Episode notes
In this episode of the Sheffield's Hidden Gems podcast, our guest is Lucky Vatnanai, Manager of the Ding Junhui Snooker Academy in Sheffield.
The snooker academy was founded in June 2020 by Ding Junhui, a top-ranked professional world ranking snooker player, who was in the 2016 finals of the World Snooker Championship.
Located on Haymarket Street in the heart of Sheffield City Centre, the academy with its 18 snooker tables offers a unique practice facility to several professional snooker players. In addition, there is a spacious meeting area for coaching training and conferences.
As Manager of the snooker academy, Lucky is responsible for all day to day operations at the facility as well as managing logistics for the holding of events at the academy.
In the podcast, Lucky talks about actions taken to ensure the safety of snooker players for all events held at the facility.
As covid-19 pandemic restrictions are lifted, he also shares insights about his plans for greater engagement of people in Sheffield with snooker at the academy.
In his role as Manager, Lucky, who has played snooker at a professional level draws on that experience to ensure the facility and players at the academy meet expectations of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.
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