The 2025 Masters was played in Alexandra Palace, London, from 12 to 19 January 2025. Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending Champion but he didn’t play in the tournament. The event was won by Shaun Murphy who beat Kyren Wilson in the Final.
Four of the Grove players were involved in the tournament: Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, Luca Brecel and Ding Juhui. All four won their opening match, but lost in the quarter-finals.
All the detailed results are available on snoker.org.
Luca Brecel hasn’t shown much of his best since winning the World Championship in May 2023, but reminded everyone how brilliant a player he is at the 2024 Riyadh Season Championship in Saudi Arabia, where he reached the final. The event was won by Mark Allen.
The event was played from December,18 to December, 20. Only the top ten ranked players were invited.This means that, from Grove, only Mark Selby, Ding Junhui and Luca Brecel took part.
All the detailed results are available on snooker.org.
Ding had to play a local qualifier …
The 2024 UK Championship was played from 23 Nov to 1 Dec 2024 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. The defending champion was Ronnie O’Sullivan. The event was won by Judd Trump who beat Barry Hawkins by 10-8 in the final.
All the detailed results are available on snooker.org
It wasn’t a great event for the Grove players.
Ding and Wu Yize reached the round of 16, beaten by Shaun Murphy and Mark Allen respectively. It’s worth noting though that Wu had to win three matches to get that far: He …
Mark Selby and Neil Robertson were the only two Grove players involved in the 2024 Champion of Champions. The tournament was held in Bolton, England from 11 to 17 November 2024. Mark Allen was the defending Champion.
The event was won by Mark Williams who beat Xiao Guodong by 10-7 in the final.
Mark Selby was beaten by Xiao Guodong in his Group final. the score was 6-5 to Xiao.
Neil Robertson reached the semi-finals, where he lost by 6-2 to the eventual champion, Mark Williams.
All the results are available on snooker.org.