HOT-SHOT pool sensation Sam Jeffery has helped England to world championship victory in Blackpool.

HOT-SHOT pool sensation Sam Jeffery helped England to world championship victory in Blackpool last week.

The 18-year-old pupil at King Edward VI Upper School pupil, Bury St Edmunds, was also runner-up in the singles event as his progress towards becoming a professional player continues to gain momentum.

Jeffery already has a string of titles to his name and in last week's junior world team championship, he and his England team-mates fought off teams from France, Spain, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Wales and Australia to claim the team title.

But it was on the individual front Jeffery starred.

He fought his way through to the final, where he narrowly lost 8-6 to Scotland's Pat McCarren.

“It is my last year at junior level and it was a decent way to finish,” Jeffery said. “I hope to go to university, but I'm also thinking of turning professional. I am already on the pro circuit and play in about half-a-dozen tournaments a year around the country.”