June Banks


June Banks is an English snooker player. She was runner-up in the 2008 World [Women's Snooker Championship],

Biography

Banks played in the 1987 World Women's Snooker Championship, reaching the quarter final, where she was beaten by Mandy Fisher.
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 three consecutive years, 2009–2011.
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.

Titles and achievements

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Runner-up11995M-Tech Ladies ClassicKelly Fisher0–4
Runner-up21996Bailey HomesKelly Fisher2–4
Runner-up31999Ladies British OpenKelly Fisher2–4
Runner-up42000Ladies British OpenKelly Fisher0–3
Runner-up52002Connie Gough NationalKelly Fisher2–4
Winner62005Ladies' British Open ChampionshipReanne Evans4–0
Winner72005East Anglian Ladies' ChampionshipReanne Evans4–3
Runner-up82006Regal Ladies ChampionshipMaria Catalano1–4
Runner-up92007Ladies UK ChampionshipReanne Evans2–4
Runner-up102007East Anglian ChampionshipReanne Evans2–4
Runner-up112007British ChampionshipMaria Catalano
Runner-up122007Connie Gough NationalMaria Catalano
Runner-up132008East Anglian ChampionshipKatie Henrick1–3
Runner-up142008South Coast ClassicEmma Bonney2–3
Runner-up1520082008 [World Ladies Snooker Championship|World Ladies Snooker Championship]Reanne Evans2–5
Runner-up142009British ChampionshipEmma Bonney0–3
Winner152009World Ladies Senior ChampionshipJenny Poulter3–0
Winner162010World Ladies Senior ChampionshipEva Palmius3–1
Winner172011World Ladies Senior Championship