Out of bed at seven.

It was a week when ignominy visited great cue men. Steve Davis was ducked in a New South Wales lake then banished from the jungle before a chancer from The Only Way is Essex; a parable of snooker’s current standing in public affections.

Darts broadcaster Sid Waddell has died at the age of 72, his manager said today.

The USA regained the Mosconi Cup - a Ryder Cup-style 9-ball pool competition - with an 11-9 win over Europe at the MGN Grand in Las Vegas.