Yearly Archives: 2016
World Cup 2016 Sponsor – Bowls Trader
The Short Mat Players Tour is delighted to announce bowls clothing retailer, Bowls Trader, as the title sponsor for the 2016 World Cup.
Bowls Trader, a prominent online bowlswear supplier based in Shropshire, England, has joined forces with the SMPT to bring you the second World Cup of short mat bowls. This prestigious one day tournament takes place at the Bromsgrove IBC in England on the 19th August 2016, the day before the 2016-17 season gets underway with the UK Open.
Joel Hager is the 2015-16 Players’ Player Of The Season
Congratulations to Joel Hager who has been voted Player of the Season by his fellow competitors.
Paul Pomeroy came in second place with Dimitri Payne third..
PPOTS: Runner Up – Paul Pomeroy
Paul Pomeroy is voted in as runner-up for the first ever Players Player of the Season.
PPOTS: Third Place – Dimitri Payne
Congratulations to Dimitri Payne of Belgium who takes third place in first ever SMPT Players Player of the Season vote.
2016 Cyprus Grand Prix Recap
With most of the players and the SMPT team now safely back home, here is a quick recap from the second staging of the Cyprus Grand Prix.
Cyprus Grand Prix: Open Pairs 2016
The third and final competition of the 2016 Cyprus Grand Prix sees the Open Pairs get under way today. 18 pairs will battle it out for the title. All three finals will also take place this evening from 5pm local time.
Cyprus Grand Prix: Masters Singles 2016
The Cyprus Grand Prix continues today with the Masters Singles. 7 groups of 4 will battle it out for a place in the final 16 of the Cup knockout.
Cyprus Grand Prix: Matchplay Pairs 2016
The first tournament of the 2016 Cyprus Grand Prix took place today with J Trott & L Moffat and R Walden & J Fairgrieve progressing to the final which takes place on Friday.
WATCH: Henselite World Masters Final 2016 – Gary Burke v Andrew Leckey
Relive all the action from the 2016 Henselite World Masters Final between Gary Burke & Andrew Leckey.
Full commentary is provided by SMPT Director Simon Pridham and 2 times World & British Isles Champion and current World Fours Masters champion James Smith.
The SMPT 2015-16 Players’ Player Of The Season
As the dust settles after another exciting season on the Short Mat Players Tour, we are pleased to announce the 16 nominations for our new award, ‘The Players’ Player Of The Season’. Everyone with a Player Profile will be eligible to vote. Simply login to your Player Profile and register your top three choices in order of preference. Voting will close on 1 July 2016 and the winner will be announced on our website thereafter.
SMPT Scorecards
Are you forever having to buy blank scorecards for your club/league matches? Fed up of the endless trips to your nearest supplier, wasting time, effort and fuel? Well now the Short Mat Players Tour have the answer!
Short Mat Players Tour Promotion Prize Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of our three recent promotions.
Gary Burke wins the 2016 Henselite World Masters
Gary Burke beat Andrew Leckey 8-7 to take the title. Sean Conroy finished with the Bronze medal following a 10-8 win against Martin McNicholl.
Eddie Crawford wins the Plate over Gerard Moen and Jonas Hager takes home the Shield thanks to a 15-5 win over Jonathan Payne. Joel Hager seals the Order of Merit title.
World Masters Day One
Live updates from the opening day of the 2016 Henselite World Masters. Defending champion & World number one Mark Beattie is in Group 6.
Don McNamara claims World 2 Bowl Masters
Don McNamara beats Aidan Corrigan after a tie-break. Jack Pye beats Michael Beattie in the Plate final.
2016 Henselite World Masters Preview
This year's World Masters sees 12 countries represented by 210 bowlers who will form 35 groups. With the event now only a few days away, let's take a closer look at what the draw has meant for the contenders to the Order of Merit crown and also how it may impact on those at the top of the World Rankings.
Short Mat Players Tour Launches New ‘Player Statistics Database’
Here at the SMPT we pride ourselves on providing good quality information for all players and their supporters. Thanks to the creation of our new Player Statistics Database, the amount and variety of information at your disposal just improved significantly!
2016 Henselite World Masters ‘Show Mat’ Schedule
The SMPT Show Mat concept was first introduced at last year’s Henselite World Masters to enable the optimal viewing of select games. Following popular recent appearances at the Irish Open and Swedish Masters, we have once again chosen a game from each session which we believe deserves to take centre stage!