By Saj Chowdhury BBC Sport at The Crucible

The Crucible crowd were treated to a Parade of Champions prior to the last session of the final between Matthew Stevens and Shaun Murphy.

Twelve champions in total, including Cliff Thorburn, John Spencer and Joe Johsnon, were on display for all.

As was 1985 winner Dennis Taylor.

His walk to join the rest of posse was almost scuppered by a television camera cord. Like in the 1985 final he did not trip up, although he did manage to avoid finger-wagging the culprit.

So after a fortnight of blood, sweat toil and tears, Diary Corner bids its readers a fond farewell.

Okay, so it has not been that taxing, but it seems that the events at the World Snooker Championship did fluster some who were involved.

There was Ian McCulloch's take on waistcoats and dancing, Peter Ebdon's slowness and Ronnie O'Sullivan's moods.