Friday
A great win today for Liu Song in the final qualifying round, beating world no 24 Michael Holt 5-1. It’s the first time in over two years that Song has reached the final stages of a ranking tournament and he is looking forward to meeting up again with sometime Grove player Neil Robertson on Monday afternoon in Newport.
A good win for the Grove’s newest player too – Judd Trump overcame in-form Rory McLeod 5-4. Judd was 2-4 down at one stage but hit a break of 127 to …

32 competitors took part in the Grove’s inaugural 6 Red Championship on Friday 15 January 2010.
Two of the Grove’s young players, Ryan Marriner and Sean O’Sullivan, took part. It was a dream start for Sean as he went on to beat Michael Caracino, L Godfrey, Damian Wilks, Jamie Simmo and Mitchell Travis to take the £300 first prize.
Ryan made it through to the last 16 but was beaten narrowly by Syd Wilson.
A number of breaks over 50 were made including four for Sean – 53, 63, 73 and a …

The EASB staged their Premier Junior Tour event 5 at the Grove on the weekend of 16/17 January. Results are to come soon.
For more details see the EASB website.

The Grove hosted its first OneForSeven satellite event today.
The group stage included eight players – Mark Joyce, Tom Ford, Mark King, Ali Carter, Lee Richardson, Matt Selt, Katie Henrick and Sean O’Sullivan.

Mark Joyce won the group with a score of 572 over the seven games, including scores of 121, 103 and 119.
Tom Ford, Mark King, Ali Carter and Lee Richardson joined Mark in the final group. They were joined by Alex Davies, Stuart Bingham and Liam Highfield who all received byes.
The final group was won by Mark King with a …