Hannah Jones (snooker player)

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Hannah Jones
Born (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 27)[1]
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom[1]
Sport countryEngland[2]
Highest ranking5th (WLBSA)[2]

Hannah Jones Ward (née  Jones)[3] (born 2 September 1996) is a British snooker player who has won the English Ladies championship and the WLBSA World Ladies Junior Title 5 times, achieving a highest world ranking position of 5.[4][5][6][2] Jones first played snooker at the Wellington Snooker Club, Cardiff in 2003.[6]

Her total of twenty Under-21 titles is a World Women's Snooker record; it included victories World Women's Under-21 main championships from 2008 to 2011, in 2013, and in 2014.[7] She was runner-up to Reanne Evans at the 2013 British Open.[7]

After an eight year absence from World Women's Snooker competitions, Ward entered the 2023 UK Championship,[2] progesssing from her qualifying group, and then defeating Chucky Preston 3-1 to reach the last 16.[7]

Achievements[edit]

Snooker competition results

  • World Ladies Junior Champion - won 5 times - 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2013[2]
  • World Ladies Doubles Champion - 2009[citation needed]
  • World Ladies Connie Gough Under 21 Champion - 2014[2]
  • World Ladies Connie Gough Junior Champion - won 2 times - 2010 / 2011[2]
  • World Ladies East Anglian Junior Champion - won 3 times - 2008 / 2009 / 2010[2]
  • World Ladies East Anglian Under 40 Shield Champion - 2011[2]
  • World Ladies South Coast Classic Under 21 Champion - 2014[2]
  • World Ladies UK Junior Champion - won 3 times - 2009 / 2010 / 2012[2]
  • World Ladies Northern Under 40 Shield Champion - 2011[2]
  • World Ladies British Open Junior Champion - won 3 times - 2008 / 2009 / 2010[2]
  • World Ladies British Open Under 21 Champion - 2013[2]
  • EASB - Ladies Champion - 2010[citation needed]
  • EASB - Ladies Tour winner - 2010[citation needed]

Billiards results[8][needs independent confirmation]

  • EABA National Girls (under 19) Champion - won 4 times - 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013
  • Welham Grice Champion - England Team - 2008

Awards

  • Derbyshire Sports Awards - Junior Sportswoman of the Year - won two times - 2009 / 2010[9][10]
  • World Ladies Junior Player of the Year - 2011[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Snooker Player Profile for Hannah Jones". global-snooker.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Hannah Ward". World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  3. ^ @WomensSnooker (8 September 2020). "OTD: In 2013 Reanne Evans captured her fifth British Open title with a 4-1 final victory against Hannah Ward (née Jones)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Hannah set to make snooker her life". Derby Telegraph. 25 May 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Hannah Jones, snooker". This is Derbyshire. 11 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Snooker Player Profile for Hannah Jones: On the table". global-snooker.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  7. ^ a b c "Hannah Jones". World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Hannah Jones - England International Snooker 2007". Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Derbyshire Sports Awards Social". Derbyshire Life. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Derbyshire Sports Awards 2010". Derbyshire Life. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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