For once all Grove players participated in an event… the 2023 Shoot Out. the one frame shoot out event was played in Leicester from 25 to 28 January 2023. The event was won by Chris Wakelin.
From the Grove team, it was Michael Holt who got the best result: a quarter-final. Michael, of course, is a former winner of this event.
All results are available on snooker.org

Judd Trump made it to the Final of the 2023 World Grand Prix for the second year in a row. He was beaten in a deciding frame by Mark Allen.
The tournament was played in Cheltenham for the first time and ran from 16 to 22 January 2023. Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending champion.
All detailed results are available on snooker.org

Judd was outplayed during the first session, trailing by 6-2 at the end of the afternoon, and he lost the first frame in the evening as well. But from 7-2 down he …

Congratulations to Judd Trump, the 2023 Masters Champion!

Judd won the prestigious Masters for the second time at Alexandra Palace, beating Mark Williams by 10-8 in a high-quality final.
The tournament was played from the 8th of January to the 15th of January 2023, in Alexandra Palace, in London. All detailed results can be found on snooker.org.
Judd had struggled for most of the tournament and was one ball away from going out in the first round, but showed tremendous battling qualities throughout. He was proud of his tenacity and thrilled to …

The 2022 Scottish Open was played in Edinburgh from 28 November to 4 December 2022. Luca Brecel was the defending Champion. The event was won by Gary Wilson who beat Joe O’Connor by 9-2 in the final. It was Gary’s first ranking title and Joe’s first appearance in a ranking final.
All Grove players reached at least the last 32 round. Ding and Ali Carter lost at that stage.
Mark Selby, Judd Trump, and Neil Robertson reached the quarter-finals: Judd lost to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the deciding frame on a respotted black! …

The 2022 UK Championship was played in two phases. Tiered qualifiers were held in Ponds Forge in Sheffield from the 5th to the 10th of November 2022, followed by the 32 players’ main tournament, played at the Barbican in York, from the 12th to the 20th of November 2022.
Zhao Xintong was the defending Champion. The event was won by Mark Allen, who beat Ding Junhui by 10-7 in the Final.

All professional Grove players were involved. Ali and Ding needed to qualify. Ding was successful.
The detailed qualifiers’ results are available …

The 2022 Champion of Champions was played in Bolton, from 31 October to 6 November 2022. Judd Trump was the defending champion. He reached the final again but was beaten 10-6 by Ronnie O’Sullivan
This tournament is open to players who were event winners in the previous year. From Grove, Judd Trump, Neil Robertson, and Mark Selby were invited. Mark hadn’t won an event but got an invitation on the basis of his ranking
Neil narrowly lost in the first round to Fan Zhengyi, the European Masters Champion.
Judd and Mark progressed …

The 2022 Hong Kong Masters was played from 6 to 9 October 2022 in the Coliseum in Hong Kong. Neil Robertson was the defending champion. He defeated Ronnie O’Sullivan in the first Hong Kong Masters in 2017. This time Ronnie lifted the trophy, beating Marco Fu in the Final (6-4)
The event was a fantastic success. The final was played in front of an audience of about 9000 persons, an absolute record for any snooker event.
It wasn’t a great success for the Grove but the players enjoyed the experience all …

The tournament was played from September 26 to October 2, 2022, in Milton Keynes, England. Mark Williams was the defending champion but he lost in the first round proper (L64). The event was won by Ryan Day who beat Mark Allen by 10-7 in the final.
Neil Robertson did not enter the event.
Ali Carter lost in the qualifying round (4-1 to Hammad Miah)
Ding Junhui reached round 2 (last 32) where he lost by 4-2 to Robbie Williams. Robbie went on to reach the semi-finals.
Judd Trump lost by 4-3 to …

Only Neil Robertson and Judd Trump were playing in the prestigious 8 men’s event in Llandudno last week (28 March – 3 April 2022). Neil was the defending Champion and duly emerged the winner again. He beat Mark Allen (10-6), Ronnie O’Sullivan (10-9), and John Higgins (10-9) to defend the title in magnificent fashion. He battled from 9-4 down to win the final.

This was Neil’s twenty-third ranking title.
Neil was obviously thrilled. This is what he had to say after the final (quotes source: WST)
“I always believe that I …

Other than Mark Selby, all Grove players were involved in the 2022 Gibraltar Open, played from 24 to 26 of March 2022 in … Gibraltar. Judd Trump was the defending champion but was beaten at the last 16 stages. Ding was the most successful Grove player, reaching the QFs.
All the detailed results are on snooker.org