Short Mat Players Tour

15/06/2026

The votes have been counted and verified…and your SMPT shot of 2025/26 season is Stephen Williams with his last bowl draw against Alex Kley in the UK Open 2025 Cup Last-64.

Results:
1st 🥇 Shot 1 - Stephen Williams 34%
2nd 🥈 Shot 3 - Simon Pridham 28%
3rd 🥉 Shot 6 - Mark Beattie 21%
4th Shot 5 - Chris Coates 7%
5th Shot 4 - Matty Worden 5%
6th Shot 2 - Craig Burgess 3%

Thank you to all those who voted 🗳️.

06/06/2026

Don’t forget to vote for your favourite shot of the 2025/26 season via our poll on our page. 🗳️ ✍️

Voting will close 7pm on Sunday 14th June where we will announce the winner. 💪

02/06/2026

Update on Entries - Tuesday 2nd June.

Norwegian Open (Saturday 24th & 25th October) - 90% Full - 17 spots remaining

World Fours Masters (Saturday 28th November) - 70% Full - 19 spots remaining

World Pairs Masters (Sunday 29th November) - 66% Full - 52 spots remaining

You can enter all of these events via our website https://shortmatplayerstour.com/

You can also add yourself to the waiting list for all of our other full events.

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31/05/2026

Have you got your teams sorted for the SMPT World Fours & Pairs Masters?

Entries open tomorrow (Monday 1st June) at 19:00hrs (7pm) BST.

04/05/2026

Great deal on accommodation at the conveniently located Skien Fritidsparken Hotel for next season's Norwegian Open.

Use code BOWLS26

https://www.shortmatplayerstour.com/tournaments/norwegian-open-2026

01/05/2026

** Reminder: Norwegian Open 2026 entries **

A reminder that entries go live for the 2026 Norwegian Open tonight at 7pm BST.

You can enter via our website at https://www.shortmatplayerstour.com/tournaments/norwegian-open-2026 or directly with TicketTailor at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/shortmatplayerstour/2095303

Norwegian Open 2026 – Skien Fritidspark, Sat 24 Oct 2026 - Sun 25 Oct 2026 - Format Players will be in groups of 5 or 6.The top 2 players from each group will qualify for the main Cup.Third and Fourth placed players will qualify for the Plate.The remaining players will qualify for the Shield.Satur...

28/04/2026

Let’s take a look back at the weekends highlights from the World Masters 🌍🏆 our final event of the season.

Which is your favourite? 🤩 Let us know in the comments below 🤔 👇

27/04/2026

AND THAT'S A WRAP!

We've had a fantastic finish to the 2025/26 season here in Belfast.

Congratulations again to Stuart Cochrane & Stevie Stafford who defended their Belfast Open Pairs title on Friday 👏

Our final singles ranking event of the season, the World Masters took place over the weekend and after two very competitive days of bowling, produced a superb final.
Congrats to Ireland's Andrew Leckey who takes home his 2nd SMPT singles ranking title 🥇🏆 with victory over Wales' Andrew Hudson 🥈9-8.
Both players now secure a spot in the 2027 Players Championship.

There were bronze medals 🥉 🥉for England's Nigel Nicholls & Richard Arran of Wales.

A close battle in this season's Order of Merit, sees World No1 Craig Burgess, making it a hat-trick of titles ⭐️⭐️⭐️ following both his and Gary Mc Nabb's last 16 exit. It's second place🥈 for Gary with Belgian, Jonathan Payne 🥉in third.

Craig remains World No1, well clear of Gary, who leapfrogs Pieterjan Stevens into 2nd.

Our Congratulations to all the players who played this season, and of course to those who qualified for next seasons opening World Cup.

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