Rebecca Kenna

Rebecca Kenna (née Grainger; born 11 January 1989) is an amateur snooker and billiards player from Keighley.[1]

Rebecca Kenna
Born (1989-01-11) 11 January 1989
Sport country England
Professional2016–[1]
Highest ranking3[1]

Biography

Kenna started playing on the women's snooker circuit in 2016, and reached the semi-finals of the world championship at her first attempt. She ended her first full season ranked sixth, having reached the semi-finals of the world championship again, and recorded a victory over multiple world championship title holder Reanne Evans in the course of reaching the final of the 2017 Connie Gough Trophy.[1]

In 2018, at her first billiards tournament, she reached the final of the World Women's Billiards Championship, losing 209–329 to Emma Bonney. This was Bonney's sixth consecutive world championship win, and her thirteenth overall.[2][3]

Kenna was one of four players selected to take part in the Women's Tour Championship 2019, to be held at the Crucible Theatre in August 2019, the first women's matches to take place at the iconic snooker venue for 16 years.[4]

With her husband Ashley Kenna, she owns Cue Sports Yorkshire, which sells cues and accessories.[1][5] She also works as snooker coach, holding a Level 2 certificate in snooker coaching.[6] Before her marriage, she was known as Rebecca Granger.[7]

Titles and achievements

Snooker

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Runner-up 12017Connie Gough TrophyMaria Catalano2–4[8][9]
Runner-up 22018LITEtask UK Women's ChampionshipNg On-yee1–4[10]
Runner-up 32018Eden Women's MastersReanne Evans0–4[11]
Winner 42018Yorkshire Ladies Snooker ChampionshipShannon Metcalf2–0[12]
Runner-up 52020English Women's Snooker ChampionshipEmma Parker0–2[13]

Billiards

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Runner-up 12018World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEmma Bonney209–329[14][2]

References
  1. "Player Profile – Rebecca Kenna". Women's World Snooker. 30 April 2005. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. "2018 World Women's Championship". World Billiards. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. Sports Desk (6 December 2018). "Emma Bonney shows her class again to seal 13th World Ladies' Billiards Championships title". The News (Portsmouth). Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. Huart, Matt (16 August 2019). "Women's Tour Championship 2019". Women's World Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. About Us Archived 16 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Cue Sports Yorkshire. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  6. Coaching Archived 16 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Cue Sports Yorkshire. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  7. Marshall, Bill (19 April 2017). "Rebecca Kenna climbs to sixth in world rankings after busy LITEtask Women's Festival of Snooker in Leeds". Keighley News. Sport. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. "2017 Connie Gough Trophy - Results". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  9. Huart, Matt. "Catalano claims sixth Connie Gough crown". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  10. "2018 Litetask UK Women's Championship". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  11. "2018 Eden Women's Masters". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  12. "Snooker: Rebecca Kenna sees off Shannon Metcalf to lift 2018 Yorkshire Ladies title". Yorkshire Evening Post. 14 November 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  13. "2020 English Women's Snooker Championship - Results". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  14. Sports Desk (6 December 2018). "Emma Bonney shows her class again to seal 13th World Ladies' Billiards Championships title". The News (Portsmouth). Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

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