Yushan, China – 25-31 July, 2016. It proved to be a bit of a strange tournament with a lot of top players going out as early as the last 64 or 32, one of them being Judd who was outplayed by former Grove player Zhang Anda. Neil was the only Grove player who had a deep run in the tournament: he reached the semi finals where he lost by 5-2 to an exceptionally brilliant Joe Perry.
The tournament was won by Ali Carter, his first ranking win since he beat cancer …

Neil, Judd, James Cahill and Li Hang were competing in the Riga Masters, from 22 to 24 June 2016. Chen Zhe had qualified as well but visa issues forced him to withdraw. Neil won the event, beating Michael Holt by 5-2 in the final. The event, that was part of the European Tour in previous seasons, is now a full ranking event … and Neil 12th ranking title.

Judd won the second event of the series by 6-4, he now leads Ronnie O’Sullivan by 2-0. This event took place at the Waterfront in Belfast, house of the former North Ireland Trophy. There were more than 2000 people in the audience. The match was close, it went to 4-4 before Judd pulled away for victory.

Judd won the first event of the Eleven30 series by beating Ronnie (O’Sullivan) by 6-5. The event was held at the Lakeside country club, in Surrey.
The series consists of 6 events, all played over best of 11, under a 30 seconds shot clock. At the end of the series the winner takes it all. If both players win 3 matches, whoever has the most centuries will be declared the winner.

The Preston Guid Hall hosted a full week of qualifiers from May 28 to June 4, 2016: the first rounds (last 128) of the Indian Open, the World Open (to be played in China) and the Riga Masters saw most players kick-off their season.
Only Oliver Lines qualified for the Indian Open main event. Neil and Judd didn’t enter.
Cao Yupeng, Neil, Yu Delu, Judd, Oliver Lines and James Cahill qualified for the World Open main event.
James Cahill, Neil, Judd, Li Hang and Chen Zhe qualified for the Riga Masters main …

Judd and Neil were in Romania with Mark Selby for a snooker gala, the “Best of Snooker”
Ramona Dragomir, respected Romanian blogger and HUGE snooker fan was there, so here is her report.
Thank you Ramona for allowing us to share your post!

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 16 April – 2 May, 2016
It was a tournament to forget for the Grove team. After the last 32 round, Judd wass the only Grove player still in the tournament. He had to come back from 6-3 and 7-4 down to beat Liang Wenbo by 10-8, but that’s as far as he went, going out to Ding Junhui by 13-10 in the last 16. Neil, seen by many as a title favourite, lost 10-6 to Michael Holt, and Anda went out by 10-5 to Barry Hawkins.

Beijing, China – 28 March – 3 April 2016.
Judd won the China Open for the second time this week-end, beating Ricky Walden by 10-4 in the Final. Congratulations Judd! And Ricky too who played in his second final in just over a week …
Only Judd Trump had survived the first two days of the China Open television stage in Beijing and in fact he didn’t even play: his opponent, Stuart Carrington had to withdraw with ill-health. Neil, Cao Yupeng (who’s first round match was held over), Li hang and …

Event City, Manchester – 20-27 March 2016
Judd was the only Grove player involved in this tournament that featured the 24 players who came on top of the European Tour order of merit as well as the 8 topping the Asian Tour order of merit. Judd lost to Ali Carter in the last 16.

You can find all details and results on cuetracker

Judd and Neil qualified for the World Grand Prix 2016, played in Llandudno, from 8 to 13 March 2016. This wass the second instance of the event – under this format – and this time it was ranking. It wasn’t to be for Neil who lost by 4-3 to Peter Ebdon in round 1 (last 32). Judd wass the defending champion, He beat local favourite Mark Williams in the last 32., but lost to Stuart Bingham in the last 16. He was playing despite sickness, all credits.