June Banks

June Banks (born 4 March 1969) is an English snooker player. She was runner-up in the 2008 World Women's Snooker Championship,[1]

June Banks
Born (1969-03-04) 4 March 1969
Sport country England

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
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Runner-up 11995M-Tech Ladies ClassicKelly Fisher0–4[3]
Runner-up 21996Bailey HomesKelly Fisher2–4[3]
Runner-up 31999Ladies British OpenKelly Fisher2–4[3]
Runner-up 42000Ladies British OpenKelly Fisher0–3[3]
Runner-up 52002Connie Gough NationalKelly Fisher2–4[3]
Winner 62005Ladies' British Open ChampionshipReanne Evans4–0[3][5]
Winner 72005East Anglian Ladies' ChampionshipReanne Evans4–3[3][5]
Runner-up 82006Regal Ladies ChampionshipMaria Catalano1–4[3]
Runner-up 92007Ladies UK ChampionshipReanne Evans2–4[3]
Runner-up 102007East Anglian ChampionshipReanne Evans2–4[3]
Runner-up 112007British ChampionshipMaria Catalano[3]
Runner-up 122007Connie Gough NationalMaria Catalano[3]
Runner-up 132008East Anglian ChampionshipKatie Henrick1–3[3]
Runner-up 142008South Coast ClassicEmma Bonney2–3[3]
Runner-up 152008World Ladies Snooker ChampionshipReanne Evans2–5[3]
Runner-up 142009British ChampionshipEmma Bonney0–3[3]
Winner 152009World Ladies Senior ChampionshipJenny Poulter3–0[3]
Winner 162010World Ladies Senior ChampionshipEva Palmius3–1[3]
Winner 172011World Ladies Senior Championship[4]

References
  1. World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. Hale, Janice (1991). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92. Queen Anne Press. p. 379–380. ISBN 0356197476.
  3. WLBSA Hall of Fame, World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association, archived from the original on 21 March 2012, retrieved 1 December 2019
  4. "World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association – World Championships". Pro9. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. 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.

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