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Englishman Mark Selby plays at the 2015 CBSA De Er Le Cup China Billiard World Championship.[Photo provided to China Daily]
People of Yushan Women's Dalvin Tomlinson Jersey , Jiangxi province, have a passion for sports. Every morning, hundreds of people exercise by the riverside, run across the bridge over the river and climb up to the mountains, come sunshine or rain. But they never imagined that this county of about 620,000 people and located in a mountainous area would be able to hold a major billiards competition.


The 2015 CBSA De Er Le Cup China Billiard World Championship is the first such Chinese event to gain international prestige.


It was held in Yushan from Jan 24 to Feb 2, and attracted more than 304 players from 23 countries, of which there were 108 foreign snooker and American-style pool players.


PVK Mohan Women's Evan Engram Jersey , president of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation, said at the opening ceremony in Yushan that he was glad to be at the first Chinese billiards world championship.


The county recently signed an agreement with Beijing Xingpai Group, a private enterprise that integrates sports, real estate and investment, to build a Chinese billiards center. The project, which involves an investment of 3 billion yuan ($479 million) and 42 hectares of land, includes a billiards industry zone, an international billiards museum Women's Will Hernandez Jersey , production bases for billiards and equipment and training centers.


"We also plan to set up a sporting goods market that targets the whole country, where you could buy shoes, balls and anything here," says Zheng Xiaochun, Party secretary of Yushan county.


Zheng says that Yushan has been providing materials for billiards tables for Beijing Xingpai Group since 1996. The county makes more than 30,000 pool tables annually and more than 150,000 tabletops, generating revenues of more than 400 million yuan. China now has more than 30 Women's Saquon Barkley Jersey ,000 billiards clubs, with more than 80 million Chinese billiards fans. The Chinese billiards market accounts for more than 70 percent of the entire billiard market.


Zheng says his impression of snooker is one of an English gentlemen playing casually in the club, wearing elegant clothes. He says American pool is what cowboys play in bars. Chinese billiards did not have competition regulations until 2014. So when Chinese billiards had the chance to become a world championship sport, Yushan fought hard for this chance to be the host.


"I said to them, China's billiards is widely played in the countryside. In big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, you have so many sports events every day that people won't pay much attention. In the countryside, your event will get all the attention and all the support from the local government. It would be very inspiring for people here Kyle Lauletta Jersey ," he says.


However, for a small county, hosting an international event like this is not easy.


"We don't have the same facilities as big cities," Zheng says. "February is the coldest time in the south of China, and transportation is not very convenient, as the closest airport is two hours away."


Moreover, prior to the world championship, Yushan lacked the experience of hosting such a big event.


Zheng says that Yushan is fortunate to be called "talent village" B.J. Hill Jersey , so when he and his colleagues were looking for English-speaking people to translate for foreign players, they got more than 600 applicants. All hotels in the county also made changes to cater to the event, making sure spectators and players had little complain about accommodations and food.


"Players from all over the world speak different languages, have different cultural and specific needs, including food and entertainment. We had to prepare all the details for that, which was very complicated and challenging for us," he says.


Mark Williams, a Welsh snooker player Lorenzo Carter Jersey , told the local media that Chinese billiards could probably be more influential than snooker in the future.


He said whenever he went into a billiards club, he would see many Chinese billiards tables, but only one or two snooker tables. He has seen many snooker players participate in the event and believes that will also help boost Chinese audiences' interest in the sport.


Zheng says that his aim is to combine the development of the Chinese billiards center with local people's passion for the sport, and he wants billiards to be a more common part of public life.


"We want to make Yushan a famous place for Chinese billiards, whenever people think of Yushan, they will think of Chinese billiards, and the other way around," he says.


Zheng says that for the next four years Landon Collins Jersey , the event will be held in Yushan, and that the size of the event will grow and attract more world players.


Yushan, which is famous for its rural scenery, would combine its sports industry development with tourism, such as holding a major swimming event in Sanqing Lake this year. The eastern China county has also built a 22-kilometer track for cycling.


"Along this track, there will be on one side the big river, and on the other side mountains."




VIENNA, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The International Ski Federation (FIS) is banning camera drones from its World Cup races after a drone crashed and nearly hit Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher during a slalom in Italy.


The incident happened Tuesday at the Italian resort of Madonna di Campiglio when the drone Ereck Flowers Jersey , which was being used to film the action from above, came crashing down to the ground just behind 26-year-old Hirscher.


FIS will prohibit drones "as long as I am responsible ... because they are a bad thing for safety," men's race director Markus Waldner said, according to The Associated Press on Wednesday.？？


"It was huge luck that Marcel was not hurt," Waldner said. "I am very angry."


Hirscher was unhurt, finishing second behind Norwegian winner Henrik Kristoffersen.？？

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