The 2024 Xi’an Grand Prix was played in Xi’an, China, from 19 to 25 August 2024. This was the first instalment of this event, therefore there was no defending champion. The event was won by Kyren Wilson, the reigning World Champion who defeated Judd Trump, the current World Number One, by 1-8 in an excellent final.
All Grove players were involved albeit not all of them made it to the venue. Round 1 matches had been played in Leicester during the last week of July and two of the Grove …
The 2023 World Snooker Championship was a particularly happy one for the Grove players. Luca Brecel won it, beating Mark Selby in the final. Mark was trying to win a fifth World Title but ran across an inspired Luca Brecel. Luca – who is back at the Grove – won the final by 18-15 to become the first World Snooker Champion from mainland Europe. For Mark though, getting this far after battling severe mental health issues in recent years was a great achievement and something extremely positive. Mark was full …
Neil Robertson beat Judd Trump by 10-9 in the Final of the 2020 UK Championship, winning the Triple Crown event for the third time. He had previously won this prestigious event in 2013 and 2015. Only three players have more UK crowns: Ronnie O’Sullivan (7, Steve Davis (6)), and Stephen Hendry (7). This is Neil’s 19th ranking title, bringing him on par with Judd Trump, and one better than Mark Selby.
The tournament was held in Milton Keynes, under social distancing rules. It started on November 23th and finished on …
Congratulations to Judd, the 2019 World Snooker Champion!
He beat John Higgins by 18-9 in a record-breaking final. Judd made seven centuries in that final, more than in any other Crucible final. The match had 11 centuries in total, more than any other match. And this World Championship saw 100 centuries made, the 100th bu the new champion. Also, by winning the World Championship, Judd became only the 11th player in history to hold the “Triple Crown” – UK Championship (2011),, Masters (2019), World Championship (2019)
Neil Robertson and Ali Carter reached …
Having reached the Final at the Masters for the first time, Judd Trump went on to win the title in emphatic manner. He completely outplayed Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final, beating him by 10-4. Judd made most of the damage in the first session, which he won by 7-1.
Ronnie came fighting back in the evening, but could only share the session. All week Judd played solid snooker. His safety game was excellent, his potting devastating, and, above all his discipline was impeccable. After the match, Judd thanked his family …
The 2024 Shanghai Masters was played, in Shanghai, China, from July 15, 2024 to July 21, 2024. Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending Champion. The event was won by Judd Trump who defeated Shaun Murphy in the final (11-5).
All detailed results are available on snooker.org.
This being an invitational event, the field was limited at 24 players, but three Grove players had been invited: Mark Selby, Luca Brecel and Ding Junhui.
Luca lost to Si Jiahui in the last 16 (6-2). Ding reached the quarter-finals where he lost to the defending Champion, Ronnie …
The 2024 Championship League Snooker – Ranking event was the first event of the 2024/25 season. It was played at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, England over the course of three weeks (10th of June to 3rd of July 2024). All the detailed results are on snooker.org.
Shaun Murphy was the defending Champion. Ali Carter won the event, beating Jackson page in the final by 3-1.
Wu Yize and Neil Robertson were the only Grove players involved.
In stage one, Both won their group.
Wu Yize won group 28, to qualify …
The 2024 World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield (England) from the 20th of April to the 6th of May 2024. Luca Brecel was the defending Champion. The event was won by Kyren Wilson who beat Jak Jones – a qualifier – by 18-14 in the final.
It was a pretty miserable event for the Grove players.
Neil Robertson needed to qualify but didn’t manage it. He was narrowly beaten by Jamie Jones in the last round of qualifiers (10-9).
Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, and Ding all …
Three out of the four Grove players were involved in the 2024 World Mixed Doubles event: Luca Brecel teamed with Reanne Evans, Mark Selby with Rebecca Kenna, and Neil Robertson with Mink Nutcharut.
The event was played in Manchester on 30 and 31 March 2024. Neil and Mink were the defending champions but finished last of the group phase.
Reanne Evans and Luca Brecel won the title, beating Rebecca Kenna and Mark Selby in the final.
All the results are on snooker.org.