DUDLEY duo Reanne Evans and Maria Catalano won the World Women’s Pairs Championship title at the 2018 Festival of Women’s Snooker.

Together with friend and world number three Maria Catalano, who is the cousin of snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan, Evans claimed her third title of the this festival when the pair defeated last year’s runners-up Laura Evans and Suzie Opacic 3-0 to claim the pairs title.

It is Evans’ second victory in the event following her success alongside Jasmine Bolsover back in 2015 and Catalano’s first having previously been runner-up two years ago with Latvia’s Tatjana Vasiljeva.

Evans was the big winner at the 2018 Festival of Women’s Snooker as she left undefeated to capture three of the five titles on offer at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds over the weekend of April 14.

As the curtain fell on the 2017/18 World Women’s Snooker Tour season, it was the 11-time world champion who emerged victorious in the weekend 10-Red and 6-Red ranking events, before adding the Pairs Championship.

“I am happy to be back to winning ways,” said Evans. “Coming to the tournament straight from Sheffield (Evans lost 10-7 to Dominic Dale at the professional World Championship qualifiers the previous week) I was on a bit of a downer, but also a bit of a high having competed well.

Her success at the weekend has seen Evans finish with a tour-best four ranking titles following previous victories in at the Paul Hunter Women’s Classic and British Open events, but the 32-year-old is targeting further improvement ahead of Q School next month.