The 9th of January sees the opening of Steve Davies' Underwater Snooker World in Hayward's Heath, Sussex. Mr Davies opened the attraction as he shares the same name as 80s "boring" snooker champion, Steve Davies.
The attraction consists of a collection of 12 fish-tanks, each containing a scale replica of a snooker table, with painted ball-bearings taking the place of regular snooker balls (which are not available at this scale). In place of snooker players (or snookerists) and audience, a selection of fish, crabs and other aquatic life has been added to the tanks.
The exhibit almost never saw the light of day as it was beset by a number of problems, including the deaths of several dozen fish, some of which were poisoned by the lead paint used to colour the balls. Others were impaled during an ill-fated attempt to introduce sharp cocktail sticks as snooker-cues, and many more perished when Mr Davies attempted to eject a stray bird from the premises by wildly swinging a cricket bat around his head, smashing eight of the tanks.
When asked about the relevance of the aquatic addition, Mr Davies shouted that he "couldn't very well set it in outer space, could he".
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