Sharpness Short Mat Bowls Club

06/06/2026

Big club outting today!! 9 of our members attended the Avon Open Pairs Competitions, making 4 teams and a half team. Everyone played in such good spirits all day whether they were winning or losing. A big well done to Jan & Martyn who came runners up in the plate, it was a fantastic final but ultimately lost on the last end to a strong Llansamlet team 👏
Here's a few snaps from today; some action shots, our mascot, homemade t-shirts and the trophies!

29/04/2026

INTRODUCING.... STEVE
Every club needs a mascot, who is slightly round with T-Rex arms but unbelievably handsome. Don't underestimate him though, he is determined to help the team win and has already proven he is up to the job last night at our FIRST EVER league game, 3 wins out of 3. Top job Steve 👏

26/04/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Teams Trials 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

2 of our members are part of the 7 Gloucestershire hopefuls looking for a place in the England squads for next season! Good luck everyone 💪

16/03/2026

⭐️ 2026 National Mixed Fours Championship Semi Finalists ⭐️

Outstanding effort made by these 4 (Team Sharpness-Defford) in this season's at the National Mixed Fours Championships, representing Gloucestershire at the weekend.

With 3 out of 3 wins in the group stage, they then went on to beat teams from Hampshire, Devon and Humberside in the following rounds.

They lost out in the semis by the tightest of margins on the last end by a few millimeters (their bowl was touching, and ours wasn't!!). What a run it was!

Absolute credit to Jan, starting her bowls journey just 10 months ago at an open day to getting to the semi's in her nationals debut. 👏

This could be you in 10 months too. Join us.
Mondays 7pm-9pm. Sharpness Village Hall, GL13 9NA

04/03/2026

One of our more experienced members is also an archery coach! Julian brings the same passion, patience and skill to help our members with their bowls! So glad we have him 👏

If this has you considering archery too, the club is Deer Park Archers based in Cheltenham. Some of us have already taken an introductory course with them and it was brilliant! Highly recommended 🌟

09/02/2026

Charity update from last weekend - Worcestershire County Short Mat Bowls.

It was a brilliant day - well run, lively and well supported. Well please to have come in at the runner up spot! More importantly, over £400 has been donated so far for BHF West Midlands British Heart Foundation 👏

Anyone who still wishes to donate can do so at:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/charitycup26?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

The day was also professionally streamed on YouTube by Bowls Drive TV, this can now be watched back (one of our group games and our final!)

05/02/2026

🌟 Charity Events 🌟
These events are always a highlight for our members, always such worthy recipients of proceeds. This weekend, we are taking part in two!!
3 of our other members - John Trebrell, Julian Kellet and Jo Featherstone are heading to Worcestershire to take part in a 3 bowl triples tournament. We are so pleased to be able to support Worcestershire County Short Mat Bowls's first Charity Tournament (hopefully first of many!), they will be raising funds for British Heart Foundation.
Saul Featherstone will be heading to the West Midlands to take part in the annual St Georges Cup as part of The South Team, where 32 players of the South (of England) taking on 32 players of the North in a Ryder Cup style series of matches, whilst raising money for Alzheimer's Society & The Air Ambulance Service. In the 13 previous editions, over £63,000 has been raised.

The winner as always are the charities

18/01/2026

🎉 Congratultions to Sharpness's Jo Featherstone and her pairs partner Emily Weaver who have won the 2026 Ladies British Isles Pairs Championship!

Their weekend started with a dominant 29-1 win over Scotland followed by a hard fought draw with Wales.
That left them needing a win in their final game on Sunday against Ireland to guarantee the title.
Following disappointment in the same position last year, the pair put in a strong performance to avenge last years defeat. They won 23-7 with an end to spare, and finished the weekend undefeated!

Well done both! 🏆

Ladies British Isles Pairs Champions

Jo Featherstone and Emily Weaver

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16/01/2026

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It's the turn of our other international bowler! Jo Featherstone has been selected to represent England in the British Isles Short Mat Bowls Ladies Championships this weekend. Jo and Emily Weaver (West Midlands) will together have another opportunity at these Championships to win the Pairs title after coming super close last year (last match, 1 bowl, last end!). A total of 3 ladies from Gloucestershire have been selected 👏

All the best to you 3 and the whole team heading to Belfast, Northern Ireland today.

Congratulations to all those selected to represent England in the Ladies British Isles Championships in Belfast in January.
Good Luck Ladies.

09/01/2026

📣Short Mat Players Tour British Open Singles Live Streaming This Weekend!📣

If you are not yet following the Short Mat Players Tour (SMPT) page, do it now - you won't be disappointed. There are some tasty match ups on the Show Mat schedule, most of these will likely be live streamed with commentary.

Check in at 16.40 for Saul vs Matty Worden (current British Isle and National Champion).

Here is your confirmed Show Mat lineup for Saturday's play at the British Open in Leicester 🤞💪