SWINDON potter Jodie Symes climbed five places to 17th on the women’s snooker circuit after a stunning victory in the East Anglian Championship.

The 15-year-old (pictured), who attends Dorcan Technology College, outgunned Eastbourne’s Martina Lumsden 3-1 in the last 16 at Cambridge Snooker Centre.

Lumsden was ranked ten places higher on the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association tour.

Symes, based at Jesters Snooker Club, lost 3-0 in the quarter-finals to Portsmouth’s Emma Bonney, who went on to reach the final.

World number three Bonney, 33, a four-time WLBSA world billiards champion, said: “Jodie is a promising player and seems to have a good eye.”

In the junior event final, Symes lost 2-0 to England international Hannah Jones.

Jones, 13, from Derby, said: “Jodie’s a brilliant player and I honestly don’t know how I won. She was playing so well.”

Picture by Monique Limbos

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