Womens

NSW Women’s Snooker

Snooker & Billiards NSW is responsible for supporting and growing women’s snooker across the state. We oversee all NSW State Championships for women, including the NSW State Women’s Championship and the NSW State Women’s Minor Snooker Championship.

We are also responsible for a range of initiatives such as coaching clinics, social events, and the successful 2021 Wests Illawarra Women’s Championship & Development Seminar.

In 2024, we introduced the Empower Snooker Invitational – a handicap-format event aimed at boosting female participation and raising the profile of women’s snooker throughout NSW.

NSW Women’s Billiards Championships

The Billiards Sub-Committee forms part of Snooker and Billiards NSW and is responsible for the development and promotion of Billiards in NSW. They manage all of the NSW Billiards Championships across the state.

In 2020 they relaunched the NSW State Women’s Billiards Championship (Daisy Eddy Cup), after a long drought of Women’s Billiards in NSW.

In the 2024 championship, Tanya Harrison defeated Di Merritt.

Australian Women’s Open Snooker

Snooker & Billiards NSW, in partnership with the Australian Billiards and Snooker Council (ABSC), is responsible for running the Australian Women’s Open Snooker, held annually each October at the Mounties Club in Mt Pritchard, Sydney. Since gaining World Ranking event status in 2018, through affiliation with World Women’s Snooker (WWS), the tournament has grown to attract top female players from around the globe and showcases extraordinary talent on the international stage.

Asia-Pacific Women’s Snooker Championship

New South Wales is a regular host of the prestigious Asia-Pacific Women’s Snooker Championship, with both Mounties in Mount Pritchard and The Commercial Club Albury hosting the event in recent years. The championship continues to attract top female talent from across the region and plays an important role in promoting and developing women’s snooker throughout the Asia-Pacific.

Junior Girls Snooker & Billiards in NSW
Junior girls are an important part of the snooker and billiards community in NSW.

In 2024, we were fortunate to have enough entrants to run an Under 21 Women’s event, with Huntah Lynch taking out the title after a fantastic final against her sister, Milla Lynch.

NSW is also proudly represented by junior girls in both the Australian Junior Championships and the Australian Junior Teams Challenge.

We’re always looking to welcome new girls into the sport – come and give it a try!

NSW Women’s Snooker Championship

The 2024 Guildford Leagues Club NSW State Women’s Snooker Championship was held for the 5th year at Guildford Leagues Club and was won by Theresa Whitten. She defeated Sharon Benson in the final.

NSW Women’s Minor Snooker Championship

2024 saw Gosford RSL Club host and sponsor this event for the third year running. This year, Krystal Aw defeated Jodie Wikeepa. This is an ideal entry-level tournament for women – more friendly than fiercely competitive. A great introduction to women’s competition snooker without being intimidating, with a typically supportive and welcoming group of female cueists who are always happy to greet newcomers.