Judd Trump reached the quarter final of the latest event to consolidate his position near the top of the PTC Order of Merit.

Four Grove players made it through to the last 32 of the final PTC event for the season, held in Sheffield.

Not such a good weekend for the Grove’s seven players taking part.
Amateur Chen Zhe got through the qualifying round once again by beating Stephen Grove 4-0 but then lost to world no 27 Andrew Higginson 4-2.
Liu Chuang did win his first round match against Jeff Cundy 4-3 but then lost 4-1 to Allan Taylor. Liu Song also reached the same stage, losing to eventual finalist Jamie Jones 4-0 after defeating David Morris 4-2.
Two Grove players met in the first round – Jack Lisowski overcoming Zhang Anda 4-1. Jack …

Three Grove players made it through to the last 32 at the latest players’ tour event in Bruges.

Judd Trump was the Grove’s last representative in the last 32 at Shanghai, but sadly will be on the next plane home after losing 3-5 to Stephen Maguire. Judd was on good potting form, making breaks of 135 in the second frame as well as 88 and 102 later in the match, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Stephen.
Judd and Liu Song will next take part in the World Open finals from 18 September in Glasgow, while all of the Grove’s players are now looking forward to their next …

JUDD TRUMP took his first ranking title with a 4-3 victory over Anthony Hamilton in the Paul Hunter Classic, late on Sunday night.

Everyone at the Grove would like to wish Judd a happy birthday for 21 August, 21 today!

PTC3: Sheffield, 6-8 August 2010

After a quiet start to his first professional season, it was a fantastic weekend for the Grove’s Jack Lisowski who returned to his winning ways. Jack won six consecutive matches, starting out in the first round with a 4-2 win against Jimmy Michie which showed a glimpse of the form to come with breaks of 87, 70 and 75 for Jack.
He followed this up with a 4-0 win against Ben Woolaston and a 4-3 win over Stuart Carrington, hitting three more 50+ breaks in each …

Six Grove players were in action for qualifying for the first major ranking tournament of the year, the Shanghai Masters.
Liu Song found himself in the draw at the expense of John Higgins, and took advantage by winning his first match against Ben Woollaston 5-3, including breaks of 91 and 84. Song was unable to keep this up however and went out in the next round 3-5 to James Wattana.
Liu Chuang was always going to find his first match tough against Michael White after Michael made breaks of 100 and …

The second of World Snooker’s Players Tour Championship events has started in Sheffield, with professional Main Tour players and amateurs alike battling for a prize fund of £50,000.

Seven Grove players took part with Liu Chuang and Judd Trump both making the last 32.