Four Grove players were in action this week at the qualifying tournament for the Australian Goldfields Open, held in Sheffield.

Grove new boy Yu Delu started in round 1 and after a close 5-4 win against Michael White, he had two great victories in defeating Joe Swail 5-1 and Joe Jogia 5-2. However he came unstuck against Ryan Day in the final qualifying round losing 0-5, but must look back on a very satisfactory run to open his Main Tour account.

Liu Song entered in round 2 and, despite going 2-0 up, lost out 3-5 to Sam Craigie.

Jack Lisowski also entered at the round 2 phase and enjoyed a 5-2 win against in-form Robin Hull. Jack met Tom Ford in round 3 in a repeat of the PTC final in August 2010 but was unable to get his revenge, losing 3-5.

Matthew Selt started in round 3 and enjoyed a good 5-1 win against another in-form player, Adrian Gunnell, and then finished off with a great 5-0 victory against Ricky Walden to book his place on the plane to Australia.