Luca Brecel hasn’t shown much of his best since winning the World Championship in May 2023, but reminded everyone how brilliant a player he is at the 2024 Riyadh Season Championship in Saudi Arabia, where he reached the final. The event was won by Mark Allen.
The event was played from December,18 to December, 20. Only the top ten ranked players were invited.This means that, from Grove, only Mark Selby, Ding Junhui and Luca Brecel took part.
All the detailed results are available on snooker.org.
Ding had to play a local qualifier …

The 2024 UK Championship was played from 23 Nov to 1 Dec 2024 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. The defending champion was Ronnie O’Sullivan. The event was won by Judd Trump who beat Barry Hawkins by 10-8 in the final.
All the detailed results are available on snooker.org
It wasn’t a great event for the Grove players.
Ding and Wu Yize reached the round of 16, beaten by Shaun Murphy and Mark Allen respectively. It’s worth noting though that Wu had to win three matches to get that far: He …

Ding Junhui has won the 2024 International Championship, beating Chris Wakelin by 10-7 in the Final. The event was played in Nanjing, China, from 3 to 10 November 2024. Zhang Anda was the defending Champion.
Here is the report by WST:

DING CLAIMS NANJING GLORY
Ding Junhui secured the 15th ranking title of his illustrious career with a 10-7 defeat of Chris Wakelin in the final of the International Championship in Nanjing.
Chinese sporting icon Ding has now triumphed in seven ranking events in his native country, but this week’s victory is a first …

The 2024 Wuhan Open was played from October 6 to October 12, 2024 at the China Optics Valley Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wuhan, China.
Judd Trump was the defending champion. The event was won by Xiao Guodong, who beat Si Jiahui in the final.
All the Grove players were involved but none of them faired particularly well.
Mark Selby and Luca Brecel failed to qualify for the main venue stage. Neil Robertson was beaten by Jackson Page (5-1) in the firstb round proper.
Wu Yize and Ding Junhui both exited the tournament in …

The inaugural Saudi Arabia Masters was played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 30th of August to 7th of September, in the Green Hall, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The price money of offer was the highest ever in snooker, bar the World Championship. The event was played from start to finish at the main venue which is how it should always be. The event was won by Judd Trump who narrowly beat Mark Williams by 10-9 in the final. The decider went to the last black!
All Grove players had entered the …

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 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 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 …

The 2024 World Open (officially the 2024 Huading Nylon World Open) took place from 18 to 24 March 2024 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China. Judd Trump was the defending champion, having won the event in the last, pre-covid, edition in 2019. He successfully defended his title. He beat Ding by 10-4 in the final.

There were two rounds of qualifiers for this event and all Grove players negotiated them successfully. Luca though lost in last 32 to Stephen Maguire (5-1). Mark Selby went one better losing to Jackson …

The 2024 Riyadh Season World Masters was the first-ever professional tournament played in Saudi Arabia. It was an invitational event for the top ten players in the World plus two local wild cards and took place at the Global Theater, Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 4 to 6 March 2024. Grove was represented by Mark Selby, Ding Junhui, and Luca Brecel.
Ding lost narrowly to Ali Carter in the first round proper (4-3). Mark was seeded in the quarter-finals, where he lost to Mark Allen in the deciding frame …