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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.

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..

Paul Pomeroy is voted in as runner-up for the first ever Players Player of the Season.

Congratulations to Dimitri Payne of Belgium who takes third place in first ever SMPT Players Player of the Season vote.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.