The Acuerate Antwerp Open 2012 started on October 17, 2012 with the amateur qualifying rounds. The pros came in action from Friday, October 19, 2012, on. Judd Trump, the defending champion, aimed at retaining his title, but the man he beat in what was branded the “best ‘best of 7′ ever”, Ronnie O’ Sullivan, will not compete in Belgium this time. Unfortunately he couldn’t as our Jack beat him in the last 64. As we reached the final day Jack was the last Grove man standing but he …

Before things start in earnest the players got a warm welcome … red carpet and banquet for them! Here are a few pictures

Judd and Stuart are competing in the Shanghai Masters that starts on Monday, September 17, 2012. Both won their first match on Wednesday, September 19, and both booked their place to the quarters on Thursday. Stuart lost at that stage but Judd made it to the Final. Unfortunately he lost to John Higgins in the decider. Read it all here

The UK PTC Event 3, is played in Gloucester, and the pros started their campaign on September 7, 2012. All Grove players entered, including Ronnie O’Sullivan who made his return to competition on Saturday, but it was short lived as he lost his last 128 match. On Friday, Judd and Sleepy won their three matches and booked their spot to the Final day, they were joined by Stuart on Saturday. None of them got past the last 16 though Read about the team matches here

The well established Paul Hunter Classic ran fro August 23 to August 27 2012, in Fürth, Germany. All Grove players, except for Ronnie, were there. The pros started their campaign on Friday, August 25 and Jack featured in the very first match at 9:30 local time. Unfortunately none of them went past the last 32. Read here how the team fared

Judd turns 23 today. Happy birthday Judd! Have a great year on and off the table.

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The qualifiers stages for the Gdynia Open, the Polish EPTC 2012 event, were held in the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, from August 16, 2012 to August 18, 2012. The pros started their qualifying campaign on Friday, August 17th.
All Grove players except for Ronnie were in action. Stuart and Wenbo booked their trip to Poland.

Judd made it to the final, once again, but lost 7-2 to Stuart Bingham. Judd was very gracious in defeat, declaring that Stuart had been the best player throughout the tournament, and in the final, and was a deserved winner.

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 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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