Venue:<\/strong> Crucible Theatre, Sheffield <\/span>Dates:<\/strong> 15 April-1 May<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| Coverage:<\/strong> Watch live on BBC TV and Red Button with uninterrupted coverage on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | Play was disrupted at the World Championship after a protester climbed on to a table and covered it in an orange powder.<\/span><\/p>\n There were gasps from the crowd as the man interrupted Monday’s match between Robert Milkins and Joe Perry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Another protester tried to glue herself to the table where Mark Allen and Fan Zhengyi were playing but was stopped by referee Olivier Marteel .<\/span><\/p>\n A man and a woman were later arrested by South Yorkshire Police.<\/span><\/p>\n Milkins and Perry’s game was abandoned and will resume at 19:00 BST on Tuesday, while Allen and Zhengyi re-started after a 40-minute break.<\/span><\/p>\n The protesters both wore T-shirts apparently in support of a group of climate change activists Just Stop Oil, who subsequently posted online to claim responsibility for the disruption of event.<\/span><\/p>\n Milkins and Perry were on table one at the Crucible when a man entered the playing area, jumped and knelt on the table before emptying a bag of orange powder over it.<\/span><\/p>\n At the same time on the table next door, a woman attempted to glue herself to the table, but was stopped by Marteel, only managing to grab hold of the middle pocket.<\/span><\/p>\n Marteel prevented the woman from accessing the table before security arrived and carried both protesters away.<\/span><\/p>\n Staff then began to clean up, with master of ceremonies Rob Walker seen hoovering the table in a bid to try and get their match back under way as quickly as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n While play resumed in the Allen v Fan match, the other table was covered and will be re-clothed overnight with the second session of Milkins and Perry’s meeting – which was originally due on Tuesday – rescheduled for Thursday from 09:30 BST.<\/span><\/p>\n Just Stop Oil have disrupted a number of sporting events, with some individuals attempting to tie themselves to goalposts <\/span>during Premier League matches<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Yorkshire Police said they had arrested a 30-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman on suspicion of criminal damage over the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking on the BBC Red Button, seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry said: “I have never seen that before at a snooker event. It’s a first.<\/span><\/p>\n “It is scary. Wow! You just hope the cloth can be recovered from that. It caught us all by surprise and then this happens.<\/span><\/p>\n “For me, straight away as a snooker player I am thinking: ‘Is the table recoverable?’ We don’t know what that is on the table.”<\/span><\/p>\n |
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