Evans smashes Fishers 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.

Picture by Monique Limbos: Record-breaker Reanne Evans.

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.

Picture by Monique Limbos: East Anglian plate winner Jan Hughes.

World number five Eva Palmius, from Isleham, Cambs, accounted for Williams in the Seniors final.

Picture by Monique Limbos: East Anglian seniors champion Eva Palmius.

And 14-year-old Derby schoolgirl Hannah Jones, who has been called up for the England team for the IBSF World Championships in Syria in December, claimed the Junior title.

Picture by Mark Jones: East Anglian junior champion Hannah Jones.

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.

Next snooker ranking event:

 

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