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World Women's Billiards Championship

Tournament information
Established	1931
Organisation(s)	World Billiards
Recent edition	2024
Current champion	Shruthi L (IND)

The World Women's Billiards Championship is an English billiards tournament, first held in 1931 when organised by the cue sports company Burroughes and Watts then run from 1932 by the Women's Billiards Association (WBA). It is currently run under the auspices of World Billiards Ltd (WBL), a subsidiary company of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.

It should not be confused with the Women's Professional Billiards Championship, which was also run by the WBA, or with the International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Women's Billiards Championship held in 2015.

Emma Bonney has won the title a record 13 times. The reigning champion is Shruthi L.

History

In 1930, British cue sports company Burroughes and Watts organised the first edition of what would become the Women's Professional Billiards Championship. At the time, many billiard halls in the UK did not admit women. Later that year, the firm announced a Women's Amateur Billiards Championship. The first rounds would be played at regional venues, with the regional winners qualifying for the semi-finals and final at Burroughes Hall in London. Ruth Harrison was the champion from 23 participants, and the highest break made was 28.

The Women's Billiards Association took over responsibility for the tournament from the 1932 edition, which had 41 entries. Thelma Carpenter made the highest break, 45, on her way to winning the title. Capenter won in 1933 and 1934 to complete a hat-trick of victories, before turning professional and going on to compete in the Women's Professional Billiards Championship. Vera Seals, a receptionist from Chesterfield that had learnt the game from Joe Davis, took the 1935 title, and set a new highest break record of 62. The tournament was held regularly until 1940, but then put on hold until after World War II. From 1947 to 1980 the tournament was held most years, with Vera Selby winning eight titles, and Maureen Baynton (Née Barrett) winning six. Evelyn Morland-Smith was another player to win multiple titles; her last was in 1960 when she was 75.

After a period of dormancy from 1980, the tournament was revived in 1998, when Karen Corr won the first of two titles. The dominant player since the 1998 revival has been Emma Bonney, who has won the title 13 times.

As of 2024, World Billiards (WBL), a subsidiary company of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, runs the competition. In June 2019, the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) and World Billiards agreed that the World Billiards Championship would be held by the WBL in 2019 in Australia and by the IBSF in 2020 and to co-operate to avoid tournament dates clashing. The tournament was not held in 2020 or 2021.

Finals

World Women's Billiards Championship finals

Year	Organiser	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	Venue	Ref.
1931	Burroughes and Watts	Ruth Harrison (ENG)	Ellen Eddowes (ENG)	1,000-581	Burroughes Hall, London
1932	WBA	Thelma Carpenter (ENG)	Ethel Brown (ENG)	1,000-730	Burroughes Hall, London
1933	WBA	Thelma Carpenter (ENG)	Vera Seals (ENG)	1,000-552	Burroughes Hall, London
1934	WBA	Thelma Carpenter (ENG)	Vera Seals (ENG)	1,200–915	Burroughes Hall, London
1935	WBA	Vera Seals (ENG)	Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG)	1,000-499	Burroughes Hall, London
1936	WBA	Vera Seals (ENG)	Ella Morris (ENG)	1,000-528	Burroughes Hall, London
1937	WBA	Grace Phillips (ENG)	Vera Seals (ENG)	1,000-968	Burroughes Hall, London
1938	WBA	Victoria McDougall (ENG)	Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG)	1,000-991	Burroughes Hall, London
1939	WBA	Victoria McDougall (ENG)	G M Saunders (ENG)	674–563	Burroughes Hall, London
1940–46	Not held
1947	WBA	Sadie Isaacs (ENG)	Doris Keene (ENG)	373–335	Empire Club, Shaftesbury Avenue, London
1948	WBA	Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG)	Gladys Burton (ENG)	537–399	Thurston's Hall, London
1949	WBA	Marie Keeton (ENG)	Gladys Burton (ENG)	455–398	Burroughes Hall, London
1950	WBA	Helen Futo (ENG)	Sadie Isaacs (ENG)	420–359	Burroughes Hall, London
1951	Not held
1952	WBA	Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG)	Helen Futo (ENG)	431–408	Burroughes Hall, London
1953	WBA	Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG)	Helen Futo (ENG)	411–388	Burroughes Hall, London
1954	WBA	Helen Futo (ENG)	Maureen Barrett (ENG)	448–430	Burroughes Hall, London
1955	WBA	Maureen Barrett (ENG)	Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG)	451–401	Burroughes Hall, London
1956	WBA	Maureen Barrett (ENG)	unknown	unknown	Burroughes Hall, London
1957	WBA	Maureen Barrett (ENG)	Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG)	553–334	Burroughes Hall, London
1958	Not held
1959	WBA	Evelyn Morland-Smith (ENG)	Ray Craven (ENG)	330–328	Burroughes Hall, London
1960	WBA	Muriel Hazeldene (ENG)	Ray Craven (ENG)	339–324	Burroughes Hall, London
1961	WBA	Maureen Barrett (ENG)	Thea Hindmarch (ENG)	542–506	Burroughes Hall, London
1962	WBA	Thea Hindmarch (ENG)	Ray Craven (ENG)	438–385	Burroughes Hall, London
1963	WBA	Sadie Isaacs (ENG)	Ray Craven (ENG)	485–315	Burroughes Hall, London
1964	WBA	Maureen Baynton (née Barrett) (ENG)	Ray Craven (ENG)	649–336	Burroughes Hall, London
1965	WBA	Vera Youle (ENG)	Ray Craven (ENG)	393–386	Burroughes Hall, London
1966	WBA	Maureen Baynton (née Barrett) (ENG)	Vera Youle (ENG)	514–319	Burroughes Hall, London
1967	WBA	Thea Hindmarch (ENG)	Sally Bartley (ENG)	416–319	Burroughes Hall, London
1968	WBA	Maureen Baynton (née Barrett) (ENG)	Ray Craven (ENG)	434–265	Billiards and Snooker Centre, Great Windmill Street, London
1969	WBA	Thea Hindmarch (ENG)	Vera Selby (ENG)	452–409	Billiards and Snooker Centre, Great Windmill Street, London
1970	WBA	Vera Selby (ENG)	unknown	unknown	unknown
1971	WBA	Vera Selby (ENG)	Ray Craven (ENG)	506–304	Billiards and Snooker Centre, Great Windmill Street, London
1972	WBA	Vera Selby (ENG)	Ray Craven (ENG)	736–354	London
1973	WBA	Vera Selby (ENG)	Ray Craven (ENG)	w.o.	n/a
1974	WBA	Vera Selby (ENG)	Thea Hindmarch (ENG)	unknown	Windmill Billiards Club, London
1975	Not held
1976	WBA	Vera Selby (ENG)	Ray Craven (ENG)	407–157	unknown
1977	WBA	Vera Selby (ENG)	unknown	unknown	unknown
1978	WBA	Vera Selby (ENG)	Maureen Baynton (née Barrett) (ENG)	366–319	Fishers, Acton, London
1979	WBA	Maureen Baynton (née Barrett) (ENG)	Vera Selby (ENG)	unknown	British Rail Staff Association, Gateshead
1980–97	Not held
1998	WLBSA	Karen Corr (NIR)	Emma Bonney (ENG)	403–219	Radion Executive Club, Sheffield
1999	WLBSA	Karen Corr (NIR)	Kelly Fisher (ENG)	354–276	Radion Executive Club, Sheffield
2000	WLBSA	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Caroline Walch (ENG)	218–50	Radion Executive Club, Sheffield
2001	WLBSA	Kelly Fisher (ENG)	Emma Bonney (ENG)	290–219	Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon
2002	WLBSA	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Kelly Fisher (ENG)	227–196	Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon
2003	WLBSA	Kelly Fisher (ENG)	Emma Bonney (ENG)	299–155	Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon
2004	Not held
2005	WLBSA	Anuja Thakur (IND)	Lynette Horsburgh (SCO)	243–136	Cambridge Snooker Centre
2006	WLBSA	Chitra Magimairaj (IND)	Emma Bonney (ENG)	193–164	Cambridge Snooker Centre
2007	WLBSA	Chitra Magimairaj (IND)	Emma Bonney (ENG)	187–148	Cambridge Snooker Centre
2008	WLBSA	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Eva Palmius (SWE)	216–119	Cambridge Snooker Centre
2009	WLBSA	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Chitra Magimairaj (IND)	272–118	Cambridge Snooker Centre
2010	WLBSA	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Chitra Magimairaj (IND)	269–220	Stadium Snooker Club, Birmingham
2011	WLBSA	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Tina Owen-Sevilton (ENG)	202–181	Pot Black Sports Bar, Bury St Edmunds
2012	WLBSA	Revanna Umadevi (IND)	Emma Bonney (ENG)	201–143	Cambridge Snooker Centre
2013	WLBSA	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Eva Palmius (SWE)	329–207	Cambridge Snooker Centre
April 2014	WLBSA	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Revanna Umadevi (IND)	226–209	Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds
October 2014	WLBSA	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Revanna Umadevi (IND)	237–191	Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds
2015	WLBSA	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Rochy Woods (ENG)	334–119	Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds
2016	WLBS	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Revanna Umadevi (IND)	239–169	Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds
2017	WLBS	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Eva Palmius (SWE)	295–185	Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds
2018	World Billiards	Emma Bonney (ENG)	Rebecca Kenna (ENG)	329–209	Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds
2019	World Billiards	Anna Lynch (AUS)	Judy Dangerfield (AUS)	244–204	Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, Melbourne
2020–21	Not held
2022	World Billiards	Jamie Hunter (ENG)	Snenthra Babu (IND)	304–148	Sharkx Academy, Newbridge
2023	Not held
2024	World Billiards	Shruthi L (IND)	Keerath Bhandaal (IND)	215–202	Landywood Snooker Club, Great Wyrley

Wins by player

Name	Country	Wins	Runner-ups
Emma Bonney	England	13	6
Vera Selby	England	8	2
Maureen Baynton (Née Barrett)	England	8	2
Evelyn Morland-Smith	England	4	4
Thelma Carpenter	England	3	0
Thea Hindmarch	England	3	2
Victoria McDougall	England	2	0
Kelly Fisher	England	2	2
Sadie Isaacs	England	2	1
Chitra Magimairaj	India	2	2
Vera Seals	England	2	3
Helen Futo	England	2	2
Karen Corr	Northern Ireland	2	0
Anuja Thakur	India	1	0
Marie Keeton	England	1	0
Muriel Hazeldene	England	1	0
Ruth Harrison	England	1	0
Vera Youle	England	1	1
Revanna Umadevi	India	1	3
Grace Phillips	England	1	0
Anna Lynch	Australia	1	0
Jamie Hunter	England	1	0
Shruthi L	India	1	0
Ray Craven	England	0	11
Eva Palmius	Sweden	0	3
Gladys Burton	England	0	2
Ellen Eddowes	England	0	1
Ethel Brown	England	0	1
G M Saunders	England	0	1
Doris Keene	England	0	1
Sally Bartley	England	0	1
Ella Morris	England	0	1
Lynette Horsburgh	Scotland	0	1
Snethra Babu	India	0	1
Rochy Woods	England	0	1
Tina Owen-Sevilton	England	0	1
Caroline Walch	England	0	1
Rebecca Kenna	England	0	1
Judy Dangerfield	Australia	0	1
Keerath Bhandaal	India	0	1
unknown		0	3

Notes

1. Held in November 1937
2. Held in October 1951
3. Held in October 1955
4. The spelling Rae is also found in some sources for this player.
5. The spellings Hazeldine and Hezeldene are also found in some sources for this player.
6. Snooker Scene has 697–683 but Newcastle Evening Chronicle has 500–486

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Books

• Everton, Clive (1985). Frei, Beatrice (ed.). Snooker: The Records. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-85112-448-3.

External links

• World Billiards Ltd.
• In pictures: World Ladies Billiards Championship 2010 (BBC)

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