‘I haven’t practised for a long time’ – Hong Kong snooker star Marco Fu urges the government to reopen clubs
- The world No 50 says he hasn’t played a game for months because of the pandemic lockdown on facilities
- The Hong Kong star says snooker clubs are relatively safe in the city as tables are set far apart
Hong Kong’s top player Marco Fu Ka-chun has urged the government to reopen snooker establishments (clubs) amid the ease of the pandemic situation.
On Monday, only nine cases of Covid-19 positive cases were recorded, the first time in a week that the number of infections were back to single digits. On August 24, nine new cases were reported and that was the first time since early July that the daily tally had fallen to single digits, from triple and double-figures.
For this reason, the former world snooker championship semi-finalist wants the government to consider reopening snooker clubs, so that players can return to much-needed practice.
“I haven’t practised for a long time as snooker clubs have been closed under the pandemic,” said the world number 50, who returned to Hong Kong in February after losing to China’s Ding Junhui in the Welsh Open first round.
“Coupled with the last wave of the coronavirus pandemic, I have not played a game for almost three months.
“Snooker clubs are relatively safe in Hong Kong as the tables are set far apart from each other. Also the number of players involved in each table is very limited and there is little body contact among the players. So far, no cases have been found in snooker clubs since the outbreak of the virus.”