Wayne Cooper is a former English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 professional snooker

Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...

 player from Bradford

Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

, born 9 June 1978. He first qualified for the main tour in 1997, but soon dropped of the main tour and had remained as an amateur for 11 years. Wayne Cooper manage to regain his place in the 2008/09 pro tour by finishing top of the EASB Pro Ticket Tour rankings. He has managed to win just one match in the Northern Ireland Trophy that season.

Wayne is now a professional van driver for GGB selling discounted Italian car parts as well as chief doughnut distributor for the Bradford region.