Ronnie O’Sullivan Statement

I’m very sorry that I had to officially withdraw from the International Championship, due to ongoing health problems. I would have loved to be fit to compete in Chengdu but I have been advised by my doctor not to travel.I want to sincerely apologise to Worldsnooker, the sponsors and the fans for the disappointment caused. I look forward to see you all soon

The Acuerate Antwerp Open 2012 started on October 17, 2012 with the amateur qualifying rounds. The pros came in action from Friday, October 19, 2012, on. Judd Trump, the defending champion, aimed at retaining his title, but the man he beat in what was branded the “best ‘best of 7′ ever”, Ronnie O’ Sullivan, will not compete in Belgium this time. Unfortunately he couldn’t as our Jack beat him in the last 64. As we reached the final day Jack was the last Grove man standing but he …

Liang Wenbo and Stuart Bingham have qualified for the final phase of the Gdynia Open (5-7 October 2012). Wenbo played Andy Hicks at 11am (local time) on the 5th in the very first match of the tournament and beat him 4-0. He the faced Jimmy White in the last 16 and lost 3-4 having lead 3-1 and 47-0. At the same stage, Stuart lost by the same score Tian Pengfei in a rather strange match. More detailed result here

All Chinese Grove players, and Stuart were competing in Yixing, near Wuxi from Sunday, 23th of September on. Unfortunately none of them went further than round 3. Read the results here and have a look at the mini pictures gallery !

Before things start in earnest the players got a warm welcome … red carpet and banquet for them! Here are a few pictures

The International Championship will be played in China end October and will have a format similar to the UK Championship as well as huge prize money. The qualifiers were played in Sheffield from August 19th to August 23, 2012 and all matches will be best of 11.
Chen Zhe, Jack Lisowski, Li Yan, Liang Wenbo, Yu Delu and Zhang Anda were be in action but none of them managed to qualify for the main event.

The qualifiers stages for the Gdynia Open, the Polish EPTC 2012 event, were held in the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, from August 16, 2012 to August 18, 2012. The pros started their qualifying campaign on Friday, August 17th.
All Grove players except for Ronnie were in action. Stuart and Wenbo booked their trip to Poland.

Judd made it to the final, once again, but lost 7-2 to Stuart Bingham. Judd was very gracious in defeat, declaring that Stuart had been the best player throughout the tournament, and in the final, and was a deserved winner.

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