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tournament that took place at the Northern Snooker Centre in

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in April 2014. The event was the 2014 edition of the

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first held in

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. It was won by England's

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, who defeated Hong Kong's

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6–0 in the final to win her tenth consecutive world title. The competition was sponsored by Eden Resources and had a total prize fund of £5,000. Players competed in Round Robin groups to determine the sixteen players for the knockout stages. Evans won all twelve in her group matches, and lost frames only to Wendy Jans in the knockout stages. The highest of the competition was a 79 compiled by Jessica Woods in the group stages, whilst the highest break of the knockout stages was 69 by Evans.

Prize money

Source: Snooker Scene Magazine *Winner: £1,500 *Runner-up: £1,000 *Losing semi-finalists: £400 *Losing quarter-finalists: £200 *Last 16 losers: £100

Knockout stage

Players listed in bold indicate match winner.

Other events

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3–0 (The plate competition was for players who did not reach the knockout stage of the main competition) * Seniors Final: Chitra Magimairaj beat Alena Asmolava 3–0 * Under-21 Final: Hannah Jones beat

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3–1 * Women's Pairs Final:

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and Anita Maflin 3–2 * Mixed Pairs Final:

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beat Wendy Jans and Jamie Clarke 3–0

References

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