The World Women’s Snooker number three has stopped playing in her local league after fighting archaic rules that mean women can’t play in certain working men’s clubs. Rebecca Kenna has been playing snooker in her local town of Keighley in West Yorkshire since 2013, but over the last five years has experienced so much sexism, that she was forced to quit the league after the last season in 2018. The 30-year-old had been playing at the Grafton Club and Keighley Cycling Club, which both have strict no women rules. This means she has missed out on vital team games – and lost out on a trophy for Best Player. Rebecca Kenna (pictured above) has been playing snooker in Yorkshire since 2013 The Grafton Club (pictured above) is one of the places that had previously agreed for Rebecca to play at their venue Keighley Cycling Club (pictured above the Home and Garden store) has strict rules on women Rebecca who married her partner Ashley Kenna in 2017 said: ‘The clubs get more revenue for hosting a final, so one season, when I was in the final, the Grafton had agreed that I could play there. ‘It was then I realised these… Read full this story
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