IF you are in Epping Forest then you could bump into snooker master Ronnie O'Sullivan who says he spends more time running these days than he does playing the game which made him rich.

Triple world champion O'Sullivan told Guardian Series Sport that he has picked up a snooker cue only four or five times in the past six months, but that he is putting in five hours a week worth of running in Chigwell and the surrounding area.

But the athletics team for which he competes has been rocked by the closure of its facilities. Orion Harriers' changing rooms were closed down by the Corporation of London, he claimed.

Snooker genius O'Sullivan said he would back a campaign by the Guardian to reopen the changing rooms.

For the full interview with O'Sullivan, see next week's Guardian newspaper.