Protestors Force Play To Be Stopped At World Snooker Championships

The Crucible Theatre바카라�s famous green baize turned orange at the world snooker championship on Monday when a protestor interrupted a match by jumping on the table and releasing a packet of powder, causing play to be suspended. (More Sports News)

Two 바카라�Just Stop Oil바카라� protesters invaded snooker바카라�s most famous arena shortly after play began in two matches in the evening session.

On one table, where Robert Milkins and Joe Perry were playing, a man leapt onto the table 바카라� scattering the balls 바카라� and threw orange dye over one half of the baize as boos and jeers came from the audience.

On the other table, featuring a match between Mark Allen and Fan Zhengyi, a woman was stopped from getting onto the table by the quick-thinking response of referee Olivier Marteel.

Both protestors were taken away by security, but the incident forced a stoppage in play while the mess was cleaned up.

Play resumed in the Allen-Zhengyi match about 45 minutes later but the affected table in the Milkins-Perry match was covered and will be re-clothed overnight. A decision was to be made later Monday regarding whether the Milkins-Perry match would resume following the conclusion of Allen-Zhengyi. Former world champion Stephen Hendry, who was on commentary duties for the BBC, said it was a 바카라�scary바카라� incident and feared the cloth on the table might not be able to be used again.

바카라�For me,바카라� Hendry said, 바카라�straight away as a snooker player I am thinking, 바카라�Is the table recoverable?바카라� We don바카라�t know what that is on the table.바카라�

Just Stop Oil issued a statement saying the protestors were removed from the Crucible and arrested.

바카라�They are demanding that the government immediately stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and are calling on UK sporting institutions to step into civil resistance against the government바카라�s genocidal policies,바카라� the group said.