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Two Just Stop Oil protesters interrupted play at Wimbledon by throwing orange-coloured confetti and jigsaw pieces on to Court 18.<\/span><\/p>\n The protest interrupted the match between Grigor Dimitrov and Sho Shimabukuro. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Just Stop Oil is an environmental protest group calling for the government to halt all new oil, gas and coal projects<\/span><\/p>\n It has targeted various sporting events, including an Ashes Test.<\/span><\/p>\n Its followers also disrupted the rugby union Premiership final and the World Snooker Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n “The supporters threw environmentally friendly orange confetti glitter and jigsaw pieces onto the courts, before being removed,” Just Stop Oil said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n “Play was briefly delayed whilst marshals picked up the pieces.”<\/span><\/p>\n A man and woman ran on to the court, throwing the confetti and jigsaw pieces from a Wimbledon ‘Centre Court View’ jigsaw puzzle box on to the grass. <\/span><\/p>\n Wimbledon organisers previously urged spectators to “be considerate” when they were asked about the possibility of climate change protests and had also increased security checks this week.<\/span><\/p>\n “Every year we work with the Metropolitan Police and other agencies in planning for the Championships,” chief executive Sally Bolton said in April.<\/span><\/p>\n “Our arrangements for security are planned around those and that is an ever-changing environment.<\/span><\/p>\n “Our grounds conditions that apply to everyone are very much about the safety and security of everyone attending, but more importantly the enjoyment of everyone attending.”<\/span><\/p>\n An environmental activist previously tied themselves to the net post during the French Open semi-final between Casper Ruud and Marin Cilic in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n Katie Smith on BBC Radio 5 live<\/em><\/p>\n From my left-hand side two members of the public jumped on to the court, they both revealed Just Stop Oil T-shirts and they threw a box which revealed a lot of orange-golden confetti and some other blue material.<\/span><\/p>\n This box looked to be a jigsaw puzzle box ironically of Centre Court here at Wimbledon and that blue material that I have been describing has been revealed to be puzzle pieces and so this material scattered all across the court.<\/span><\/p>\n They then bought out ball boys and ball girls to remove it by hand, there were leaf blowers as well – and then the rain came down.<\/span><\/p>\n They have decided the rain was of more importance and they’ve covered the court in that translucent tarpaulin and you can see a lot of the gold confetti stuck to the bottom of that. There’s still a lot of puzzle pieces on court so when the rain stops that is also going need to be removed.<\/span><\/p>\n The police have just escorted the protesters around the outside the court, with a lot of reporters running to get pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n‘Scattered all across the court’ – BBC eyewitness describes what she saw<\/h3>\n