My day today at the Crucible was in the most part uneventful so here are a few more of my photos from the week so far, from Tuesday onwards. Click here for my previous gallery covering the first three days.
View from the front row
Jan Verhaas
Leo Scullion, Mike Ganley and Jan Verhaas
Neil Robertson shakes hands with Michaela Tabb
The Cue Zone/TV Studio
Eirian Williams
MC Rob Walker
Ryan Day and Mark Davis
The gallery seats, reserved for coaches etc
The arena from Blue Door
Some of the fences around the venue
Oh dear Ryan
The arena from orange door
Stephen Maguire
Dennis Taylor
Steve Davis and Rob Walker
Table two from the front row
The referees wait expectantly
2006 champion Graeme Dott
Enter the Pistol – Mark Allen
Shaun Murphy poses for photos
1985 champion Dennis Taylor
All we need now are the players…
The lighting
Local referee Brendan Moore
Davis getting ready for action
Steve applauds the entrance of John Higgins
The Crucible at night
Ronnie O’Sullivan judges his future stars
Young referee Molly Newbold
BBC anchor Hazel Irvine
Ronnie, Dennis and JP
Former finalist Nigel Bond
John Virgo and Ken Doherty do a piece for the TV with John Parrott in the commentary box
Rob Walker
Ronnie O’Sullivan, not your standard Crucible dress!
Referees Terry Camilleri and Brendan Moore
And Olivier Marteel, making his Crucible debut
Mark Allen
Martin Gould unpacks his cue
And puts it together
The TV cameras
Olivier Marteel awaits the players
As Martin Gould hides his cue case
Robertson and Gould
Mark Williams
Neil Robertson and Martin Gould
Robertson celebrates his triumph
And Gould sports an interesting shirt, received from a fan who asked to swap shirts!
The legendary Stephen Hendry
Referee Leo Scullion
