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We are delighted to announce the dates for next season’s Short Mat Players Tour events.

Earlier this year the Short Mat Players Tour announced that the European Masters is moving to Norway for the 2016-17 season. We are pleased to confirm that the event, which will be staged at Skien Fritidspark near Oslo on the 29th & 30th October 2016, will be titled the Norwegian Open.

Relive all the action of the Ramada Plaza Irish Open 2015 Final between Andrew Morrison from Ireland and Dimitri Payne of Belgium.

Belgium’s Dimitri Payne wins his maiden SMPT title after defeating Andrew Morrison of Ireland 8-7 in the final.

Live updates of day one of the 2015 Irish Open sponsored by Ramada Plaza. Follow live scores of the matches on the show mat plus updates from the rest of the action.

The introduction of the SMPT Show Mat at the Henselite World Masters earlier in the year proved such a popular concept, with both players and spectators, that we have decided to bring it back for the 2015 Ramada Plaza Irish Open!

The draw for the 2015 Ramada Plaza Irish Open has taken place.

Details of the draw for the Ramada Plaza Irish Open 2015

Friday 21st August 2015 saw the start of the new SMPT season as Bromsgrove IBC played host to the inaugural Bond Bowls World Cup. Eight countries from the Henselite Order of Merit, plus a Rest of the World team, were divided into three groups of three. Each team was represented by its top four players, with each of them playing singles.