Snooker Stars Visit Haining School

WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson and Vice Chairman Nigel Mawer QPM were among a group who visited Ziwei Primary School in Haining during the China Billiards and Snooker Association tournament this week.

They were joined by professional players including Zhao Xintong, Elliot Slessor and Jackson Page, as well as women’s prospect Bai Yulu.

They played snooker with ten students in grades three and four, before meeting the school’s Headmaster.

Ziwei Primary School was established in 1906 and is renowned for extracurricular sports activity. It has a snooker course which has given coaching to more than 300 students. Coaches from the Haining Billiards and Snooker Association visit the school twice every week to develop the technical skills of young players.