Short Mat Players Tour

The Short Mat Players Tour (SMPT) is a short mat bowls organisation. It runs events through Europe. The tour was the first set of events to create a world ranking for short mat bowls. Events are Round-robin tournament with later knockout rounds. They mostly play 4-wood singles events. But, they also run pairs, fours, double-rink and two-wood singles competitions.

History
The Short Mat Players Tour was first created in 2011. It was created by Craig Burgess and Simon Pridham. They have run events throughout Europe. The first event was played in Guilford in 2011 won by Johnathan Payne.

References

Other websites
Short Mat Players Tour official website
Results at tournamentsoftware.com

Category:Bowls
Category:Sports governing bodies in Europe