Sue Thompson is victorious at the EPA Ladies Tour Grand Final of 2009 but Emma Cunningham takes the top seed position for 2010!

In an amazing end of season performance, Sue dropped only a single frame throughout the whole competition until she met Emma in the final, overcoming Lissa Richardson (5-0), Hazel Dabrowski (5-0), and Tracey Forster (5-0) on the first day of the event. In the quarter final Thompson lost her frame of the competition, but she went on to beat Northern Ireland International Stacey McConnell 6-1, and continued to breeze on past England International Lyndsey Roberts 6-0 to reach her final third final of the year.

Emma also played some great pool over the weekend to reach her second final, beating Liz Disney (5-2), Jo Coe (5-3), and Michelle Brown (5-0) on day one. An impressive 6-0 victory over Selina Hammer saw her match up against Lynette Horsburgh for the fourth time in five tours! Emma continued her good record against the 2008 World Champion, winning the match 6-4.

Thompson hardly missed a ball in the final with an all round performance worthy of winning the tournament, which she did, 7-3. But for the first time in Ladies Tour history it wasn't enough to retain her number one ranking for the 2010 season, with Emma pipping her by just two Merit points!

Well done to both players on their achievements at the Grand Final!

Congratulations to Sharon Lunn for winning the final plate prize of the year.

Also well done to all competitors on the 2009 EPA Ladies Tour and thank you for your continued support.

Finally, thanks to tournament director Shirley Jewkes for another successful year, Jason Davies, Emma Senior, Helen Littlewood, Anne Taylor, Julie Mackintosh, Paula Sagar, the referees and all other people involved for your hard work over the season, and well done to all competitors on the 2009 EPA Ladies Tour and thank you for your continued support.

See you in 2010!

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Sharon Lunn wins the plate at Tour 5

England International Sharon Lunn took the final plate prize of the year in fine style after being knocked out of the main event by Lynette Horsburgh. Sharon beat Theresa Sheridan (4-0), Rebecca Osborne (4-0), Sue Fletcher (5-2), Julie Fane (5-3) and an impressive 5-0 in the final over fellow Region 1 player Lissa Richardson.

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