Snooker’s world number three quits over ‘men-only’ rule

Wednesday, 27 March 2019 16:00

World number three Rebecca Kenna says she has quit her local snooker league after being barred from matches because she is a woman.

She made the move after being stopped from playing in two fixtures due to some clubs in Keighley operating a "men-only" policy.

Mrs Kenna said Keighley was not the only place in the UK where women struggle to compete equally.

Reanne Evans, 11-times women's world snooker champion, told BBC Radio 4 in February she had previously been refused entry to a snooker hall for the same reason.

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