The UK Championship 2017 is still underway in York at the time of writing but it’s long over for the Grove players unfortunately. Judd, Neil and Luca lost in the last 32, Jack and Oliver in the last 64 whilst Ali fell at first hurdle; he lost to Jimmy White … Another forgettable tournament. Luca has since withdrawn from the Scottish Open 2017 because he’s still suffering from the shoulder injury that bothered him in Shanghai. Neil’s early exit means that he will no more be in the top …

The tournament was held at the Waterfront, Belfast,fro November 20th 2017 to November 26th 2017. It was won by Mark Williams.
It was a tournament to forget for the Grove players as none of the went past the last 32.
All detailed results are on Cuetracker as usual

The International Championship 2017 was played in Daqing, China, from October 29th 2017 to November 5th 2017 and was won by Mark Selby.
It was a bit of a mixed bag for the Grove players. Ali and Judd reached the QF, Jack and Neil lost in the last 16 whilst Oliver was beaten in the last 32. Ali had a particularly hard draw as he beat Stephen Maguire and Shaun Murphy before losing to Martin Gould who reached the Final.
All detailed results are on Cuetracker.

The English Open 201 was played in Barnsley, from 16 to 22 October 2017, with all Grove players involved. Two of them, Jack and Neil reached the quarter finals. Neil lost by 5-3 to Anthony McGill whilst Jack was beaten 5-2 by Ronnie O’Sullivan, the eventual Champion. Jack had defeated Judd in the previous round in a deciding frame. Ali and Oliver were unfortunate to meet in the first round (last 128) and it’s Ali who prevailed. However Ali didn’t go past the next round where he lost to a …

All Grove players were in Wigan last week (11-13 October 2017) trying to qualify for the reborn Shanghai Masters 2017. Four of them won their last 128 match: Judd, Luca and Jack went through comfortably whilst Ali was pushed all the way by the young talent that is Sam Craigie. Oliver and Neil lost and won’t be in Shanghai. Oliver was beaten by Ian Preece in a deciding frame. Neil, who really could do with some results as he might miss the Masters come January, was extremely unlucky to suffer …

Congratulations to Judd Trump, your Europan Masters 2017 champion!
Judd conducted a succesful defence of his title, a rather rare achievement. Well done.
Here is the report on Worldsnooker:
Sunday 8 Oct 2017 09:24PM

Judd Trump has defended a ranking title for the first time in his career, winning the 888sport European Masters thanks to a thrilling 9-7 defeat of Stuart Bingham in Lommel.
Trump recorded a stunning 9-8 victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan to lift the title a year ago. 12 months later and the Ace in the Pack found himself in the final once …

Preston Guild Hall – 26-29 September 2017
All Grove players won their qualifying last 128 match and will be in Daqing for the main event in just over a month from now.
Detailed results are on Cuetracker.

The World Open 2017 was played in Yushan, China, from September 18 to September 24, 2017.
It was Luca again would fared the better of the Grove team as he reached the semi finals where he lost by 6-4 to Ding Junhui the eventual Champion. This means that Luca is now firmly installed in the top 16 as he reaches his highest ranking to date as n° 12. Neil reached the last 16; he lost in the deciding frame to Mark Allen after a hard fought, high quality match. Jack …

The Paul Hunter Classic 2017 was played in the Stadthalle, Fürth, Germany from 25 to 27 August 2017. It wasn’t a great event for team Grove. Judd and Neil had not entered. Oliver fell at first hurdle, and Jack and Luca lost in the last 64. All results are available on cuetracker.
There was also a ranking Ladies competition, running from 23 to 27 August 2017. Emma Parker was involved and here are her results. She won a match, but lost to Bex and Manon who are vastly experienced players. …

Here is the report on Worldsnooker:
Tuesday 22 Aug 2017 02:59PM

Luca Brecel won his first ranking title by beating Shaun Murphy 10-5 in the final of the Evergrande China Championship in Guangzhou.
Belgium’s 22-year-old Brecel came from 3-1 down to win nine of the last 11 frames against former World Champion Murphy, to land the silverware and top prize of £150,000.
Brecel becomes the first player from continental Europe to win a ranking title and makes his major breakthrough, having been touted for success since his early teens. This triumph – at a …