By Phil Harlow BBC Sport at the Crucible

Tabb has brought some glamour to The Crucible Tabb makes her mark

Jans Verhaas raised a big laugh amongst a packed Crucible crowd as the referees came out for the evening sessions.

The 36-year-old, taking charge of Ronnie O'Sullivan's match against Marco Fu, walked out alongside Michaela Tabb, the first lady referee to officiate at The Crucible.

The glamorous Tabb attracted a predictable chorus of wolf-whistles from a boisterous crowd, only for Verhaas (equally attractive in his own way, I'm sure) to take the credit and blow a kiss to his supposed admirers.

So it seems total lack of sense of humour isn't a pre-requisite for a career as a sporting referee after all.

Has anybody told football official David Elleray, though?

Bringing his own unique brand of glamour to proceedings was singer-songwriter Damon Gough, better known as Badly Drawn Boy.

Spotted by BBC Sport wearing his trademark woolly hat, Gough took in the clash between fourth seed John Higgins and Ian McCulloch.

Snooker Loopier

Not previously known as a snooker enthusiast, Gough's albums 'The Hour of Bewilderbeast' , 'Have You Fed the Fish?' and the soundtrack to 'About a Boy' have sold millions.

Perhaps he's doing a 2003 take on the Chas 'n' Dave classic "Snooker Loopy".

Talk about after the Lord Mayor's Show.

After Ronnie O'Sullivan had enraptured the crowd with a 147 maximum, Alan McManus and Nigel Bond followed on the same table at the third time of asking to complete their seven-hour (not including two re-racked frames) marathon.

The pair had failed to complete the required number of frames in both previous sessions of the match and had to come out again in front of a handful of die-hard fans.

McManus eventually won 10-7 - to the relief of everybody.