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Short mat bowls is played indoors, so it is an all-year sport that is not affected by weather conditions. Because the equipment is transportable and easy to set up, it is particularly appropriate for locations that are also used for other purposes such as village halls, schools, and sports and social clubs; it is even played on North Sea oil rigs.
Short Mat Bowls is a generally indoor based bowls sport, played on a carpet. Whilst the game is heavily played throughout the United Kingdom, it is also played throughout Europe, Canada, India, [1] Australia, [2] New Zealand [3] and Japan. [4]
In 2014, he won the Australian Premier League with the Murray Steamers and was named Most Valuable Player at the end of the season. [10] Marshall would also offer a challenge to Short mat bowls players from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland aiming to defeat them in a game of short mat bowls. [11]
The Welsh Short Mat Bowls Association (Welsh: Cymdeithas Bowlio Mat Byr Cymru) (WSMBA) is the governing body for short mat bowling clubs in Wales.The WSMBA organise national competitions, including league and inter-county, and select and manage the national side.
The player ranked number 1 at the end of the season is awarded the Short Mat Players Tour Order of Merit sponsored by Henselite Bowls UK. The short mat players tour events also feature Short Mat Bowls' only world rankings table, with a rolling two year ranking system in place. [19] This is the only world ranking system in place in short mat bowls.
The sport experienced a boom with affiliated bowls clubs rising from 43 to 152. [2] The Welsh National Bowls Championships were inaugurated in 1919 and the Welsh Women's Bowling Association was formed in March 1932. [3] In 1958 Cardiff hosted the Lawn bowls at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Stephen Williams (born 3 August 1973) is a Welsh short mat bowls player, and four time singles world champion.Williams won the championship in consecutive tournaments in 2002, and 2004, and then again in 2010 and 2012. [1]
The Welsh Bowls Federation (WBF) (established 2001) is an umbrella partnership body comprising representatives from the four national governing bodies: the Welsh Lawn Bowls; the Welsh Indoor Bowls; the Welsh Short Mat Bowls Association; Welsh Crown Green Bowling Association.