Wigan 17-19 December 2014 – All Grove players were in action trying to qualify for the main event to be played in the Tempodrom, Berlin, early February. They had to win 2 matches. Judd, Neil, Wenbo, and Li Hang are Berlin bound …

All Grove players, except Neil Robertson, are in Lisbon for the 5th European Tour event of the season, played from 12 to 14 December, 2014. On day 1, Judd is the only one who survived the 128, with a 4-0 demolition of Tom Ford. He reached the QF where he lost 4-1 to Matthew Selt.

York Barbican, York, England – 24 November -> 7 December 2014. All matches played at the venue from last 128 on and all Grove players are competing. Neil was the defending Champion. Neil and Judd were the only Grove players still in it as the tournament reached the last 16 and the two tables setup. Unfortunately that was the end of the road for Neil who lost 6-5 to Graeme Dott. Judd made it to the final but lost 10-9 to Ronnie O’Sullivan … again.

The pro stages of the 4th European Event of the season, the Ruhr Open 2014, ran from November 21 to 23, 2014 in Mülheim. All Grove players were competing. The first day saw Neil and Wenbo qualify for the final day, where, unfortunately, they met each other in the last 16. Judd joined them on day 2 and faced Marco Fu. Neil reached the QF, Judd lost in the SF.

The Haining Open is the second Asian Tour event, played from 20 to 24 October 2014.
All Chinese Grove players are competing. On day 1, Cao Xin Long, Li Hang and Lyu Chenwei won their R1 matches but Zhang Anda was beaten. Day 2 didn’t start well with Wenbo and Yu Delu losing in R1, but Cao Yupeng progressed. Only Li Hang and Cao Yupeng managed to reach Round 3 but that’s as far as they went.

Liang Wenbo was the only Grove player involved in this invitational tournament that is now becoming a regular fixture in the calendar. The players are always made very welcome and this time was no exception.
Unfortunately Wenbo didn’t pass the group stage. You can see his results here
You can see pictures here
Pictures courtesy of Tommy Tanaka
Pictures by Steve Daintry

Sofia, Bulgaria – 3-5 October 2014.
Judd, Neil and Wenbo were competing. Judd beat the defending Champion, John Higgins in the last 64 and is into the Finals day, but Neil lost in the last 64 and Wenbo in the last 32. Unfortunately Judd lost in the last 16 by 4-3 to Michael Wasley.

The last 128 of the International Championship – 22-25 September 2014. All Grove players try to qualify for the television stages, to be played in Chengdu end October. Judd, Neil and Li Hang succeeded. See their full schedule and results here.

8-14 September, 2014, Shanghai China.
On the first day of the tournament, both Liang Wenbo and Li Hang had to face a wilcard. Wenbo lost by 5-1 to Yan Bingtao. Li Hang though beat Chen Zifan by 5-3. In the last 32, Judd lost by 5-3 to Dominic Dale, Neil lost 5-4 to Michael White and Li Hang lost 5-3 to Stuart Bingham. A pretty miserable tournament for the Grove team…

Liang Wenbo was the only Grove player involved in the six red World Championship, played in Bangkok, Thailand from September 1 to September 6, 2014. He qualified for the knock-out stage, having won 4 of his 5 matches in the round-robin stage. He lost by 6-5 to Dechawat Poomjaeng in the last 32.