Affiliated to the esmba the governing body in england.
Short mat bowls competitions.
With 4 competitions to choose from.
The pairs triples and fours are able to be made up of a combination of registered players from any esmba county.
Short mat bowls is a sport which is played by people of all ages and abilities.
Each year we organise a programme of county championships and national championship qualifying competitions.
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.
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 australia new zealand and japan.
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.
Surrey county shortmat bowling association is the home of shortmat bowling in surrey.
Open competitions will be available to any registered bowlers of any county through any clubs.
The county also enters a team in the esmba inter county championship competitions.
The game is a modern variation on lawn bowls from which it is derived.