The China Post
Date: March 2, 2017
By: The China Post news staff
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The 2017 Amway eSpring International Women 9-Ball Championship
Ahead of the 2017 Amway eSpring International Women 9-Ball Championship, Shirley Chen (陳惠雯), general manager of Amway Taiwan (安麗台灣), poses with participants at a press conference at the Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel on Wednesday, March 1. (Morgan Lin, The China Post)
(安麗益之源盃世界女子花式撞球錦標賽) takes place from March 1 to March 5 at the Taipei Gymnasium (台北體育館).
With Amway Taiwan’s (安麗台灣) support since 1998, the championship is Taiwan’s longest-running international sports tournament that is exclusively sponsored by one firm. Regarded as “spring’s most beautiful battle” with sports stars and their demonstration of skills on the pool table, the four-day event attracts ample attention each year with its high prize money and ranking points awarded.
This time, Taiwan’s team consists of Chieh-Yu Chou (周婕妤) and Yuan-Chun Lin (林沅君), each at second and ninth in the world, and Ho-Yun Chen (陳禾耘), Tzu-Chien Wei (魏子茜), Shin-Mei Liu (柳信美), first-time participant Chia-Hua Chen (陳佳樺) and Yu-Wen Hsieh (謝喻雯). [FULL STORY]
