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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, and also places such as India, [ 1 ] Australia, [ 2 ] New Zealand [ 3 ] and Japan. [ 4 ]
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.
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 Welsh Bowls Federation (WBF) (established 2001) is an umbrella partnership body comprising representatives from the six national governing bodies: the Welsh Bowling Association; the Welsh Indoor Bowls Association; the Welsh Ladies Indoor Bowling Association; the Welsh Short Mat Bowls Association; the Welsh Women’s Bowling Association; ((Welsh Crown Green Bowling Association)).
Pontesbury Cricket Club, formed 1875; has 3 hardball teams in Shropshire County Cricket League and one in Shrewsbury Cricket League. [26] Pontesbury Bowling Club, formed 1925, both crown green bowls (ground at Nag's Head: has 3 teams in Wem League and 5 teams in Tanners League) [26] and short mat indoor bowling (meets at Pontesbury Public Hall ...
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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.
In accordance with the village hall background, the bowls mat is smaller at around 30 x 6 feet, and the inventors clearly paid less emphasis upon trying to maintain all the rules of the Mother game. For instance, carpet bowls dispenses with the notion of a 'ditch' and various sometimes complex rules associated with it.