Following the measures adopted by most countries in the wake of the continued spread of Covid-19, it has been decided that entries to all SMPT events for 2020/21 will be suspended until further notice.
We wish to reiterate that ALL our events are still scheduled for their existing dates at present but felt it prudent that no guarantees should be made at this time and that this situation should be monitored on an ongoing basis.
Alex Kley claims the 2020 English Masters after beating Lawrence Moffat 15-3 in the final. It's Alex's second title after claiming the 2018 UK Open.
Joe Beattie & Sibe Laureys take home bronze medals while Stephen McAlister wins the Plate from Andrew Jones and Sam Moore beats Martin Watts in the Shield.
It’s the fifth World ranking event of the season and there is everything to play for! We’ve got 42 of the World’s top 50 ranked players entered, so we’re in for a cracker. We’ve selected some great matches to play on the Show Mat, some of which will be broadcast live. We will, as always, bring you live, end by end scores of every show mat game and updates on all matches via our dedicated live feed page on our website. Sunday morning’s Show Mat line up will be announced on the Saturday evening via our Facebook page.
The draw for the 2020 English Masters has now taken place. You can see the draw here.
We are pleased to confirm that next year’s English Masters will once again be staged at Falcon Bowling Club in Chelmsford, Essex. The event will be staged on the 8th and 9th February 2020 and will be the fifth singles ranking event of the 2019-20 season.
Stephen Williams takes his third SMPT title after coming back to beat Sean Hughes 12-10 which means he wins back-to back titles after his success in York at the VerdeMat Bowls British Open.
Alex Kley takes the bronze medal from Trevor Brian, while Dafydd Howell wins the Plate and Tony Wall takes the shield.
The draw for the fifth world ranking event of the 2018-19 season has produced several mouth-watering groups that include what promise to be some absolutely terrific games. As always, the SMPT Show Mat will enable us to showcase some of the best action from the weekend’s matches.
The draw for the English Masters, the fifth and penultimate singles ranking event of this season, has now been made.
We are pleased to announce the dates for the fifth and sixth singles world ranking events of the 2018-19 season.
Jack Pye wins the 2018 English Masters after beating Glenn Harvey 15-5 in the final.
Nigel Nicholls takes the Bronze Medal after a 11-4 win over Stephen Gale.Nigel Charles wins the Plate from Nigel Reed and Lars Hansen takes the Shield from Paul Bax.
The draw & Show Mat line-up for the 2018 English Masters to be held on the 10th & 11th February at Falcon Bowling and Social Club in Chelmsford has now been made.
Joe Beattie wins the 2017 English Masters after beating Martin Simcock 16-1 in the final.
Martin Harries claims Bronze with an 11-3 victory over Ryan Knoght.
Cecil Dillon claims the Plate over John Manley 13-6 and the Shield was won by Adam Easthope with a 12-7 win against Tom Clough.
Read all about the opening day of the 2017 English Masters as it happened.
It's that time again and the ranking events are coming thick and fast! We head into the last third of the season with this weekend's Henselite English Masters at Bromsgrove IBC. With just one more event to follow, players are vying for position in the rankings and the order of merit, as well as that all important World Cup spot, but who will walk away with the 5th title of the season?
The draw for the fifth and penultimate World Ranking event of the season, the Henselite English Masters has been made.
The fifth and penultimate World Ranking event of the season, the Henselite English Masters takes place on the 4th & 5th of February at Bromsgrove IBC and we're delighted to confirm the details of the draw.
The 2017 English Masters is now full.
Thank you for your entries for this event which filled in record time, just 26 hours and 47 minutes after entries opened!
If you wish to be added to the reserve list please email entries@shortmatplayerstour.com.
The English Masters is the 5th world ranking event of the 2016-17 season and takes place at Bromsgrove Indoor Bowls Club on 4-5 February 2017.
