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Mad Scenes At The Snooker As Protestor Hops On Table And Stops Play

Mad Scenes At The Snooker As Protestor Hops On Table And Stops Play
Colman Stanley
By Colman Stanley
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The 2023 World Snooker Championship has been severely disrupted by two Just Oil protestors, one of whom who jumped onto a table during the evening session, and another who attempted to glue herself, unsuccessfully, to a table.

Joe Perry and Robert Milkins were playing their first round match on table 1 when a man leaped onto the baize and poured what appears to be dried orange paint onto the table top.

On table 2, table Mark Allen and Fang Zhengyi were also playing their first round match when, at the same time, a woman came from the crowd and tried to glue herself to the table before being escorted away.

Allen vs Zhengyi has now resumed after a 40 minute delay, with the game on table 1 will starting again on Tuesday evening at 1900h BST.

Workers were seen trying desperately to vacuum the orange powder off table 1, but to no avail.

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After the incident, Just Oil tweeted the following:

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"NEW OIL AND GAS WILL SNOOKER US

"At around 7:20pm, two Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, interrupting play. The pair proceeded to cover the tables in orange powder paint before being removed by security and arrested.

"They are demanding that the Government immediately stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and are calling on UK sporting institutions to step into in civil resistance against the Government’s genocidal policies."

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After the weekend's disruptive protests at the Grand National, it has been a very memorable few days of sport, for right or wrong, and will certainly throw up much debate about the causes that the protestors are fighting for.

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