[Other Sport] The UK Championships

The first of the triple crown events, York will be absolutely throbbing with excitement this week to see the 32 maplewood warriors head to head on the green baize.

The first round draw has thrown up some absolute corkers:

'The Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan v Barry 'The Hawk' Hawkins

Xiao 'The Chinese Warrior' Guodong v 'The Angry Farmer' David Gilbert

'The Magician' Shaun Murphy v Zhao 'The Chinese Gladiator' Xintong

'Pot Noodle' Ding Junhui v 'The Milkman' Robert Milkins

'The Jester from Leicester' Mark Selby v 'Jackpot' Jack Lisowski

'The Captain' Ali Carter v 'Dynamite' Ryan Day

'Jai Ho' Si Jiahui v 'The Chinese Assassin' Wu Yize

'The Pistol' Mark Allen v 'The Fruit Machine' Jackson Page

'Mr Haircut 100' Judd Trump v 'The Thunder from Down under' Neil Robertson

'The Wizard of Wishaw' John Higgins v 'The Chinese Power' He Guoqiang

'The Mighty Mouse' Zhang Anda v 'The Chinese Dragon' Lei Peifan

'The Welsh Potting Machine' Mark Williams v 'Ball Run' Stuart Bingham

'The Belgian Bullet' Luca Brecel v 'Just Jack' Jak Jones

'Sexbomb' Gary Wilson v 'The Hitman' Michael Holt

Chris Wakelin v 'Matt' Matthew Selt

'The Warrior' Kyren Wilson v 'On Fire' Stephen Maguire

Sweepstake?