL (�20/�15): Opacic beat So 2-0.

SOUTHERN CLASSIC - SHIELD (UNDER-40)

FINAL: Yu Ching Ching beat Vicky Carter 2-0.

WLBSA PROVISIONAL RANKINGS PRIOR TO SOUTHERN CLASSIC
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	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	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 -	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 -

Next snooker ranking event: Saturday 25 February 2012

WLBSA - Connie Gough Memorial
Jesters Snooker Club
Greenbridge Road
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN3 3JD

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