The China Open 2013 ran from Monday 25.03.2013 to Sunday 31.03.2013. Judd, Jack and Wenbo were in acxtion in Beijing. In wildcard round Jack won his first match 5-1 and defeated Judd 5-3 in last 32, in high quality entertaining contest. Wenbo beat wildcard Lu Ning 5-1 but lost to Stuart Bingham in last 32. Jack beat Mark Davis, 5-4 in the last 16 but was beaten by Shaun Murphy by the same score in the quarters.

All Grove player were in action in the Welsh Open 2013. The qualifying stages started on Thursday, February 7 and the event proper kicked off on Monday, February 11. Only Judd and Wenbo made it to Newport. Wenbo came out the first winner at the venue, beating Ryan Day 4-1 but lost 2-4 to Matthew Stevens in last 32. Judd reached the semis after wins over Mike Dunn, Dominic Dale, Andrew Higginson and Pankaj Advani, but was denied the final Stephen Maguire.

The German Masters features a new, flatter structure this season and is played in two “parts”. The first one – from November 28 to 30, 2012 -saw all first round matches completed and part of round 2. All Grove (active) players were involved although Judd was not playing that week. None of the other Grove lads will join him in Berlin, alas. Judd lost to Anthony Hamilton in the last 32.

Fast, furious and crazy … don’t take it too seriously. The shootout is back with its 10 mins-1 frame matches, a 15 sec shot-clock for the first 5 minutes and only 10 sec for the remaining 5 minutes. Random draw in each row. This is meant to be havoc. Jack, Liang and Yu entered the circus, only Jack survives to the final day, but lost to Micael holt in the last 16.

The qualifying rounds of the China Open 2013 start on January 9, 2013 and are played over 4 days. All active Grove players will take part except for Judd who is seeded. Jack and Wenbo qualified for the venue and Sleepy reached the last 48. More detailed results here

The qualifying stages of the last EPTC of the 2012/13 season were played in Sheffield on November 26 and 27, 2012. The television stage is now played in Munich, Germany, from Friday, January 4 on. Judd has decided to give it a miss. On the first qualifying day Wenbo managed to book his place place in Munich come the new year. Jack joined him on the second day. Both lost in the last 16.

The qualifying rounds for the Haikou World Open 2013 are held in the Academy in Sheffield from December 18 till December 21, 2012. Chen Zhe, Jack Lisowski, Li Yan, Liang Wenbo, Yu Delu and Zhang Anda are competing and trying to book their place in the television stages. Chen Zhe, Jack Lisowski, Yu Delu and Zhang Anda reached the final round, but none of them managed to qualify for the venue.

All active Grove players except for Judd Trump are heading to Ravenscraig in Scotland for the last EPTC event of the year. The pros start playing on Friday, December 14. Not the best of tournaments for Grove. After last 128 Wenbo was the last man standing and he booked his place in the Final day. Unfortunately he lost in the last 16

The UK Championship starts on December 1, 2012 in York, and Judd is the defending champion. Everybody will be after him … including fellow Grove players Wenbo and Jack! Wenbo was in action in the first session of the tournament and lost 4-6 to Barry Hawkins despite playing well. Judd’s defense was short lived as he lost to Mark Joyce 5-6.
Listen here to Judd press conference after the match . Things didn’t get better for the Grove team as Jack lost in the last 32 as well, with a 2-6 against Stuart Bingham. Listen to Jack’s reaction after the match

The UK Championship 2012 qualifiers were held in the Academy in Sheffield from November 20th to November 23th, 2012 and Chen Zhe, Li Yan, Liang Wenbo, Jack Lisowski, Yu Delu and Zhang all tried to book their place into the final stages that will be played in York early December. Jack was the first man to join defending champion Judd, and Wenbo soon followed.