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 Northern Ireland Open was played from 16 to 23 October 2022 at the Waterfront in Belfast. Mark Allen was the defending champion and he successfully defended, beating Zhou Yuelong by 9-4 in the final.
Neil Robertson was the most successful of the Grove players. He lost by 6-2 in the semi-final to Mark Allen, the eventual champion. Neil had beaten Mark Selby by 5-2 in the previous round (QF).
The other Grove players didn’t have much success. Judd Trump and Ding Junhui lost in round 1 proper, whilst Ali Carter …
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 …