Rita Holmes

Rita Holmes (born 1934) is an English retired player of the cue sports of snooker and English billiards. She won the UK Women's Amateur Snooker Championship four times: on her debut in 1953 and again in 1957, 1958 and 1963. She retired from snooker in 1964 to concentrate on her primary career of teaching dancing, but after overcoming an injury, played in the 2006 British Open.

Biography Rita Holmes was born 1934. Standing 5-foot 1 inches tall, Holmes used a that was four inches shorter than the standard.

Holmes regained the title in 1957. After leading Pat Ayres 3–0 at the interval, she won 4–2. The correspondent for The Billiard Player called Holmes a "worthy champion" and commended her , but thought she should seek to improve her and use of . Holmes reached the championship final for ten successive years in all, with two further title, in 1958 and 1963. She then retired to competitive play, to concentrate on teaching dancing.

In 2006, she made a return to competition, aged 73, playing in the women's British Open. She won 3–0 against Laura Alves to reach the quarter-finals, where she was defeated 2–4 to Suzie Opacic. She had taken up playing again after successful treatment to the effects of an injury.