The Canon Medical Arena hosted the inaugural 10 Cue Para Snooker Championships last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Players travelled from around the world to take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the first para snooker championships, Stephen Harrison, founder of the Stephen Harrison Academy<\/a>, put a new twist on the traditional game of snooker by reducing the number of balls and the size of the table to ensure entertaining, fast-natured matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2007, Mr Harrison has attempted to make snooker accessible to all in Sheffield through his social enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He has utilised the game to provide entertainment, mentoring and employability support for a wide variety of disadvantaged groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr Harrison aims to make the 10 Cue Snooker World Championships an annual event in Sheffield, running alongside the Crucible<\/a> each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n