My frustrations were 100% at the conditions which frankly haven’t been anywhere near good enough this season.’ ‘A spokesperson for World Snooker Tour told the BBC: ‘Our

Embarrassing’ British Open snooker table should be ‘burned’, says Mark Allen - The Northern Irishman fumed at the conditions in Cheltenham after beating Gary Wilson in the first round

Mark Allen was far from impressed with conditions at the British Open in Cheltenham - despite the world No.3 beating Gary Wilson in his opening match.

Northern Irish snooker player Mark Allen criticized the playing conditions after his tight 4-3 victory over Gary Wilson in the first round of the British Open. Allen called the conditions embarrassing,

The World Snooker Tour (WST) have come out in defence of the British Open tables after world No. 3 Mark Allen claimed that they should be “burned”. Allen defeated Gary Wilson 4-3 on table two at the Centaur in Cheltenham, but was far from happy with the playing conditions offered at one of the UK’s premier snooker events.

A number of players have hit out at conditions in recent weeks but thankfully Antrim man Allen did enough to survive his British Open first round match against Gary Wilson