EMMA clinched her
eighth women’s world billiards title
PORTSMOUTH'S three-ball wizard Emma Bonney conjured up a perfect ten
shot en route to clinching her eighth women’s world billiards
championship.
Bonney accounted for India’s Revanna Umadevi, who won the World
Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA) title in 2012, in a
tight two-hour final at the Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds.
Speaking after the 226-209 victory, the 37-year-old thanked her
boyfriend for his support.
"It was nice to have my partner, Nigel Ward,
supporting me as he always has great confidence in me,"
she said.
"I sometimes think
watching can be harder than playing if it is a very close game."
“The final was very
close and tense. Uma is a very good player but I managed to keep my
patience even when the run of the ball was going against me and
during the several bouts of safety play."
"I was pleased to win for the eighth
time."
Earlier, in her group match against Eva
Palmius (Isleham, Cambs), Bonney had recorded her first ever ten
shot, where her cue-ball hit the red and then her opponent’s
cue-ball for a cannon before all three balls entered pockets.
Bonney, who also won the WLBSA title in
2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013, added:
"The event was well run, the club is a good
venue and the tables were very fast."
"I even had a ten
shot in one of the matches which was a first for me. Overall it was
a very enjoyable day."
Bonney’s victory brought the curtain
down on the six-day Eden Resources Festival of Snooker (and
Billiards) in Association with Northern Snooker Centre.
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