Foul and a miss follows World Ladies Snooker Circuit
June 6, 2009
Foul and a Miss is pleased to announce that we have teamed up with Tim Dunkley a World Snooker Association coach based at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club, near Southampton, in Hampshire. Tim also writes the snooker page for the Southern Daily Echo.
Please view Tim’s first guest post below:
From September, foulandamiss.com will be following the fortunes of the UK ’s top players on the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA) circuit.
World number one and mother-of-one Reanne Evans will be bidding for a record sixth straight world championship. Hoping to end Evans’ domination are: Ronnie O’Sullivan’s 27-year-old cousin Maria Catalano; Katie ‘Hooray’ Henrick, 28, the resident snooker professional at the exclusive Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall; June Banks, who lived in Wales for seven years working at Terry Griffiths Matchroom in Llanelli and being coached by the 1979 world champion, and four-time world billiards champion Emma Bonney from Portsmouth.
Up-and-coming youngsters include Suzie Opacic, 20, from Chandler ’s Ford SC in Hampshire, and 12-year-old England international Hannah Jones, from Derby .
Founded by Mandy Fisher in 1981 after the demise of the Women’s Billiards and Snooker Association, the WLBSA runs six ranking events a year culminating in the World Championships in Cambridge in April.
Fisher, who is still at the helm, is a former world number one. Girls under the age of 16 are offered scholarships which include free membership and free tournament entries.
For further information please contact Mandy Fisher at worldladiessnooker@ntlworld.com or press officer Tim Dunkley, a World Snooker Association coach, at timdunkleysnookerdad@hotmail.com
