Butlin's have been accused of racism over a wrestling night which featured an 'Islamic flag waving' wrestler.

Guests complained after they were encouraged to boo and hiss the fighter named 'Hakeem' in a wrestling night bout against a Union Flag bearing wrestler called 'Tony Spitfire'.

Holiday camp bosses have insisted the gaffe was 'not agreed' with them and they have complained to the company behind the spectacle.

Tony Spitfire (right) was involved in the controversial match at Butlins against fighter 'Hakeem' (left)

Pictures of a previous wrestling night show Hakeem waving what appears to be a Saudi Arabian flag

The race row came to light after Christian Ceriso, a father who had taken his children to the camp in Skegness, went online to complain.

He tweeted: 'So we brought the kids to Butlins this w/e. Rough round the edges, but loads for them to do. It was all going well.

'They asked to watch the wrestling last night. Harmless bit of fun, we thought. But no. I felt I was dropped into the middle of a Britain First rally.

'Out came 'Hakim'. The Islamic flag waving baddie. 'BOOOOO', we were told.

'Then came Union flag trunk wearing 'Tony Spitfire.' Yes Tony Spitfire, ladies and gents. 'En-Ger-land!' he thumped over and over.

'A horrific race hate-filled ten minutes of everything wrong on racial stereotypes. How did this get past the sense checkers?'

A video of the evening shows the crowd booing Hakeem after Tony Spitfire leads them in chanting 'England'

Mr Cerisola, from Newcastle, was watching the contest with his two daughters Amelia, eight, and Esme, six, and his wife, Frances, 39.

He said he was shocked when the crowd was encouraged to boo a man carrying a green flag bearing Arabic writing, which is believed to have been a Saudi Arabian flag.

'Certainly in my mind we were led to believe that Hakeem was the Muslim against the good English guy in Tony Spitfire,' Mr Cerisola said today.

'I think Butlin's and the wrestling company they employ to draw those lines along kind of race or national issues was a poor error of judgement.'

Others in the crowd insisted they enjoyed the show, with mother Kayleigh Jones saying she didn't think it was racist.

She told MailOnline: 'It was nice to to be able to cheer on England for once without having to think about offending anyone.

'There was "baddies and goodies" from many countries, we had to boo a big bad German man too. Just like in normal wrestling, there's the nasty ones that come out and are aggressive to the crowd and there's the good guys who are the heroes!

'I think people have took offence to this too easily.'

One father who was visiting the holiday park said it was like 'Britain First rally'. File photo of Tony Spitfire

Those in charge of the camp said they had brought in an entertainment firm to put on the night's wrestling but were very disappointed with the section involving 'Hakeem'.

Resort director Chris Baron said the section in the show was 'not agreed content'.

Mr Baron added: 'We had a wrestling company in on Saturday who did a show we are not happy about.

'That part of the show was not agreed. It was not funny or acceptable. It is a company we have used for years and years.

'For some reason they tweaked that part of the show which we did not know about. Our entertainment manager picked it up straight away.'

Mr Baron said Superslam Wrestling will continue at Butlin's in its agreed format.

Brian Dixon, managing director of All-Star Wrestling, said: 'Saturday's wrestling show at Butlin's Skegness was different to the agreed content, and Butlin's were not made aware of the change.

'We regret this clear error of judgment, as well as the obvious offence and upset caused. We wish to apologise to Butlin's and their guests, and stress that this will not happen again.'

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