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 …

A great event for the Grove’s Billy O’Connor who made it through to the final after beaing Guy Lozt in the semi final, only to lose 2-1 to Lewis Frampton.
It was Billy’s best performance to date and we’re hoping for his good form to continue in the next event here at the Grove Snooker Club in two weeks’ time.
Billy defeated another Grove player, Ryan Marriner, 3-0 in the group stages before making it through to the semi-finals.

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

Liu Song was a whisker away from making the quarter-finals in what was possibly his last Main Tour tournament of the season. Judd Trump made the last 32.

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 …

Great news for two Grove players, Judd Trump and Liu Song, who have made it through to the final stages, to be played in Glasgow from 18-26 September 2010.
Liu Song fully justified his inclusion in the Pro draw – he was a late replacement for the currently-suspended John Higgins. Song had three great wins, against Allan Morgan 3-2, in-form Barry Pinches 3-1 and Michael Holt by the same score, which included a break of 104.
Judd started in round 3 and defeated Thailand’s Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 4-0, including breaks of 108, …

Liu Song continued his great run of form with a run to the quarter finals. Having defeated Sam Baird 4-3, Andy Hicks 4-2, Gerard Greene 4-1 and Jimmy Robertson 4-3, he then came up against in-form Barry Pinches who beat him 4-2. Barry had a great tournament, eventually beating Ronnie O’Sullivan 4-3 in the final to score his first professional win.
Judd Trump continued his good early season form with three wins in the PTC4, only losing one frame in the process. He started with a 4-1 victory …

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 …