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.

The Grove’s newest player, Jack Lisowski, is 19 today. Jack is playing in his first Professional Tournament tomorrow and we wish him and all other Grove players the best of luck.
The Global Snooker website have also written a feature about Jack and you can see it by clicking here.

The Grove is delighted to welcome Jack Lisowski to its team for the 2010/11 season.

The Grove sends out its congratulations to new World Champion Neil Robertson, who was a Grove player between 2007 and 2009.

Neil became the first Australian to win the title by beating 2006 winner Graeme Dott in the final, and rises to an all-time high of number 2 in the World Rankings.

Happy birthday to the Grove’s Sean O’Sullivan who turns 16 on Thursday 29 April!

Sean has had another great season which ended with Sean reaching the final 8 of Riley’s Search For A Star competition.

Friday
Judd Trump wasted no time in booking his place for the final stages at Beijing. He beat Tom Ford 5-1 and rattled in breaks of 114 and 100 on the way.
Judd will play Peter Ebdon in the last 32 – the tournament begins on 29 March.
Wednesday
Both Matt Selt and Mei Xiwen were defeated in their second round matches today. Matt lost 4-5 to Rod Lawler, going down 49-62 in the deciding frame – despite a break of 105 earlier in the match. Xiwen was up against an …

The Grove is delighted to announce the signing of Judd Trump.

Judd said, “I’m very happy to be part of a growing team at the Grove. I have been practicing at the new Academy here in Romford and look forward to improving my game with the other pros playing here”.
Principals Django Fung and Paul Golder said, “It’s great to have Judd on board. He’s a really nice guy with a great attitude and fantastic natural ability.
“We have been fans of his for some time and we look forward to …

Ronnie came down to us today to talk to Peter Staunton from Sky Sports News about his prospects for the forthcoming UK tournament and what it was like to practice with good up-and-coming Chinese players.
After the interview Ronnie had a few frames with 17 year old Grove player Chen Zhe, who is currently living here in Romford and taking part on the PIOS tour.