Played in Doncaster – August 7-10, 2013.
All Grove players are involved, except for Judd who is seeded in the last 32. Four of them were in action on day 1, Li Yan, Li Hang and Chen Zhe all won their first matches. Jack, Wenbo and Yu Delu joined the action on day 2. Wenbo, Yu Delu and Jack booked their place in round 3, but only Yu Delu made it to the final qualifiers round and, defeating Ken Doherty by 5-1, booked his place in the last 32 in …

The World Games 2013 were held in Cali, Columbia, in July 2013 and various cue sports were represented. Wenbo was one of the 16 snooker players involved and he got the silver medal in the men’s single snooker competition.

The pro stage of the Rotterdam Open was played in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 19-21 July 2013. Grove’s Jack and Judd were involved and played their first matches on Saturday, 20 July. Jack lost in the last 64 and Judd in the last 32

The television stage of the Australian Goldfield Open was played from Monday, July 8 till Sunday July 14, 2013, in Bendigo.
Anda was the only Grove player involved. He outplayed Andrew Higginson 5-1 on the first day evening (local time). Next for him was an in form Mark Selby who proved too strong, beating him 5-1.

The APTC Event 1 was scheduled in Yixing from June 11 till June 14, 2013. All Grove players have entered except for Judd. In the last 16, Jack lost to “Eric” – Cao Yupeng – after an excellent match that went to a decider. Delu lost in the quarters, 4-1 to Alan McManus. Complete results here.

The Victoria Bulgarian Open 2013 (European Tour event 1) was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from June 6 till June 9, 2013. Judd Trump and Jack Lisowski were in the draw. On Friday, Jack won two matches, despite struggling with his game at times, but couldn’t overcome Jimmy Robertson in the last 32. Judd, the Defending Champion, lost to David Gilbert in the last 64.

The Australian Goldfields Open 2013 Qualifiers were held in the Capital Venue in Gloucester from May 30 to June 3, 2013. Che Zhe, Li Hang, Li Yan, Zhang Anda and Yu Delu will try to qualify for the main event, played in July in Bendigo, Australia. Jack Lisowski, Judd Trump and Liang Wenbo did not enter. After four rounds, Anda is the last man standing and he’s Australia bound.

The new season got under with the Wuxi Classic; the first round was played at The Capital Venue, Gloucester (formerly South West Snooker Academy) from 27 to 29 May, 2013. All Grove players have entered. With the new flat structure, all were in action. Jack, Yu Delu, Sleepy, Hang, Wenbo and Judd have qualified. In Wuxi, on June 17, Yu was first in action but lost to a very solid Stuart Bingham. On day 2, Jack, Wenbo and Hang booked their spot in the last 32 whilst Judd and …

The World Championship, was played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield from April 20 till May 6, 2013. Ronnie is the defending champion. Jack was making his debut and Judd hoped to go one better than in 2011.
Jack lost to Barry Hawkins 3-10 in the last 32. Ronnie beat Judd by 17-11 in the semi finals.
Ronnie beat Barry Hawkins in the final 18-12.

The qualifying stages proper of the World Championship 2013 are played in Sheffield from Saturday 6 April till Sunday 14 April 2013. Chen Zhe, Li Yan, Yu Delu, Zhang Andah, Liang Wenbo and Jack Lisowski will all try to get to the Crucible.
Jack, Yu Delu and Wenbo reached the final round. Wenbo lost to Mark Davis 6-10 and Yu was beat 9-10 by Mark King (heartbreak that!).
Jack beat Fergal O’Brien 10-4 in the final round and will make his Crucible debut. Well done Jack!

Jack’s post-match on youtube