Betfred 2017 World Snooker Championships- Final, Day 2

Well, it's all over again for another year and Mark Selby came back from 4-10 down to win 18-15 against John Higgins at the 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championships at the Crucible theatre, Sheffield.  It was a late night, made even later by a generous offer from Betfred to attend the Champions Dinner at the Mercure hotel afterwards.

A selection of photos from the snooker part of the evening.

 John Higgins and Mark Selby get the star-studded entrance

 The handshake and trophy shot

 John Higgins breaks off in frame #25 at the start of play in the last session.

 The players come back out after the mid-session interval

 Referee Jan Verhaas checks for a touching ball

 Mark Selby celebrates his 18-15 win

 With good friend Bobby Lee

Betfred World Snooker Championships 2015 - the final day...

Well, the light at the end of the 17-day long tunnel is here....Shaun Murphy leads Stuart Bingham 9-8 in their best-of-35-frames match at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield.

Action starts again at 2pm this afternoon, and again at 7pm.  The way it's going, no-one is predicting an early finish....

 The view from the posh commentary box...

 The Crucible Theatre, packed and waiting for the semi-final to start

The Crucible and Lyceum theatres, decked out for the Betfred World Snooker Championships