Snooker table vandalized by climate activist during world championship now reclothed, back in play in England

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A snooker table vandalized by a climate activist during a match at the world championship was reclothed overnight and back in play at the Crucible Theatre on Tuesday.

The green baize on Table 1 at the venue in Sheffield, England, turned orange at the start of the evening session on Monday when a protestor interrupted a match by jumping on the table and releasing a packet of powder.

The match between English players Robert Milkins and Joe Perry was abandoned — it will restart on Tuesday — and the previously pristine cloth needed to be replaced.

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There was no visible sign of any orange powder when Jack Lisowski and Noppon Saengkham began their first-round match on the same table in Tuesday's morning session.

A man wearing a T-shirt bearing the words "Just Stop Oil" carried out the stunt in an attempt to draw attention to fossil fuel projects in Britain.

The activist group Just Stop Oil posted a video of the incident — adding the caption "NEW OIL AND GAS WILL SNOOKER US" — and called for "UK sporting institutions to step into civil resistance against the government’s genocidal policies."

A 'Just Stop Oil' protester jumps on the table and throws orange powder during a World Snooker Championship match in Britain on April 17, 2023.  (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

At the same time as the man was throwing orange powder, a woman leapt into the playing arena and attempted to tie herself to the middle pocket of the other table in play.

The referee held her back and she was taken away by security. That match, between Mark Allen and Fan Zhengyi,