Evans smashes Fisher’s record

REANNE Evans has smashed Kelly Fisher’s record of 69 consecutive matches won on the women’s snooker circuit.

Two days after her 25th birthday, the six-time world champion extended her remarkable winning streak to 72 with victory in the East Anglian Championship at Cambridge Snooker Centre.

Her last defeat was on March 1, 2008, when Maria Catalano clawed back a two-frame deficit to win 3-2 in the Connie Gough National final in Luton.

Evans, from Dudley, West Midlands, passed Fisher’s total with a 3-0 quarter-final win against Surrey’s Marianne Williams.

The world number one recalled playing the all-conquering Fisher many years ago and thinking “that’s what I want to do”.

“I’ve got there!” she said. “It’s nice to have the record.”

The East Anglian Championship, the second leg on the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association circuit, was Evans’ 25th ranking title.

“It was a bit scrappy at the beginning,” said Evans after a 3-0 win over Catalano, 28. “But then a couple of 40s got me going.

“She had a chance to go 2-1 but she missed it and I cleared up.

“I’m playing OK – not great, but solid. I’m not giving so many chances away.”

It was the eighth time since the start of last season the pair have met in a WLBSA final.

Evans said: “I think it’s more psychological now because she CAN play. You always get a bogey player.”

It was Catalano who ended Fisher’s record run in 2003.

Jan Hughes, from St Neots, Cambs, defeated Tina Owen-Sevilton 2-0 in the Plate final. World number five Eva Palmius, from Isleham, Cambs, accounted for Williams in the Seniors final. And 14-year-old Derby schoolgirl Hannah Jones, who has been called up for the England women’s team for the IBSF World Championships in Syria in December, claimed the Junior title.

The previous day, Evans, now a professional snooker player, lost 4-0 to Allister Carter in the second round of the fourth leg of the European Players Tour Championship in Gloucester.

The WLBSA is hosting six ranking events this season culminating in the World Championships in April.

RESULTS (BREAKS)

LAST-32: Vicky Carter beat Naomi Clare 3-0.

LAST-16: Reanne Evans (40) beat Carter 3-0, Marianne Williams beat Chris Sharpe 3-2, Natascha Niermann beat Tina Owen-Sevilton 3-2, Eva Palmius beat Laura Alves 3-0, Emma Bonney beat June Banks 3-1, Hannah Jones beat Jenny Poulter 3-0, Gaye Jones beat Martina Lumsden 3-1, Maria Catalano beat Jan

Hughes 3-0.

QUARTER-FINALS: Evans (54, 56) beat Williams 3-0, Niermann beat Palmius 3-1, Bonney beat H Jones 3-0, Maria Catalano (46, 37) beat G Jones 3-0.

SEMI-FINALS (£40): Evans (51, 48, 49) beat Niermann 3-1, Catalano (82) beat Bonny 3-1.

FINAL (£200/£100): Evans (42, 47) beat Catalano 3-0.

PLATE

QUARTER-FINALS: Jan Hughes beat Jenny Poulter 2-0, Naomi Clare beat Laura Alves 2-1, Tina Owen-Sevilton beat Martina Lumsden 2-0, Chris Sharpe beat Vicky Carter 2-0.

SEMI-FINALS: Hughes beat Clare 2-0, Owen-Sevilton beat Sharpe 2-0.

FINAL: Hughes beat Owen-Sevilton 2-0.

SENIORS (HANDICAPS)

QUARTER-FINALS: Eva Palmius (+7) beat Gaye Jones (+14) 1-0, Jenny Poulter (+14) beat Chris Sharpe (+14) 1-0.

SEMI-FINALS: Palmius beat Martina Lumsden (+21) 1-0, Marianne Williams (+14) beat Poulter 1-0.

FINAL: Palmius beat Williams 2-0.

JUNIORS (BREAKS)

FINAL: Hannah Jones (33) beat Naomi Clare 2-0.

WLBSA PROVISIONAL SNOOKER RANKINGS AFTER THE EAST ANGLIAN

Pos	Name	Town	Pts	Sponsor
1	Reanne Evans	Dudley, West Mids	585
2	Maria Catalano	Dudley, West Mids	430
3	Emma Bonney	Portsmouth	370
4	Katie Henrick	Bickley, Kent	290	180poker.com
5	Eva Palmius	Isleham, Cambs	203
6	Suzie Opacic	Brambridge, Hants	190	Kara Accountants
7	Hannah Jones	Derby	182	Wytech + The Q Room
8	Natascha Niermann	Cambridge	170
9	Marianne Williams	Smallfield, Surrey	169
10	Jenny Poulter	Maidstone	164
10	Vicky Carter	Hemel Hempstead	164
12	Gaye Jones	Melksham, Wilts	132
13	Chris Sharpe	Chelmsford	129
14	Tina Owen-Sevilton	Taunton	128
15	Martina Lumsden	Eastbourne	103
16	Jodie Symes	Swindon	99
17	Naomi Clare	Ripley, Derbys	86
18	Pam Wood	Newcastle	82
19	Jasmine Bolsover	Woking	80
20	June Banks	Orpington, Kent	70
21	Joanne Davies	Derby	66	Wytech
22	Maureen Rowland	Wallsend, Tyne & Wear	51	Fine Arch Cues
23	Tatjana Vasiljeva	Latvia	50
24	Jan Hughes	St Neots, Cambs	49
25	Laura Alves	Dublin	36
26	Mary Hawkes	Eaton Bray, Beds	12
27	Clare Heseldine	Broadstairs, Kent	5
28	Georgina Holloway	Derby	0
29	Supanni Yam-Oum	Canterbury	0
30	Charlotte Holloway	Derby	0
31	Rita Holmes	Minehead	0

East Anglian entries:

Reanne Evans
Maria Catalano
Emma Bonney
Chris Sharpe
Hannah Jones
Eva Palmius
Jan Hughes
Natascha Niermann
Naomi Clare
Gaye Jones
Marianne Williams
Vicky Carter
Jenny Poulter
Laura Alves
Tina Owen-Sevilton June Banks Martina Lumsden