June Banks
| Born | 4 March 1969 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  England |
June Banks (born 4 March 1969) is an English snooker player. She was runner-up in the 2008 World Women's Snooker Championship,[1]
Biography
Banks played in the 1987 World Women's Snooker Championship, reaching the quarter final, where she was beaten by Mandy Fisher.[2]
From 1995 to 2002, Banks was beaten in five tournament finals by Kelly Fisher. Banks' first notable tournament victory came in 2005, when she beat Reanne Evans to become British Ladies Snooker Champion. Since then she has reached several other finals, and won the World Ladies Senior championship (for players aged 40 and over) for three consecutive years, 2009–2011.[3][4]
She was runner-up in the 2008 World Women's Snooker Championship, losing 2–5 to the dominant player of the era, defending champion Reanne Evans. Evans won the title each year from 2005 to 2014, and also in 2016 and 2019.
Banks practices at the Sidcup Snooker Club.[5]
Titles and achievements
- 1995 M-Tech Ladies Classics runner up – lost 0–4 to Kelly Fisher in the final[3]
- 1996 Bailey Homes tournament runner up – lost 2–4 to Kelly Fisher in the final[3]
- 1999 British Open runner up – lost 2–4 to Kelly Fisher in the final[3]
- 2000 Ladies British Open runner-up – lost 0–3 to Kelly Fisher in the final[3]
- 2002 Connie Gough National runner-up – lost 2–4 to Kelly Fisher in the final[3]
- 2005 British Ladies Snooker Champion, beat Reanne Evans 4–0 in the final.[5]
- 2005 East Anglian Women's Champion, beat Reanne Evans 4–3 in the final[5][3]
- 2006 Regal Ladies Championship runner-up – lost 1–4 to Maria Catalano in the final[3]
- 2007 Ladies UK Championship runner-up – lost 2–4 to Reanne Evans in the final[3]
- 2007 East Anglian Championship runner-up – lost 2–4 to Reanne Evans in the final[3]
- 2007 British Championship runner-up – lost to Maria Catalano in the final[3]
- 2007 Connie Gough National runner-up – lost to Maria Catalano in the final[3]
- 2008 East Anglian Championship runner-up – lost 1–3 to Katie Henrick in the final[3]
- 2008 South Coast Classic runner-up – lost 2–3 to Emma Bonney in the final[3]
- 2008 World Women's Championship runner up, lost 2–5 to Reanne Evans in the final[3]
- 2009 British Championship – runner-up, lost 0–3 to Emma Bonney in the final[3]
- 2009 World Ladies Senior champion, beating Jenny Poulter 3–0 in the final[3]
- 2010 World Ladies Senior champion, beating Eva Palmius 3–1 in the final[3]
- 2011 World Ladies Senior champion[4]
References
- ^ World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ Hale, Janice (1991). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92. Queen Anne Press. p. 379–380. ISBN 0356197476.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r WLBSA Hall of Fame, World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association, archived from the original on 21 March 2012, retrieved 1 December 2019
- ^ a b "World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association – World Championships". Pro9. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Ashton, Tim (13 December 2005). "Black ball finish in nail-biting snooker". News Shopper. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.