Hannah Jones (snooker player)

Hannah Jones
Born	2 September 1996 (age 28); Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Sport country	England
Highest ranking	5th (WLBSA)

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

Snooker competition results

World Ladies Junior Champion - won 5 times - 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2013^[2]
World Ladies Doubles Champion (partnering Jaique Ip - 2009^[8]
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^[9]

EABA National Girls (under 19) Champion - won 4 times - 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013

Awards

Derbyshire Sports Awards - Junior Sportswoman of the Year - won two times - 2009 / 2010^[10]^[11]
World Ladies Junior Player of the Year - 2011^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Snooker Player Profile for Hannah Jones". global-snooker.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
^ ^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.
^ @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.
^ "Hannah set to make snooker her life". Derby Telegraph. 25 May 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
^ "Hannah Jones, snooker". This is Derbyshire. 11 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hannah Jones". World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ Crawford, Colston (11 April 2009). "Cue-tip from Ronnie aids Hannah to title". Derby Telegraph. p. 35.
^ ^a ^b "Hannah Jones - England International Snooker 2007". Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
^ "Derbyshire Sports Awards Social". Derbyshire Life. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "Derbyshire Sports Awards 2010". Derbyshire Life. Retrieved 3 May 2024.