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World Women's Billiards Championship

World Women's Billiards Championship
Tournament information
Established1931
Organisation(s)World Billiards
Recent edition2024
Current champion Shruthi L (IND)
Two women at a billiard table
Ruth Harrison (left) and Ellen Eddowes, finalists in the 1931 Championship
a group of women, some holding trophies, standing next to a billiard table
The 1948 Women's Billiards Association awards ceremony. Pictured (left to right) are Ruth Harrison (inaugural champion), Thelma Carpenter (three-time champion), Joyce Gardner, Agnes Morris, Valerie Hobson, Evelyn Morland-Smith (four-time champion), Beryl Stamper, Joan Adcock, E. Peters. Back row: Gladys Burton (twice runner-up)

English billiards, known in Britain as just billiards, was developed by around 1800 as a combination of earlier cue sports.[1] Matches are played either across specified time periods, or to a specified number of points.[2] As of 1930, many billiard halls in the UK did not admit women.[3][4] That year, the British cue sports company Burroughes and Watts organised the first edition of what would become the Women's Professional Billiards Championship and then announced a Women's Amateur Billiards Championship,[5][6][7] later recognised as the World Women's Billiards Championship.[8] The first rounds of the amateur tournament would be played at regional venues, with the regional winners qualifying for the semi-finals and final at Burroughes Hall in London.[5][9] Ruth Harrison was the champion from 23 participants, and the highest break made was 28.[10][11]

The Women's Billiards Association took over responsibility for the amateur tournament from the 1932 edition, which had 41 entries.[11] Thelma Carpenter made the highest break, 45, on her way to winning the title.[11] Carpenter won in 1933 and 1934 to complete a hat-trick of victories, before turning professional. Vera Seals, a receptionist from Chesterfield who had learnt the game from male world professional billiards champion Joe Davis, took the 1935 amateur title, and set a new highest break record of 62.[12][13][14] 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.[15][8]

After a period of dormancy from 1980, the tournament was revived by the World Ladies' Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) in 1998, and Karen Corr won the first of two titles.[8][16] The WLBSA became a subsidiary organisation of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association in 2015, and was renamed World Women's Snooker in 2019.[17] As of 2024, World Billiards, another subsidiary company of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, runs the competition.[18] Emma Bonney has won the title a record 13 times, between 2000 and 2018. The 2024 champion was Shruthi L who defeated Keerath Bhandaal 215–202.

  1. ^ Shamos 1999, p. 93.
  2. ^ "Official Rules of the Games of Snooker and English Billiards" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. p. 54. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  3. ^ Gardner, Joyce (1 January 1930). "Why Not Billiards for Women?". Evening Telegraph. Derby. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Gardner, Joyce (13 November 1930). "Billiards for Women". Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Women's Amateur Title". The Daily Telegraph. 13 November 1930. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Everton 1985, pp. 154–155.
  7. ^ "Midland Girl's Billiards Title". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 April 1930. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference WBLC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Sporting Items". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 22 December 1930. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Women's Amateur Billiards Championship". The Billiard Player. January 1931. p. 29.
  11. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference 32BP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "Billiards: Electric Lamp Bursts". Western Mail. Cardiff. 24 January 1933. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference 35DBP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Everton 2012, pp. 212–213.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference NONOVICE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference B98 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ "World Women's Snooker". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  18. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2024T was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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