Name: Tom Leach

Home club: Brigands

Other Teams Represented: Shrewsbury School, Oxford University

Started playing: 1991

Favourite shot: ‘The Octopus’ – facing the wrong way, full back-swing, hoping to hit at least three walls, everyone (including me) wondering what is going on.

Most memorable moment: Winning the London Festival Plate with my son, Jan

Favourite part of the game: Long rallies

Playing style in five words or less: Riddle/mystery inside an enigma