Reanne Evans On Winning 12 World Championships, The Women's Snooker Tour And Partnering With Ronnie

Reanne Evans invites Stephen to her practice table in the midlands at Kingswinford Snooker Centre to play a frame and chat about her success and her time on the tour. The pair discuss the future of women's snooker and Reanne's duo battles paired with Ronnie O'Sullivan. Reanne opens up about the tremor that's recently been holding her back and Stephen relates to the mindset behind her incredible success. The midlands have historically been a hotbed of snooker talent and Reanne's impressive resume sits her at top of this talent list. I hope you enjoy the frame!
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just realised Reanne has been casually playing right and left handed... class

[@damienblack1465]

Tremors ? Has she had the jibby jabby

[@stefaniewongsw]

I just love the banter in the beginning - Stephen saying when he's not playing frequently he comes back to a cloth that he can plant potatoes on, and both of them joking about losing in the first round of the World Championship qualifiers LOL Thank you for producing and putting out these content Stephen! You have a way of engaging comfortably with your guests, much thanks to the production crew too!

[@weebenny24]

Stephen please get John Virgo on this channel!

[@gooner49life40]

Lmfao

[@davidp4043]

yes. please do

[@BrianGriff77]

I can't stand him, worst commentator by far, always calls the wrong shot

[@y2kazan868]

Its all in the making.

[@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff]

@@BrianGriff77 doesn’t even know where the cue ball is going half the time!

[@SAJuk-lb4dh]

Bravo for having Reanne on Stephen......such a lovely lass ,enjoys the banter and cracking player in her prime , and to Reanne , i wish you all the very best with your health problems ❤ xx

[@fensterputzernuernberg]

Well done Reanne you are an true inspiration on how things can be achieved---

[@TJMack-]

Reanne's a class act giving a good insight of the women's game. Her punditry is spot on too 👍

[@ryanstockley9495]

Great video good to see these 2 are good friends and hopefully the ladies tour gets extended and backed more

[@peterphilstacey4698]

Why can't they compete with the men? And why do they get chance after chance when they can't win a match ?

[@NeilusNihilus]

@@peterphilstacey4698 Lack of power would be the obvious answer. But they are terrible in every other aspect. The prize money is a fraction of what the men get so maybe there isn't a whole lot of motivation for anyone outside the top 10 in the world. Like most sports, it is a mans game.

[@shushup6557]

@@NeilusNihilus The reason there is no sponsorship money is because no one watches it and very few actually turn out to watch the woman's game, so companies don't want to put any money into it.

[@danielkarmy4893]

Reanne's contribution to the sport should never be underestimated - but by and large, it really is. What James Wattana did for Asian snooker, Reanne has done for women's snooker (James would make a great guest too I reckon!). And having seen Bai Yulu in action, honestly, she is frighteningly good. When she does make her breakthrough - it might be very soon, it might be a bit later, but it will happen - she'll be a match for anyone on the main tour!

[@briandevitt6903]

Top class, excellent format and Leanne is quality as usual. Had Stephen not been a snooker professional he would have had a career in media work I reckon.

[@stewartcurtin9590]

why is there never any womens snooker televised?

[@sirisoj]

Reanne is to women's snooker what brazilian Marta was to women's football. An absolute talent and an extremely kind person.

[@TheLiveDarts]

Allison Fisher was diff class, She would have won the womens title 30 times had she not gone to America to play pool/

[@darrenhatfield4578]

This channel is honestly amazing Stephen. Learning about the life of a professional snooker player. The immense travelling and the hard work needed to make it, it's incredibly interesting. I like how you keep the mistakes in, just to show the pros do miss too and a lot! Reanne was a joy this episode, such a lovely lady and the insight into the women's game was interesting too. Yes, thank you Stephen. I hope you continue to make more videos and invite more guests. I would love Ronnie to come on one time, that would be a very enjoyable episode.

[@cyclingSausage]

How the cue ball came to a stop on the very last shot was so impressive it didn't look real

[@masseysmoviemadness1411]

Thought that too !

[@jb894]

Another snooker player with a tremor...guess jeopardising your health isn't worth it... I'm glad I didn't get the clot shot.

[@joeking1046]

That allen match was interesting could have shook his hand to be honest after all she is a professional

[@alexanderkutschera149]

I see a not too distant future when the two of you are doing commentary together at major snooker events. The chemistry is great and you both obviously love the game and passionately care about what it's future brings. Thanks for another great video. Keep pestering those players to come onto your show. I haven't seen one player that hasn't enjoyed being on it.

[@BigAmp]

Hope the tremor is just a passing thing and nothing serious. Reanne is a class player.

[@fuzzy1237]

Scot donaldson has it as well Jab victim

[@BigAmp]

@@fuzzy1237 Bloody jabs. They do more harm than good with some people.

[@stewartmcrae8007]

@@fuzzy1237 young Ben Mertens too

[@samuelhinton6034]

Rarely disagree with Stephen but why would you want more women on tour? Surely players should be on merit. The reason why: ; you're taking a spot from a more capable player! Women if they're good enough can get there on merit.

[@fookoff9220]

He's just saying the same old shite everybody feels they have to pretend to believe the days

[@JakeLesser]

​@@fookoff9220yeah, I don't see Stephen rattling many cages with his channel, would be good for him to ask some tough questions

[@joshuagreen3244]

Id love to understand more about the finances of the players. Where their money comes from, how much for tournaments, sponsorships etc. The struggles of the lower ranked players and the triumph of being at the top.

[@HectorCamacho67]

The fact there is a wikipedia page dedicated to players who have been arrested or investigated over match fixings tells you alot they earn pennies at the bottom

[@joshuagreen3244]

@@HectorCamacho67 like most sports. I'd like to see/listen to. Conversation about it

[@stewartmcrae8007]

@@HectorCamacho67 yes the money is definitely at the top it is extremely lucrative if you are a top 16 player and a real struggle if you are in the bottom 64 on tour

[@l1videoz481]

Fuck me if she’s the best women’s snooker has to offer then the standard must be atrocious on the women’s circuit 😂😂

[@TWF17069]

It really is

[@Paul-rt4ix]

Did he say that she pulled ken off or is my mind running away with me?!! 🤣

[@doodall4521]

I go to this club , offended she said there’s no decent players here , I’ve made a 25 break before lol😭

[@SmokeandSteam]

I was raging as well. I was in there on Friday and constructed a classy 21 😂 Good to see K’ford on the channel though!

[@SmokeandSteam]

Another brilliant episode and a superb guest. 🎩 off to Stephen, Reanne and the production team. Such a great channel.

[@L1ghtOn3]

The guests just keep on racking up, 12 WCs id very impressive indeed! 👍

[@chrisevans4123]

Who was holding the camera....Mark Allen?

[@fookoff9220]

🤣🤣

[@stevejones3180]

Hi Stephen, are you still using the sight right system and if so are you still very impressed with it? Would you recommend it?

[@MetteC5]

Stephen, I discovered snooker in the 80s and fell in love with it - including with Steve Davis. Then you came, somewhat reserved (reservation that my immature brain mistook for arrogance), and crushed everyone - including Steve.. Being an inexperienced teen, I hated you for it (and my English was very rudimentary, so I didn't get any nuances). Thanks to your fantastic videos (and my English having improved), I discover a great human, with a great sense of humour, who's able to make anyone talk and who's tailoring the interview to the process. I now love you, Stephen! Also, in addition to being a great player, Reanne is a superb pundit, just as yourself: it would be wonderful if she could comment more matches and even better if you and Reanne could do that together.

[@dollarthief9665]

This is like watching a slightly nervous first date.

[@jimgreta968]

I absolutely love this series! Really looking forward to you coming over to the Isle of Man for the exhibition.

[@Ex-Pear-Rocker]

I wonder if the tremor is the same as Scott Donaldson's, perhaps it's worth them having a chat.

[@tarastreasure]

Yeah, it crossed my mind if that dodgy vxx could be the reason here 😢 as I've heard Scott said he thinks his tremor is related to that. Such a pity, really. I'm still upset some are not held responsible for making people do certain things. But... this isn't the place to go on about it.

[@Ex-Pear-Rocker]

@@tarastreasure I guess we will never know.. it would be interesting to know if there are other classes though.

[@iw7632]

Is there any reason why Reanne cant compete with men...? What is stopping her competing with the men Snooker is not a physical sport..

[@francishunt562]

She does compete with the men, has done for the last couple years since Barry Hearn gave her a tour card. She tried to qualify previously through cue school, but never managed it.

[@seanhickin9959]

petty unprofessional and blaming sexism for her and women not being good enough

[@ahoy96]

I think she has a look of Graeme Dott in the face

[@davidjames44283]

another vaccine problem like donaldson?..

[@Mcqlfc]

What a great woman and champion. I hope she sorts her issue out and can get back.

[@y2kazan868]

Women belong with each other when competing in most sports. Snooker is an exception, but still doesn’t mean they get to skip over Cue School just because of their Gender.

[@ThisLadWayne]

My Dad loves telling me stories about when my uncle owned the club before Reannes family purchased it. He says he would be playing snooker, pot a ball and Reanne, myself and cousins would run around and take the balls out the pockets and run off! About 3/4 years of age!

[@Bobobobobob741]

Great video! Really appreciate such a casual clash of greats, keen insight from brilliant minds. Hurts to hear about Reanne's struggles with the tremor, but she's one of the world's finest, I'm sure she'll overcome

[@jama211]

I was scared to look at the comments but it looks like people are mostly being alright. Reanne is amazing, this was great!

[@shanedavies16]

You hadn’t read mine.

[@stevenhaines1105]

Didn't shake his hand now shakes forever.. Carma or the jab???

[@bluecheese1066]

Got to love Reanne, as a player and as a person, she's great at both.

[@toziassmitt]

Except when she snubbed her ex-partner mark Allen’s handshake when they played. Very petty and unprofessional

[@bluecheese1066]

@@toziassmitt I cut her some slack for that. Extraordinary circumstances and all that.

[@jackybogues2495]

You know her do you, you melt. How do you know someone’s a nice person from a 20 minute convo

[@bluecheese1066]

@@jackybogues2495 WTF? How'd you get triggered by something as benign as my comment? No, I don't know her personally, but I've followed her career for over a decade, so a little more than twenty minutes.

[@clubfillerspinkknickers9791]

She's crap

[@y2kazan868]

What’s the Tremor from Reanne? I hope it wasn’t the you know what like Scott Donaldson.

[@RyanRobinson-u9h]

No offence, but she can't pot a ball

[@TrevorAngel]

Why can’t women and men play each other in pro tournaments? There’s no specific physicality in snooker and it’s not the old days anymore!

[@borawserboxer]

I need this lady to show up more in my algorithm. A class act and informs me of so many things I never knew. I love hearing about her perspective.

[@barrywalton7553]

I shouldn't say this because all I came for is to watch snooker 9 months ago I bet she took a certain procedure there's a lot of tremors nowadays

[@kasroa]

One day there will be women competing at the professional level at the top. It just needs to become more popular with women and they will start to take up the sport in greater numbers. Maybe we need more promotion of the women's game to encourage a new generation.

[@bigboy0625]

Just can't understand why women are just not better than men in snooker, pool and also darts what the answer? Men have no advantages in sports like this not like weight lifting etc. Strange

[@GTiR23]

Hand/eye coordination.

[@stephensiler3854]

Great one, this. Loved it.

[@absolutezero9874]

Why aren’t World Championship for Women televised or available in KZbin?

[@sh3riff]

Because most of them are horrendous

[@y2kazan868]

This is a Meritocracy as Barry Hearn always says. No reason to complicate things, no reason for identity politics either. If women want to compete with men on the Main tour they can simply fight their way through Cue School just like any other male struggling with visa issues or whatever the case may be. My point is all you hear is Equality this Equality that. Here’s your equality. Pick your Top 10 women or 20 or so and they will get the opportunity to challenge each other or other men randomly drawn or course and let the free market play out. That’s as fair as it gets. I’m not nearly suggesting splitting the Academy in half Because this has been a Men’s tour for nearly a 100 years, so excuse me.

[@inthemancave5981]

I wonder how her and Mark Allen ended up together and having a child.. i wonder if they met at a tournament

[@monkeh86]

Probably woke up in the same bed after a load of booze and it went from there 😅

[@everythingcarpy]

Get jimmy white on the channel be mega talking about your 16 15 final

[@boahnation9932]

Huh! I had no idea about the tremor... Fair play! All the best Reanne

[@qsk19r]

Another good video, maybe vaccine injury lots of people are suffering

[@allancunningham6019]

Boring girls and snooker 🎱 same as wimen 🥊 boxing..Should NOT happen

[@frankiejh7510]

No decent players here! Did you really need to say that?

[@stewartmcrae8007]

Been waiting for this and it didn't disappoint love Reanne

[@QOTSAPT]

12:49

[@Thefella8]

🥵

[@BeareTube]

In his prime Hendry was a ruthless, cold, fierce competitor. He was a winning machine. This Hendry is a modest, friendly, warm and fuzzy, nice guy. Is it the same person? It's kinda surreal but I love both Hendrys. Best of luck Reanne in the future!

[@streetcat1510]

Well put Terry my thoughts exactly.

[@NoorKhan-zu3yn]

Absolutely love stephen trying to promote the womens game and class act reanne but at end obviously unknowingly says well it wasnt scintillating but thanks for coming on 😅😅😅😅😂 brutal way of killing off a terrible frame of snooker lol love this channel an the interviews are brilliant, good luck reanne for the upcoming season

[@Calsonic8899]

Reanna looks great over the table 🔥🔥

[@GrahamMilkdrop]

Is her illness vaccine related?

[@peterstorey393]

Great personality and a very attractive lady not bad at snooker as well

[@mtns7036]

Magic!

[@colincolenso]

Reanne, I've also developed peripheral neuropathy. Via research and trial, I've found oil soluble B1 Benfotiamine, Alpha Lipoic acid and Acetyl L Carnitine are helpful. Vit D3 and K2 also contribute to overall health.

[@tahirmahmood5966]

Awesome interview. Hope reanne gets better soon inshallah stay blessed always guys❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jakhaughton1800]

Another fascinating insight into a brilliant professional. Well done Stephen

[@deantownie7441]

Last pot great stopping of the white.

[@shropshiremon9493]

Tremors out of nowhere? Another jab victim

[@brenthall5147]

Another great video Stephen. Was a great chance to hear Reanne's story. Very talented and classy lady.

[@Gibonz]

12:49

[@paulwalker1793]

Enjoyed the video. And I do agree with reanne. Should be more money in the women's game 👍

[@djsteves554]

Fair play to her for carrying on playing on the main tour. Must be pretty disheartening

[@LFCliid]

I don’t get why they would separate the men from the women anyway in a sport like snooker. Especially in this day and age when women want equality.

[@lazaglider]

@@LFCliid Only when it benefits them.

[@djsteves554]

@@LFCliid if they didn't then there wouldn't be any women playing snooker. Reanne Evans is a 12 time women's world champion and has won 500 quid in prize money on the main tour in the last 2 years

[@mayo9228]

@@LFCliid I guess they want equality in beeing able to actually win trophies, since they cant while playing with man 🤷‍♂

[@jimmyk9523]

@@LFCliid Because they're not good enough to compete with the men. Reanne didn't win a match all season

[@IvMrNayfeenvI]

I'm glad a conversation about the women's game came up. I would say I'm more interested in the future of snooker then ever, as I really feel that Snooker & Darts can be the first sports to really evolve into open-gender competition. We're in a really tough spot as a society at the moment when it comes to gender in sport as men have an overwhelming advantage in most, if not all sports. However, Snooker & Darts have the least amount of entry requirements to allow for women to really compete against the men. The risk of having a main tour and a women's tour is the best female player, only needs to be better than other females to be a success. Then when they try & compete with the men, they're not match sharp and they're unable to handle the pressure added, just as Reanne mentioned. I spent many years playing snooker (3/4 table, I cheat...) with the same locals in my old club & I really felt that I was getting better as I was winning all the time, but then I moved clubs and realized my competition was holding my ability back. I found myself improving massively when I was getting beaten daily by better players, to the point where I'm now able to compete at their level. I think Stephen is right, there should be a Women's World Championship each year, but in my opinion we need to find a way of building better female snooker players on the main tour. My last statement is that it needs to be monitored closely to see if Steve Davis' comments about women and their "single-minded determination" or something else which prevents them for truly competing against men, is a hurdle they can't overcome. If we find that women will never be able to compete, then I'm open to both gender's having a tour, but only after we have evidence to prove this is the best course to take.

[@seanhickin9959]

as proven many many times the women simply cannot compete with men yeah they can win the odd game here and there but if you have open competitions between men and women the women will never win anything

[@vintagepairdisplayteam910]

This may be a silly question, but why does snooker have split sexes tournaments? As far as I can see there’s no advantage/disadvantage in the game based on gender, unlike a more physical sport like rugby…

[@dancutd]

Huge respect for Reanne in helping to grow the woman’s game, but she’s no better than an average to good amateur club player

[@danielhanson4673]

I don't want to sound like a dick but in this and darts I don't understand why women are no way near as good as men in either sport. Cos it's not physical or owt so I don't understand why women can't be as good as men 🤷

[@npc3po301]

The long answer is, because traditionally darts and snooker were games in working mens/gentlemens clubs, it was downtime from being the sole breadwinner so men had earned that space and women had largely little interest in such games, but since then there's been a huge decades long op on to bring women into the tax pool by guilting them out of traditional roles and into the workplace, now women 'no longer need men' and are invading every male space without a flicker of respect or consideration, cheered on by other women who don't even show up or support them (empty stands at womens football matches, poor sales on woke comics etc. etc.), so ultimately women occupying these spaces is a relatively new phenomena (disclaimer: there's always been women playing these sports but it was very fringe) The short answer is, sports are essentially extentions of centuries old male hunting skills/prowess, men are wired to be better at it, women are politically motivated to be involved, big difference

[@sam8603]

Honestly, huge respect for Reanne, her leadership is something to admire to for young female and male snooker players

[@DazJeffo]

The top spin Reanne got on that final black, to bring the cueball to an immediate STOP!

[@markconnolly9524]

absolutely brilliant, what an absolute star. 10 in a row wow.

[@terrytownsend5583]

You could beat her

[@zoymills9868]

Very inspiring ❤

[@SethSchneiderw]

The white's dead stop on the last black was cool.

[@jeremycarter284]

Reanne seems to be a lovely lass. Also a formidable player too

[@andyglew5]

Nice video. It was especially interesting to hear Reanne's take on how she feels about being on the main tour and what is needed to help the women's game expand further.

[@richloftus4224]

Speak a lot with Reanne when I’m down the club and spoke about this financial side of women’s snooker last time I saw her, to be the best of the best in your sport and getting paid next to nothing for putting in all the hard work must be so demoralising. Love Reanne and the channel Stephen keep it up!

[@davebryant6905]

Nah sorry, they say they are as good as the men and equal at everything. There shouldnt be a womens world championship, they should just enter the mens competitions. If they are good enough the money will come. Its a sport where being a man should not be an advantage but they still cant compete.

[@HighMaintenancePS]

Vaccine injury perhaps.

[@SC-rn1uc]

She's right about Goffs. Need to get snooker back there unbelievable venue for it!

[@nostalgiachannel318]

It's a shame Alison Fisher gave up snooker otherwise she would have won more.

[@adrianwright8685]

Allison won $100,000 back in 2005 playing pool in USA - more than any other player, inc. men! Don't know what her career earnings are But safe to assume it's way more than she would have got it she'd stuck playing snooker.

[@nostalgiachannel318]

@@adrianwright8685 yeah it was financially more lucrative but shame she couldn't fit snooker in as well she would have won more worlds than Reanne

[@lipstickmoviescenes4369]

love the channel

[@jojosixty6]

Reanne is a credit to the game and herself

[@karenburman1]

12 world championships and probably not even made 100.000 grand 😂

[@georgearmstrong4731]

Crawl back under your rock.

[@Vtwin_Superbikes]

Have you tried a big bag of magic mushrooms? Seriously. A big trip can knock certain things like that right out.

[@davemorier3066]

A class pundit/great snooker knowledge/ps:give this girl more live snooker commentary time..👌

[@matthewphilip1977]

"There's no decent players here." Ha! She's going to get stick for that for years to come, from the 50 and 60 break players (lightheartedly).

[@johnnyhouston9913]

The girl done amazing.. ❤ It's like your sisters who play pool but they get even get better and go full scale to snooker... 👍👌👌

[@TheJohnnewt]

My local club! Two World Champions on one day.. wish I’d been there.

[@JohnKiernan-f8s]

Ye there’s a club table outside there me and my mates were having a few frames one day and she was walking in and out of private room , very full of herself, I politely said hello, and she just threw her nose up in the air as if we were scum, very full of herself, to be mild that is 😂👍

[@openauce]

mixed doubles will be it.

[@hemmojito]

I watched it for the conversation

[@davidrobinson2776]

We really need a female player along he lines of Alex or Jimmy. A real bad lass who smokes, drinks and smashes up hotels. Then the women's game will explode.