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[11 Apr 2023 | No Comment | ]
Mark Selby wins the 2023 WST Classic

All Grove players were involved in the 2023 WST Classic. The tournament took place at the Morningside Arena in Leicester from 16 to 22 March 2023. It was a late replacement for the canceled 2023 Turkish Masters and was played without spectators, except on the final’s day. Mark Selby, the local man won the title.
All detailed results are available on snooker.org
This was Mark Selby’s second ranking title of the season and the 22nd of his career. He beat Pang Junxu 6-2 in the final. He made three centuries during …

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[6 Feb 2023 | No Comment | ]

For once all Grove players participated in an event… the 2023 Shoot Out. the one frame shoot out event was played in Leicester from 25 to 28 January 2023. The event was won by Chris Wakelin.
From the Grove team, it was Michael Holt who got the best result: a quarter-final. Michael, of course, is a former winner of this event.
All results are available on snooker.org

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[26 Aug 2022 | No Comment | ]
2022 European Masters

The 2022 European Masters was played in the Stadthalle Fürth, in Germany, from 16 to 21 August 2022. It was the first “knockout” ranking event of the 2022/23 season. Fan Zhengyi was the defending champion. The event was won by Kyren Wilson who beat Barry Hawkins by 9-3 in the final.
Four Grove players were involved. Neil Robertson and Ding Junhui didn’t enter.
Michael Holt and Mark Selby were beaten in the first round (qualifying round).
Judd Trump could have regained the World number one spot had he reached the final. It …

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[6 Aug 2022 | No Comment | ]
2022 Championship League Snooker – Ranking Event

The 2022 Ranking Championship League was the first event of the 2022/23 season. I started on 28 June and finished on 29 July 2022. It was played at the Morningside Arena in Leicester. There were no spectators. The tournament was won by Luca Brecel, who beat Lu Ning by 3-1 in the Final. Remarkably, there were 5 Chinese players in the last 8.
You will find all detailed results on snooker.org
The following Grove players were involved: Ali Carter, Judd Trump, Mark Selby, and Michael Holt, playing as an amateur this season. …

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[4 Apr 2022 | No Comment | ]

Other than Mark Selby, all Grove players were involved in the 2022 Gibraltar Open, played from 24 to 26 of March 2022 in … Gibraltar. Judd Trump was the defending champion but was beaten at the last 16 stages. Ding was the most successful Grove player, reaching the QFs.
All the detailed results are on snooker.org

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[14 Mar 2022 | One Comment | ]
Judd Trump wins the inaugural Turkish Masters

Judd Trump won his first ranking tournament of the season when he beat Matthew Selt by 10-4 to win the 2022 Turkish Masters. This brought Judd’s tally of ranking titles to 23. The event was played in Antalya from March, 7 to March 13, 2022. It was the first time that a ranking professional snooker tournament was played in Turkey.

The event was well supported by the enthusiast Turkish fans, and Judd rewarded them with a wonderful 147, his sixth, in the 10th frame of the final.

Judd, who had struggled …

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[14 Mar 2022 | No Comment | ]
The 2022 Welsh Open

The 2022 Welsh Open was played from 28 February to 6 March 2022, in Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales. Jordan Brown was the defending champion.
The event was won by Joe Perry, who beat Judd Trump by 9-5 in the final.
This was obviously disappointing for Judd but also encouraging as this was the first time this season that he progressed past the QFs in a ranking event. He was gracious in defeat as he declared: “Joe put me under pressure from the start. He potted some cracking long balls, scored the …

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[1 Mar 2022 | No Comment | ]

The 2022 European Masters was initially scheduled to be played in Fürth, Germany, but was eventually held in Milton Keynes, England because of covid-related travel restrictions. It ran from 21 to 27 February 2022. The event was won by Fan Zhengyi who beat Ronnie O’Sullivan by 10-9 in the final.
All detailed results are available here.
Michael Holt hadn’t qualified for the television stages.
Ding didn’t enter the event.
Mark Selby, who continues to battle depression, lost by 5-3 to Jordan Brown in the last 64 round.
Judd Trump went out in the last 32, …

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[13 Dec 2021 | No Comment | ]
The 2021 Scottish Open

The 2021 Scottish Open was played … in Llandudno, North Wales, from December 6 to December 12, 2021. The tournament was won By Luv=ca Brecel, who defeated John Higgins by 9-5 in the final.
It wasn’t a great event for the Grove players.
Neil Robertson was suffering from tinnitus and withdrew from the tournament.
Ali Carter and Ding Junhui fell at the first hurdle, losing by 4-3 to Kan Doherty and Zhang Anda respectively.
Michael Holt had qualified for the main event back in September by was forced to withdraw after returning …

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[12 Dec 2021 | One Comment | ]
The 2021 UK Championship

The 2021 Uk Championship was played at the York Barbican from 23 November to 5 December 2021. Luca Brecel reached the final but was beaten by Zhao Xintong by 10-5. For the first time, neither of the finalists was ranked inside the top 16 at the start of the tournament and neither was from the UK or Ireland. It was also the first time since 2011 that the final was played between two played aged under 30.

This win put Luca on the verge of the top 16… narrowly missing on …