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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Unfortunately, it was disappointment for Stuart Bingham as he failed to defend his title in Bendigo, Australia. Jack Lisowski and Liang Wenbo were also competing in the Goldfields Australian Open that ran from 9th of July till 15th of July 2012. All three lost in the last 32. Liang Wenbo lost a close match against Matthew Stevens. Jack lost to the on form Mark Davis, the recently crowned six-reds World Champion. Stuart lost to Matthew Selt in a tense and dour match that went to a the decider and …

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.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has beaten Ali Carter 18-11 to secure his fourth World Championship title at the Crucible.

Three Grove qualifiers make it through to the last 48.

Despite suffering from glandular fever, Ronnie O’Sullivan continued his good run of form by reaching the semi-finals of the Welsh Open.

Five Grove players took part in the second Shoot Out in Blackpool, which was won by Barry Hawkins.