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World Cup fever is here!!

It’s a little over 5 weeks until the new SMPT season gets underway! We have a real treat in store for you with 9 international teams pitting their wits against each other in the Bond Bowls World Cup.

13 Jul 2015

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Bond Bowls named as World Cup sponsors

The Short Mat Players Tour is delighted to announce bowls retail specialists Bond Bowls Ltd as the title sponsor for the 2015 World Cup.

4 Jul 2015

World Masters – Race to the World Cup

As we approach the World Masters, the final ranking event of the 2014-15 season, we take a closer look at the provisional standings to see which players are still in with a chance of qualification for the 2015 World Cup! With the World Masters winner able to attain a maximum of 165 ranking points, the […]

20 Mar 2015

World Cup Website Launch

As we told you last week the brand new website for the Short Mat Players Tour World Cup has been launched today! Visit www.worldshortmatbowls.com to keep right up to date with the latest news & information as we build up to the inaugural World Cup in August.

20 Mar 2015

SMPT World Cup

As we continue the build up to the final world ranking event of the season, the 2015 World Masters sponsored by Henselite, we thought it was time for a little reminder of how the inaugural World Cup in August will work! Qualification The top four ranked players for each country featured in the final 2014-15 […]

11 Mar 2015

SMPT World Cup 2015

Today marks the beginning of the FIFA World Cup and we thought it would be topical to announce further details of the inaugural SMPT World Cup next year! World Cup qualification starts at the first event of the 2014-2015 season, the UK Open. World Ranking points will be up for grabs in every game at […]

12 Jun 2014