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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 beats Aidan Corrigan after a tie-break. Jack Pye beats Michael Beattie in the Plate final.

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.

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!

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!

The draw for the 2016 Henselite World Masters has now been made. You can see all 35 groups here.

The draw for the World 2 Bowl Masters has now been made. The event takes place the day before the World Masters on Friday 15th April.

We are pleased to announce the Short Mat Players Tour will be changing our home venue from Bromsgrove Indoor Bowls Club to the Falcon Indoor Bowling Club for the start of the 2017-18 season.

In an unprecedented move, due to considerable late interest which had resulted in a number of players missing out on a place at the forthcoming World Masters, we have the re-opened entries for a limited period only.