Maths and science in Thailand

QUARNDON cueist Hannah Jones heads out to Thailand next week to compete in the IBSF World Ladies Championship armed with plenty of homework.

England international Hannah Jones

The 11-year-old from Derbyshire received a nomination from the English Association for Snooker & Billiards and will spend three weeks in the Far East with dad Mark and world number one Reanne Evans.

She represented her country with Evans at the 2007 EBSA European Team Championship in Belgium but had to turn down a second invite to Ireland due to money and school commitments.

But you won’t find three-time world champion Evans slogging her way through maths and science in a quiet corner of the bar between matches. For Hannah, doing homework in snooker clubs across the world is an occupational hazard.

“Maths is easy but science is quite hard,” she said. “Sometimes I don’t have time to practise.”

Hannah’s preparations for the WLBSA season were thrown up in the air after she sustained a broken wrist as a result of a trampolining accident.

“It’s much better. It’s not been hurting for ages,” she said.

Picture: Kevin Legg