Short mat bowls is a generally indoor based bowls sport played on a carpet.
Short mat bowls competitions.
With 4 competitions to choose from.
Surrey county shortmat bowling association is the home of shortmat bowling in surrey.
Short mat players tour provide world class short mat bowls competitions open to any standard of bowler.
All competitions are open to any of the county s esmba registered players.
Affiliated to the esmba the governing body in england.
Short mat bowls is an indoor sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a heavy ball along a fairly flat surface to gain as many shots as possible by getting their bowls nearer to the jack than their opponents and so outscore them.
The esmba open competitions are open to entry from any esmba registered member.
The county also enters a team in the esmba inter county championship competitions.
National and international level events are generally held for all disciplines including singles pairs triples and fours.
Whilst the game is heavily played throughout the united kingdom it is also played throughout europe and also places such as india australia new zealand and japan.
2019 20 winners are offered a place representing england at the world championships in belgium in march 2020.
Each year we organise a programme of county championships and national championship qualifying competitions.
Short mat bowls is a sport which is played by people of all ages and abilities.