Two MEN Compete In Finals For Women’s Event

April 8, 2025

In what conservatives are calling a “real life South Park episode,” a women’s pool championship ended with two men competing in the finals.

The Ultimate Pool Women’s Pro Series Event 2 in the United Kingdom on April 6 ended with two men masquerading as women competing in the final showdown: “Harriet” Haynes and “Lucy” Smith.

Each of these men defeated four different female opponents to make it to the finals, and Haynes ultimately won the competition, defeating Smith 8-6.

The news prompted widespread mockery on social media, though many were also angry over the fact that yet another trophy has been taken away from women by mediocre men claiming to be “transgender.”

Former college swimmer Riley Gaines, who became an advocate for protecting women’s sports after losing a trophy to male swimmer William “Lia” Thomas, deemed the news a “real life South Park episode” in a post on X.

Neither of the men have publicly commented on the backlash from the pool competition, though Haynes previously claimed in a statement to The Independent that pool “isn’t a gender-affected sport” and falsely asserting that he had “no advantage” over his female opponents based on being a man.“We’re not talking about boxing or golf—we’re talking about pool,” he said at the time.

Meanwhile, his claims are objectively false. According to The Daily Wire, “Some factors which critics say can affect a woman’s ability to compete against a man in pool include a man’s greater upper body strength, greater height, larger hand size, and longer reach. Professional level pool competitions are generally split between men and women.”

There was also another controversy during Sunday’s pool competition, as competitive pool player Lynne Pinches — who was observing the event as a spectator — was reportedly told to leave after Haynes’ partner complained about her being there and demanded that she be thrown out.

In 2023, Pinches famously dropped out of the Women’s Champion of Champions final competition against Haynes, leading to him winning the women’s tournament by default.

Afterwards, Pinches gave an interview with TalkTV about the unfair practice of allowing men to compete in women’s sports.

“Whenever you play a transgender player, even if you win, it doesn’t make any difference because, in your heart, you know it’s unfair,” she said at the time. “This is a category advantage. Being biologically male and playing against females gives you a clear category advantage.”

“Every time I play a transgender player, I think about it before, during and after the match, about how unfair it is and how this is a level I can’t reach,” Pinches added. “I watch some of the shots they play, and I think females don’t play these shots down the rails like this and they don’t clear up like this. They [trans women] have a longer reach and a lot of them are taller than us.”

“Women have been silenced because of fear of being transphobic,” she continued. “That is why people don’t speak out about this subject. It’s not a gender issue. This is a fairness issue.”