Protester jumps on table during World Snooker Championship match at the Crucible

A protestor jumped on the table during a match at theThe first round match between Rob Milkins and Joe Perry on Table One was interrupted as a protestor wearing a ‘Just Stop Oil’ protest leapt on the table.Another protestor attempted to jump on the other table, where Mark Allen and Fan Zhengyi were playing, but they were stopped beforehand and removed.

Play was stopped on both tables as a clear-up operation began, with venue staff, World Snooker Tour employees and even MC and commentator Rob Walker joining in to hoover up the powder. Stephen Hendry, the seven-time world champion, said: ‘I have never seen that before at a snooker event. It’s a first.

‘It is scary. Wow! You just hope the cloth can be recovered from that. It caught us all by surprise and then this happens. ‘For me, straightaway as a snooker player I am thinking: “Is the table recoverable?” We don’t know what that is on the table.’The protestor jumped into the playing area More to follow…

Don’t worry - most of the orange powder nestled nicely in the Korma pocket.

rawlimark A foul and a mess...

Snooker 🏀 ball freedom now

Let’s be honest “what a twat “

MiserygutsPetty Was that you ? 🙄

And for viewers watching in black and white, the powder was orange.

Y don't they do something to occupy their get a job!

Sure, folks hate him but apparently this kind of action does increase people's awareness of and commitment to addressing climate change -- even those who hate what he's doing get the point he's making. It's pretty interesting to see as a kind of community psychology.

So many snooker players die each tournament that someone had to do something.

Proscribe all of these organisations. That will help as the sentences become much stiffer. They are domestic terrorists.

Finally something interesting has happened during a snooker match!

Indeed...new tax year...new funding no doubt....roll on autumn when the money has gone.

Did they throw them to the crowd? 😡

Excellent stuff 😂

😂

The security should glue them to a wall on backstage and let them protests there for couple hours.

They’re all Snooker Loopy

Lmao

The Country is lawless

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