All Grove players entered the Ruhr Open 2015, played in Mülheim, Germany, 9th-11th October 2015. It wasn’t a great success for the Grove team as Cao Yupeng, Judd and Neil lost in last 128 already. It was James Cahill who beat Neil though. No Grove player reached the final day … Liang Wenbo had to withdraw as well.

Barnsley, UK, 30 September – 3 October, 2015
All players had to win one match to qualify for the television stage of the International Championship that will be played in the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, end October 2015. Liang Wenbo last 128 match has been held and will be played at the venue. Yu Delu, Oliver Lines, Cao Yupeng and Neil Robertson are China bound, but Judd Trump got whitewashed by Michael Wild, which was certainly the shock of the round.

Shanghai, China – September 14-20, 2015
Judd, Neil and Wenbo are competing in the television stage of this event, that starts at last 32. Judd and Neil are seeded whilst Wenbo had to win one match to qualify. Wenbo, unfortunately, lost by 5-1 to John Higgins on day 1. On day 3, Neil joined the casualties as Jamie Cope beat him by 5-4 . Judd beat the defending champion, Stuart Bingham in a high quality SF. He lost by 10-9 to Karen Wilson in the Final.

Wenbo and Judd are the two Grove players in this event played in Bangkok, Thailand from 7 to 12 September 2015.
Both did well. Wenbo made it to the final, were his was beaten by Thepchaya Un-Nooh, obvious the home favourite. Judd made two maximums during the tournament, and a 74, but lost in the last 16 … to the eventual winner.

Fürth, Germany – 28-30 August 2015
The Paul Hunter Classic 2015 was won by Ali Carter which is particularly fitting considering how he beat cancer twice over the last years. It was his first title since his return to the game. Very well done to him.
All Grove players made the trip to Germany, except for Neil. Judd was the only one to reach the finals day; he lost to Michael Holt in the QF.

Riga, Latvia – July 29 – August 2, 2015
In the first Europan Tour event of the new season, Grove was represented by Judd, James, Ollie and Wenbo. James was beaten early but Judd and Ollie reached the last16 and Wenbo made it to the quarter finals. The event was won by Barry Hawkins.

Bendigo, Australia, 29 June – 5 July, 2015
Neil and Judd were competing in the television stage of the Australian Open 2015. Judd was trying to defend his title whilst Neil would have loved to win his home tournament, having been runner-up in 2013 and 2014. Unfortunately Neil lost to Matthew Selt in the last 32 . Judd lost in the QF to Stephen Maguire.

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – 18 April -> 4 May 2015.
Neil, Judd and Anda are competing for the bigger prize in the game. Anda lost by 10-4 to Joe Perry in last 32. Neil was beaten by Barry Hawkins in the quarters, in a decider. Judd reached the one table setup stage but lost to Stuart Bingham in the SF. It was probably the best match of the tournament and it went to a deciding frame.

Beijing, China – 30 March -> 5 April, 2015.
Neil, Judd, Wenbo, Yu Delu, Zhang Anda and Cao Yupeng qualified for the main event.
Day 1 was a day to forget for the Grove team as all four of Neil, Wenbo, Cao and Zhang lost their opening match. Yu Delu also got beat on day 2. Judd was the only Grove player standing and he reached the last 16, where he narrowly lost to John Higgins.

Judd and Neil were in Bangkok, competing in the Players Championship Grand Final, held from March 24 to March 29, 2015. They both won their first round match. Neil lost in the last 16, whilst Judd reached the semi finals.