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The 24-year-old defeated world number two Maria Catalano 3-1 in a good-natured final at the Q-Ball Snooker Club, Eastbourne (on Saturday, February 6).
Evans, the five-time World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA) world champion, has now clocked up 53 straight wins.
“It was played in good spirits,” she said. “We had a little giggle.
“In the first few frames, Maria had a bit of run. We were laughing; it was that funny. It was a good match.”
Evans wrapped up her 21st WLBSA title on a re-spotted black against her good friend from Dudley, West Midlands .
She said: “In the last frame I needed two snookers. I got them and then fouled so I could only draw.”
A 3-0 last-16 victory over Gaye Jones, from Wiltshire, was Evans’ 50th win.
In the quarter-finals, she compiled the tournament’s highest break of 90 against Swindon ’s Jodie Symes.
The unbeaten run stretches back to a 3-2 defeat by Catalano, Ronnie O’Sullivan’s 27-year-old cousin, in the Connie Gough final in Luton on March 1, 2008.
Last December, the pair met in the second round of the West Midlands qualifier of the English Amateur Championship in Bilston. Catalano won 4-3.
Meanwhile, eight-time German national champion Natascha Niermann edged out Derby ’s Hannah Jones 2-1 in the Plate final. Former England international Marianne Williams claimed the Seniors’ trophy. And Symes, 15, collected a first junior title.
Ten-year-old Jasmine Bolsover, based at Woking Snooker Centre, made an impressive WLBSA debut in Eastbourne .
She beat world No 21 Maureen Logan 2-0 in the Plate and she took frames off Williams, the world No 13, and England international Jones, 13.
Jasmine is a product of the WLBSA’s scholarship scheme which offers free membership and free tournament entry to girls aged under 16.
Her performance impressed the world number one. “She’s a good little player,” said Evans. “If she could grow a little bit, it would be a bit easier for her. She looks promising.”
The South Coast Classic, which attracted a 23-strong field, was the fourth of six WLBSA ranking events this season. Evans has won all four and is determined to complete a clean sweep.
RESULTS (breaks):
LAST-32: Gaye Jones beat Clare Heseldine 3-1, Tina Owen-Sevilton beat Naomi Clare 3-0, Wendy Jenkins beat Maureen Logan 3-1, Hannah Jones beat Maggie Hoppe 3-0, Natascha Niermann beat Sue Selby 3-0, Vicky Ashby beat Martina Lumsden 3-2, Marianne Williams beat Jasmine Bolsover 3-1.
LAST-16: Reanne Evans beat G Jones 3-0, Jodie Symes beat Eva Palmius 3-2, Owen-Sevilton beat Chris Sharpe 3-0, Katie Henrick beat Jenkins 3-0, Emma Bonney beat H Jones 3-1, Suzie Opacic beat Niermann 3-2, Ashby beat Jenny Poulter 3-1, Maria Catalano (46, 55) beat Williams 3-0.
QUARTER-FINALS: Evans (90) beat Symes 3-0, Henrick beat Owen-Sevilton 3-0, Bonney beat Opacic 3-1, Catalano (47) beat Ashby 3-1.
SEMI-FINALS: Evans beat Henrick 3-0, Catalano (52) beat Bonney 3-0.
FINAL: Evans beat Catalano (30) 3-1.
PLATE
LAST-16: Naomi Clare beat Maggie Hoppe 2-0, Sue Selby beat Clare Heseldine 2-0, Jasmine Bolsover beat Maureen Logan 2-0, Hannah Jones beat Martina Lumsden 2-1.
QUARTER-FINALS: Selby beat Clare 2-0, Jones beat Bolsover 2-1, Natascha Niermann beat Marianne Williams 2-0, Wendy Jenkins bye.
SEMI-FINALS: Jones beat Selby 2-0, Niermann beat Jenkins 2-0.
FINAL: Niermann beat Jones 2-1.
SENIORS
LAST-16: Martina Lumsden beat Maureen Logan 1-0, Maggie Hoppe w/o Wendy Jenkins, Chris Sharpe beat Gaye Jones 1-0.
QUARTER-FINALS: Marianne Williams beat Lumsden 1-0, Hoppe beat Clare Heseldine 1-0, Sharpe w/o Sue Selby, Eva Palmius beat Jenny Poulter 1-0.
SEMI-FINALS: Williams beat Hoppe 1-0, Sharpe beat Palmius 1-0.
FINAL: Williams beat Sharpe 2-1.
JUNIORS
SEMI-FINALS: Jasmine Bolsover w/o Hannah Jones (Jones scratched because she was in the Plate semi-finals), Symes beat Clare 1-0.
FINAL: Symes beat Bolsover 2-0.
WLBSA provisional snooker rankings 2009/10:
Next WLBSA snooker ranking event:
Connie Gough National Championship, sponsored by Paul Wood Saturday, March 6, 2010 Stadium Snooker Club Hall Green Stadium York Road Hall Green Birmingham B28 8LQ Tel: 0870 840 7380
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