The UK PTC event 2 started on Wednesday, 8th of August 2012, in the SWSA in Gloucester. The pros started their campaign on Friday, 10th of August. All Grove boys, except for Ronnie, were in action. Judd and Wenbo reached the last 16. Read about it here

The Shanghai Masters 2012 qualifiers ran from Tuesday, 24th of July 2012, till Friday 27th of July 2012, in the Academy in Sheffield. Chen Zhe, Jack Lisowski, Li Yan, Liang Wenbo, Yu Delu and Zhang Anda all tried to make it to the venue in September, and all lost their first match. Read more here

The first UK Players Tour Championship Event of the season ran from July 18 till July 22 in South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester. Chen Zhe, Jack Lisowski, Judd Trump, Liang Wenbo, Li Yan, Stuart Bingham and Yu Delu were all competing. Jack beat Judd 4-3 in the quarters and Mark Williams by the same score in the semis. The final against Stephen Maguire went to the last black in the decider, but Jack couldn’t win it … but he will win one, soon, playing like that.

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Congratulation to Stuart Bingham winner of the Asian PTC event 1 in Zhangjiagang, China. Chen Zhe, Zhang Anda and Yu Delu were also involved. Zhang reached the quarter finals, while Sleepy made it to the semis, an excellent result considering he only turned pro a month ago. Read here for more detailed results.

The Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers ran from 12th to 15th of June, 2012 with Chen Zhe, Jack Lisowski, Liang Wenbo, Yu Delu and Zhang Anda all trying to join Stuart Bingham, the defending Champion in Bendigo. Jack and Liang made it and are bound to Australia. Read here how it happened.

Chen Zhe, Zhang Anda, Yu Delu, Liang Wenbo and Jack Lisowski were all involved in the Wuxi Classic qualifiers, but none of them could make it to the venue. You can read here about their matches and how they fared.

Chen Zhe earned his two years pro-card today by beating Jordan Brown 4-1 in the Q-School 2012 Event 1. He is now guaranteed to compete on the Main Tour in 2012/13 and 2013/14.
Well done Sleepy and all the best in your professional life!
Chen Zhe’s route:
Round 1: beat Jo Delaney 4-1
Round 2: beat Kyren Wilson 4-1
Round 3: beat Sydney Wilson 4-3
Round 4: beat Christopher Norbury 4-2
Round 5: beat Jordan Brown 4-1

Judd Trump reached the last eight of PTC11 in the final tournament of 2011.

News from the latest PTC event from Sheffield.

It’s an all-Grove Acuerate Antwerp Open final at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp as Judd Trump beats Ronnie O’Sullivan 4-3.