Next weekend the Short Mat Players Tour heads to York & District IBC for the fourth World Ranking event of the season, the Verdemat Bowls British Open.
Amongst the 136 competitors at this new tournament on the SMPT calendar, we are delighted to welcome players from as far afield as the UAE and New Zealand and also a record number travelling from Scotland.
On the Show Mat we will bring you twenty four players from six countries which includes a host of former SMPT Champions, World Cup stars, World, British and National Champions. Saturday’s confirmed line-up is listed below, and as per usual we’ll broadcast live scores of every game via the dedicated tournament live feed on our website, as well as featured games through Facebook Live coverage.
| 09:00 | Group 06 | Nigel Nicholls | Jack Pye | Head-2-head |
| 09:50 | Group 09 | Jimmy Broatch | Edward Sawbridge | Head-2-head |
| 10:40 | Group 21 | Lars Hansen | Stephen Gale | Head-2-head |
| 11:30 | Group 07 | Steve Killington | Aaron Clare | Head-2-head |
| 12:20 | Group 13 | Stephen Williams | Daniel Winmill | Head-2-head |
| 13:10 | Group 20 | Jorgen Karlsson | Liam Smith | Head-2-head |
| 14:00 | Group 03 | Tone Bøe | Thomas Coles | Head-2-head |
| 14:50 | Group 15 | Peter Roberts | Dom Reed | Head-2-head |
| 15:40 | Group 21 | Jonas Hager | Lars Hansen | Head-2-head |
| 16:30 | Group 05 | Nigel Reed | Steve Puttock | Head-2-head |
| 17:20 | Group 14 | Robert McNeil | William Lenza | Head-2-head |
| 18:10 | Group 24 | Jamie Stiles | Jonathan Payne | Head-2-head |