Rileys Future Stars Of Snooker champion Joel Walker enjoyed a coaching master-class from Ronnie O'Sullivan at the World Snooker Academy last week.

Sheffield's 16-year-old Walker won the nationwide competition, which was entered by over 1,000 juniors, run by Rileys earlier this year. Three-times World Champion O'Sullivan judged the final stages and Walker's prize is a year of training and mentoring from the Rocket.

They practised together at the Academy on Thursday, then O'Sullivan stayed in Sheffield to compete in the Star Xing Pai Players Tour Championship, reaching the quarter-finals.

Walker has been given the chance to play in the World Open qualifiers at the same venue in August.