"beat Andrew Norman 10–3 to become the English Amateur Champion before turning professional. On November 28 2018 O’Connor defeated world number 12 Ryan Day 6–2 in the first round at the 2018 UK Championship. Joe O'Connor (snooker player) Joe O'Connor (born 8 November 1995) is a professional English snooker player from Leicester. A pool champion as a junior he has faced Neil Robertson and Mark Selby at the UK Championship and has qualified for the main draw at the Wuxi Classic. He won four events on the 2017–18 English amateur tour. Ahead of the 2018–19 season, he defeated Brandon Sargeant"
"snooker's Triple Crown events at least twice. His other ranking titles include the Welsh Open in 2008, the Shanghai Masters in 2011, the German Masters in 2015, the China Open in 2015, 2017 and 2018 and the International Championship in 2016 and 2017. Known as a patient, tough competitor with strong safety play, Selby is also a prolific break-builder and has compiled more than 500 century breaks in his professional career. His nickname, ""The Jester from Leicester"", was given to him by snooker compere Richard Beare after Willie Thorne came up with it during commentary. However, as Selby became more"
"Terry Jenkins Terrence Jenkins (born 26 September 1963 in Ledbury, Herefordshire) is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname ""Tucker"" for his matches. He has reached number four in the world rankings and has been runner-up in nine major PDC televised finals (the 2006 and 2007 World Grand Prix, 2007 Premier League, 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, 2007 and 2009 World Matchplay, 2008 Grand Slam of Darts, 2014 UK Open and 2014 European Championship). It is a common myth that Jenkins is one of only a few people to only play his"
"Nigel Roder Nigel Roder (born 1967), also known professionally as Kester the Jester, was designated the official ""State Jester"" of England in 2004 by English Heritage. The prior jester of record, Muckle John, vacated the position shortly after his employer, King Charles I of England, was beheaded in 1649. Roder was appointed by English Heritage after winning a jesting competition. Subsequently the Guild of Jesters complained through their spokesman, Jonathan the Jester, that English Heritage should not be allowed to use the title of State Jester. Several guild members also wrote to their MPs. After the question was raised in"
"Peter Jackson (rugby union) Peter Jackson (22 September 1930, Birmingham – 22 March 2004, Solihull) was a rugby union international who played on the wing for Coventry and Warwickshire for many years. He earned the nickname 'Nijinsky' after the Russian ballet dancer. He was devastating when he had the ball to hand and could sidestep or outpace a defender with equal facility. He scored three tries in the 1957 Five Nations Championship and helped England to their first Grand Slam since the Twenties. In 1958 against at Twickenham, he demonstrated his mastery of the feint to score a dazzling match-winning"
"Fred Archer (jockey) Frederick James Archer (11 January 1857 – 8 November 1886), also known by the nickname The Tin Man, was an English flat race jockey of the Victorian era, described as ""the best all-round jockey that the turf has ever seen"". He was Champion Jockey for 13 consecutive years until 1886, riding 2,748 winners from 8,084 starts, in so doing setting records for the number of Champion Jockey titles (13), number of wins in a season (246) and number of race wins (2748) which remained unthreatened until the arrival of Steve Donoghue and Sir Gordon Richards well into"
"this he has helped organise specialist workshops and the youth circus show at the British Juggling Conventions 2014 and 2015. Nigel Roder Nigel Roder (born 1967), also known professionally as Kester the Jester, was designated the official ""State Jester"" of England in 2004 by English Heritage. The prior jester of record, Muckle John, vacated the position shortly after his employer, King Charles I of England, was beheaded in 1649. Roder was appointed by English Heritage after winning a jesting competition. Subsequently the Guild of Jesters complained through their spokesman, Jonathan the Jester, that English Heritage should not be allowed to"
"successful, some pundits and fans began to view this nickname with irony. Former world champion and now BBC commentator Dennis Taylor has given him the nickname “Sat Nav Selby” due to his knowledge of angles and ability to lay and escape from snookers. Selby is also a pool player. He was the 2006 WEPF eight-ball pool world champion and was the 2015 Chinese Pool World Championship runner-up. Selby was born in Leicester, England. Malcolm Thorne, the brother of Leicester-born snooker player Willie Thorne, spotted Selby's snooker ability and provided Selby practice so he could practise every day after school. Selby's"
"Austin Healey Austin Sean Healey (born 26 October 1973 in Wallasey, Cheshire) is a former English rugby union player who played as a utility back for Leicester Tigers, and represented both England and the British and Irish Lions. He has 51 England caps and 2 Lions caps. He played for England at scrum half, fly-half, fullback and wing, and was often used as a replacement (or substitute) because of his versatility. He is a famously competitive and ""outspoken"" character, gaining the nickname ""The Leicester Lip"". In 2008, he took part in Strictly Come Dancing, reaching the quarter-finals with dance partner"
"Ted Lowe Edwin Charles Ernest Lowe, MBE (1 November 1920 – 1 May 2011), known as Ted Lowe, was an English snooker commentator for the BBC. His unmistakably husky, hushed tones earned him the nickname ""Whispering Ted"". Born in Lambourn, Berkshire, Lowe was general manager of London's Leicester Square Hall, the home of professional billiards and snooker. He got his break one day when the BBC's regular commentator, Raymond Glendenning, succumbed to laryngitis. He was the commentator for the snooker television show ""Pot Black"" from 1969. He went on to become the ""voice of snooker"" and led the commentary in"
"Joe Perry (snooker player) Joe Perry (born 13 August 1974) is an English professional snooker player. Often referred to as the ""Fen Potter"" and also nicknamed ""the Gentleman"", he was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. He climbed the rankings steadily after turning professional in 1991, and reached the top sixteen for the first time in 2002. His first ranking final came at the 2001 European Open and he had to wait another 13 years for a second which came at the 2014 Wuxi Classic. Perry then won his first major ranking title at the 2015 Players Championship Grand Final, at the"
"light grey horse over Newmarket Heath. Great Britain Fred Archer (jockey) Frederick James Archer (11 January 1857 – 8 November 1886), also known by the nickname The Tin Man, was an English flat race jockey of the Victorian era, described as ""the best all-round jockey that the turf has ever seen"". He was Champion Jockey for 13 consecutive years until 1886, riding 2,748 winners from 8,084 starts, in so doing setting records for the number of Champion Jockey titles (13), number of wins in a season (246) and number of race wins (2748) which remained unthreatened until the arrival of"
"6–2. Jenkins made the quarter-finals in 2012, where he lost 3–5 to Adrian Lewis. Terry is married to Jacquelin (Jackie) and the couple have 3 sons, Graham, Carl and Craig. He is the middle child of 5 and lives in Ledbury. He is a keen collector of antiques in his spare time. Terry Jenkins Terrence Jenkins (born 26 September 1963 in Ledbury, Herefordshire) is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname ""Tucker"" for his matches. He has reached number four in the world rankings and has been runner-up in nine major PDC"
"Ted Dexter Edward Ralph ""Ted"" Dexter, (born 15 May 1935) is a former England international cricketer. An aggressive middle-order batsman of ferocious power and a right-arm medium bowler, he captained Sussex and England in the early 1960s. He is known by the nickname Lord Ted. ""Few batsmen, or writers, announce themselves as Dexter did when batting for Sussex against Surrey at the Oval last summer. His first ball, from the pavilion end, was slightly over-pitched on middle and leg. Feet moved fractionally, head hardly at all, but the bat swung the ball for six over long leg and they fetched"
"Terry Spencer Charles Terence Spencer (18 August 1931 in Braunstone, Leicestershire) is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire. Only Ewart Astill and George Geary have taken more wickets for Leicestershire. His career best figures of 9-63 were made in 1954 against Yorkshire. He is the nephew of Leicestershire fast bowler Haydon Smith. Terry Spencer made his debut against Cambridge University at Fenners in 1952, taking one wicket. He took as many as 80 wickets in his debut season, albeit at fairly high cost, and was selected for the 1953 Test Trial. Unusual in being able to play"
"Keith Fletcher Keith William Robert Fletcher OBE (born 20 May 1944) is an English former first-class cricketer who played for Essex and England. He later became England's team manager. His nickname was ""The Gnome of Essex"", so christened by his Essex teammate, Ray East, because Fletcher's winklepickers had begun to curl up at the toes due to wear. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted ""Fletcher was a tough cookie, a shrewd man who could bluff opponents like the most disarming of poker players. He evoked loyalty in his teammates and admiration from his opponents, even when they were beaten by the"
"Gilbert Jessop Gilbert Laird Jessop (19 May 1874 – 11 May 1955) was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been the fastest run-scorer cricket has ever known. He was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898. Jessop was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Nicknamed ""The Croucher"" because of his unusual hunched stance at the crease and though a stocky build at 5'7"" and 11 stone, he remained a fast bowler through his career. He was also a powerful driver, cutter and hooker. The Fifth Test at The Oval in August 1902, known as ""Jessop's match"", highlighted Jessop's ability to"
"Cross, a medal which had now been stolen. Ted Dexter Edward Ralph ""Ted"" Dexter, (born 15 May 1935) is a former England international cricketer. An aggressive middle-order batsman of ferocious power and a right-arm medium bowler, he captained Sussex and England in the early 1960s. He is known by the nickname Lord Ted. ""Few batsmen, or writers, announce themselves as Dexter did when batting for Sussex against Surrey at the Oval last summer. His first ball, from the pavilion end, was slightly over-pitched on middle and leg. Feet moved fractionally, head hardly at all, but the bat swung the ball"
"and my father were down there and he was so nice to us."" Ted Lowe Edwin Charles Ernest Lowe, MBE (1 November 1920 – 1 May 2011), known as Ted Lowe, was an English snooker commentator for the BBC. His unmistakably husky, hushed tones earned him the nickname ""Whispering Ted"". Born in Lambourn, Berkshire, Lowe was general manager of London's Leicester Square Hall, the home of professional billiards and snooker. He got his break one day when the BBC's regular commentator, Raymond Glendenning, succumbed to laryngitis. He was the commentator for the snooker television show ""Pot Black"" from 1969. He"
"Lester Piggott Lester Keith Piggott (born 5 November 1935) is a retired English professional jockey. With 4,493 career wins, including nine Epsom Derby victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest flat racing jockeys of all time and the originator of a much imitated style. Popularly known as ""The Long Fellow"" he was known for his competitive personality, keeping himself thirty pounds under his natural weight, and on occasion not sparing the whip on horses such as Nijinsky. Piggott regarded Sir Ivor as the easiest to ride of the great winners. Lester Piggott was born in Wantage to"
"Neil Dexter Neil John Dexter (born 21 August 1984) is a South African-born English cricketer, currently playing for Leicestershire. Dexter was born in Johannesburg and attended Northwood School in Durban North and Downside School in Somersett in England. He went on to study at the University of South Africa. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. He made his debut for Kent against Nottinghamshire at Canterbury, hitting an unbeaten 79 in his first innings. He then dismissed David Hussey with the first ball in the Notts second innings, although it was declaration bowling to try to force"
"Shailesh Jogia Shailesh Jogia, known as ""Joe"" (born 13 November 1975) is an English former professional snooker player of Indian descent. Born in Leicester, England in 1975, Jogia lived for a time in the Hertfordshire town of Letchworth, before returning to live in Leicester. In July 2012, Jogia was banned from snooker for two years due to suspicious betting patterns in the lead up to one of his matches. He has reached the last 32 of four ranking events, the first two being the 2004 Grand Prix and British Open, within a few weeks of each other. He won the"
"George Chuter George Scala Chuter (born 9 July 1976 in Greenwich, London) is an English rugby union ex player who played at Hooker for Leicester Tigers. He is also the owner of the world's tiniest face. Chuter was born in Greenwich. He first started playing as a 12-year-old, when he went to Trinity School of John Whitgift in the London Borough of Croydon. He quickly established himself at hooker. He went on to play his club rugby for Old Mid-Whitgiftians and gained representative honours for the London Division U18 side. He was invited to trial for Saracens F.C. at the"
"in Richard Bean's play, The Nap, as the opponent of lead Jack O'Connell's character. John Astley (snooker player) John J. Astley (born 13 January 1989) is an English professional snooker player from Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Astley first came into prominence in 2007 by winning the national Under-19 title (defeating Michael Georgiou in the final), however wins in the amateur PIOS tournaments proved hard to come by. His attempts to qualify for the main tour via Q School in 2011 and 2012 were unsuccessful as well. Nevertheless, Astley gained enough sponsorship to be able to enter all the PTC events"
"counts six-time snooker World Champion Steve Davis as the biggest. He particularly admires Davis for his attitude, his consistency, and his quiet ruthlessness on the biggest of stages. The nickname ""The Farmer"" originated in Harrison's youth; he both lived and worked on a family-run farm near Ely, Cambridgeshire, often arriving home after a long journey back from a pool event at the same time as his father was leaving for work. Harrison takes a keen interest in fishing, and maintains his own fishing facility, named Mirror Lake, in Cambridgeshire. Phil Harrison (pool player) Phil ""The Farmer"" Harrison is an English"
"Gerry Lester Gerald ""Gerry"" Lester (27 December 1915 – 26 January 1998) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire. He was born at Long Whatton, Leicestershire and died at Leicester. Lester was a right-handed batsman used for many years by Leicestershire as an opening batsman and a right-arm leg-break and googly bowler who amassed more than 300 rather expensive first-class wickets despite rarely being used as a front-line bowler. Every single one of his 373 first-class matches between 1937 and 1958 was played for Leicestershire. Lester played second eleven cricket in non-competitive local matches from 1935 and"
"Sep Smith Septimus Charles ""Sep"" Smith (15 March 1912 – 28 July 2006) was an English footballer who played as a creative wing half and originally as an inside forward. Born in Whitburn, County Durham, in 1912, he was the seventh son born in his family, hence the name Septimus. He is often considered the best all round player in Leicester City's history and is also the club's longest serving player of all-time having been a player at the club for 19 years and 246 days, as well as captaining the club for 13 years (making him by far the"
"Leicestershire. Mark Pettini Mark Lewis Pettini (born 7 August 1983 in Brighton) is an English cricketer who has played domestically for Essex and from 2016 for Leicestershire. He is a right-handed batsman and very occasional wicket-keeper and right-arm medium-pace bowler. An aggressive batsman, Pettini specialises in one-day cricket, where he usually opens the batting so as to make use of the batting powerplay in the early overs. In County Championship cricket, he bats in the middle order. He fields in a wide range of positions, but usually fielded at mid-off during his time as captain. His bowling is very rarely"
"Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter (born 5 February 1961 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is a former World No. 1 English professional darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast robotic throwing action. He currently resides in his hometown Blackpool. Baxter played on the North American circuit during the 1980s and when he participated in the British Darts Organisation he had a consistent record for reaching the final stages of their Open events. As well as winning the Welsh Open twice, German Open, Denmark, Swiss and Finnish Opens he also reached the final of"
"Jimmy White James Warren White, (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who now competes with an invitational tour card. Nicknamed ""The Whirlwind"" because of his fluid, attacking style of play and popularly referred to as the ""People's Champion"", White is a six times World Championship finalist, the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red Grand Prix champion, 2010 World Seniors Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins. White's non-world championship achievements include the UK Championship, the Masters and the Nations Cup. A two-time winner of both the World Cup and the British Open, White was"
"a prime suspect in the Jack the Ripper crimes. Nicholas Felix Nicholas ""Felix"" Wanostrocht (5 October 1804 – 3 September 1876) was an English amateur (""Gentleman"") cricketer. He was one of the few players who – at his request – was routinely known by his pseudonym, Felix. When his father died in 1824 he had inherited the running of his school, aged only nineteen, and he was afraid that the parents of pupils might think that cricket was too frivolous a pastime for a schoolmaster. Felix was a specialist left-handed batsman, though he did occasionally bowl underarm slow left-arm orthodox."
"at Knighton, Leicestershire on 24 January 1962. James Jarvis (cricketer) James Edward Frisby Jarvis (21 January 1875 – 24 January 1962) was an English cricketer. Jarvis was a right-handed batsman who played as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire. Jarvis made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Middlesex at Lord's in the 1900 County Championship. In Leicestershire's first-innings of 184 all out, Jarvis batted at number eleven and was dismissed for a duck by J. T. Hearne. In their second-innings, he ended not out without scoring. Middlesex won the match by 5 wickets. This was his only"
"in 1988. He was an often forthright champion against what he perceived as the undeserved neglect of the scorer's role in cricket competitions. Ted Lester Edward Ibson Lester (18 February 1923 – 23 March 2015) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He was born and died at Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Lester had a first-class cricket career lasting from 1945 to 1956 for Yorkshire, but remained a significant influence in the county cricket club's fortunes as scorer and committee man. He made his debut as an amateur right-handed middle-order batsman immediately after World War II,"