
The draw for the 2016 Taylor Bowls World Fours Masters will be announced on our website at 7pm (BST) on Sunday 13th November. The 48 teams competing will be drawn into 12 groups of four.

Mark Beattie takes the 2016 Brunvall Gård Norwegian Open after a 14-7 victory over Jonathan Payne.
Ed Sawbridge beats John Lax 12-7 to take Bronze while James Trott wins the Plate with a 12-9 victory over Joel Hager. Mio Kontic claims the Shield with a 12-10 victory against Odd Egil Hansen.

Rolling updates from the opening days play of the 2016 Brunvall Gård Norwegian Open.

This weekend sees the Tour heading to Skien in Norway for the inaugural Brunvall Gård Norwegian Open. We have plenty of debutants mixing it with the best the sport has to offer but who will come out on top?
Here are our ones to watch!

The SMPT Show Mat has become a regular feature at World Ranking Events and we have once again selected a game from each session that will take centre stage at this season’s Brunvall Gård Norwegian Open, held in the wonderful arena of Skien Fritidspark.

The draw of the 2016 Brunvall Gård Norwegian Open has been completed.

The draw for the first Brunvall Gård Norwegian Open will be streamed from our website at 8pm (BST) on Sunday 9th October.

The Short Mat Players Tour are thrilled to announce a new sponsorship deal with Taylor Bowls which sees the internationally renowned bowls brand become the title sponsor for the World Fours Masters and World Pairs Masters events on 3rd and 4th of December 2016.

Alan Paul has won the 2016 Irish Open after an 11-5 victory over Gerry McCabe. Pauline Beattie claims Bronze with a win over Aidan Corrigan.
Jackie Erskine takes the Plate title after an 8-6 victory over Nathan Haire. Dan Winmill wins the Shield with a 12-8 win against Jordan Rankin.

Read how the opening day of the 2016 Irish Open unfolded.

We're off to Belfast this weekend where a record 174 competitors will battle it out in the 2nd world ranking event of the season. Will we see another strong performance from the home players or will an overseas star follow in the footsteps of Belgian Dimitri Payne who won last year. Here are our ones to watch!

The SMPT Show Mat has become a regular feature at World Ranking Events and we have once again selected a game from each session which will take centre stage at this season's Irish Open.

Entries to the forthcoming Brunvall Gård Norwegian Open, held at Skien Fritidspark on 29th-30th October 2016, will close on Sunday 25th September at 6pm (BST).

The draw for our record breaking second ranking event of the 2016-17 season, the Irish Open, has taken place.

Lawrence Moffat wins the 2016 UK Open after defeating Chris Mann 11-4 in the final. Victor Andersson takes the Bronze Medal after beating Jack Pye 13-11.
James Trott retains his Plate tiltle after beating Jonathan Payne in the final and Joe Beattie claims the Shield after a 10-4 win over Stephen Holdsworth.

Follow live rolling updates of all the action on the opening day of the UK Open.

Head over to our World Cup website to follow all the action of the 2016 Bowls Trader World Cup. England start as top seeds in Group A with Belgium, Isle of Man & Rest of the World while defending champions Sweden are up against Ireland, Wales & Norway in Group B.

The schedule for the 2016 Bowls Trader World Cup can be found here.





