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Gary McNabb wins the 2023 Irish Open
Gary McNabb beats Declan McCann 7-6 to claim the 2023 Irish Open.
Joe Beattie wins the Plate with a 12-6 victory over Rachel McDonnell and Sam Rodgers beats Sam Moore 10-1 in the Shield final.
Alastair McCrea wins the 2023 UK Open!
Alastair McCrea beats Gary McNabb 11-6 in the final of the UK Open to claim his maiden SMPT title.
Damian McCabe wins the Plate after beating Peter Roberts in a tie-break while Jack Pye wins the Shield with a victory over Billy Ray
Ireland win the Bowls Trader World Cup
Ireland have once again retained their Bowls Trader World Cup title after a 4-2 over England.
Bowls Trader World Cup & UK Open 2023 Draw
The draw for the UK Open has now taken place. You can see the groups here..
Alex Kley wins the Players’ Player of the Season
We are delighted to announce your 2022/23 Players’ Player of the Season is England’s Alex Kley!
Polling a huge 27.50% of the total votes, the majorities, front runner, indeed takes home the title.
A fantastic 18 months, both on the Tour, and in other National & International events, Alex has had some great success.
Our huge congratulations to him, and to all the players nominated this season.
PPOTS 2023: Gary McNabb (7/7)
Our final 2022/23 ppots nominee is also our current player’s player, Gary Mcnabb. A retention of his British Open title, his 5th, capped another very impressive season.
Here’s his season recap.
PPOTS 2023: Ian Hobson (6/7)
Our penultimate nominee is Mr consistent, Ian Hobson. Making the later stages in all 3 singles events, shows his class.
Check his SMPT 2022/23 recap here
PPOTS 2023: Peter Roberts (5/7)
Our fifth of seven nominees is England’s Peter Roberts. A maiden singles title and climbing to 2nd in the World rankings was topped by winning the Order of Merit trophy.
Here’s the run-down on his remarkable season.



