Short Mat Players Tour

With less than a week to go until the UK Open 2026, let’s take a look back at last year’s thrilling final, where Gary McNabb claimed the title with a 13-5 victory over our very own Craig Burgess! 🏆

Who will get their hands on the trophy this year? 👀

The countdown is on! 🎯

With less than 2 weeks to go until the Bowls Trader World Cup 🌍 🏆

Let’s take a look back at last years final between England and Ireland, where England claimed their first World Cup title.

Which country will take the trophy this year? Let us know in the comments below 👇

Join us at 7pm BST for the draw of the Bowls Trader World Cup followed by the UK Open.

The seeds for the World Cup draw are:
Pot 1
1 England
2 Belgium
3 Ireland

Pot 2
4 Wales
5 Sweden
6 Scotland

Pot 3
7 Rest of the World
8 Norway
9 Canada

And the players for the UK Open in alphabetical order are:
1 Aaron Graham
2 Alan Trubshaw
12 Alastair McCrea
3 Alex Kley
5 Alistair Mahaffy
7 Andrew Evans
8 Andrew Hudson
9 Andrew Shorney
10 Anja Ehmke Jeremiassen
11 Anne Lene Nilsen
190 Anthony Tennyson
13 Arwel Morgan
15 Barry Bates
16 Ben Pay
17 Bill Hjoberg
18 Bill McCollam
19 Billy Chapman
20 Billy Ray
21 Bjarne Andersson
22 Bjørn Åge Larsen
23 Bob Naylor
159 Bob Taylor
93 Brenda Crowe
24 Cameron Leyshon
25 Caoimhe Doherty
26 Carin Carlsson
27 Carol Taylor
28 Caroline Trubshaw
29 Cathy Thomas
30 Cato Larsen
31 Cecil Dillon
32 Cennydd Howell
33 Chris Adams
34 Chris Coates
35 Chris Duncan
36 Chris McWhinnie
37 Chris Page
38 Chris West
39 Chris Wi***es
40 Christ De Coninck
41 Christer Nordin
42 Colin Willis
43 Connie Coates
44 Craig Burgess
45 Craig Quantock
46 Dafydd Howell
4 Damian Scanlon
47 Damion Ellis
48 Daniel Sands
49 Darren Brown
50 David Llewellyn
51 David McBride
52 David Studden
54 Debbie Cochrane
55 Declan Hegarty
56 Denis Doherty
53 Derek Coates
57 Diane Marshall
58 Edward Law
59 Elisabeth Hus
60 Elise Daniell
61 Emily Poulter
62 Emma Russell
63 Eoghain Browne
64 Fay Crossett
65 Faye Ray
66 Ferdinand Frantzen
67 Filip De Coninck
68 Finn Arild Zinder Aarnes
69 Freddy Forland
70 Fredrik Waljehorn
71 Gary McNabb
72 Gary Pickering
73 George-Ann Smith
74 Glenn Harvey
75 Graeme Allan
76 Graeme George
77 Grant Robinson
78 Greg Wade
79 Greg Webb
80 Gunnar Frantzen
81 Hannah Leaf
82 Harry Neilly
83 Hege Strand Aarnes
84 Helen Smurthwaite
85 Hendrik Blomme
86 Henning Borgersen
87 Ian Crossett
88 Ian Ding
89 Ian Young
90 Ils Belmans
91 Ivan McClintock
92 James Pickthall
94 Jim Trott
95 Joakim Andersson
96 Joel Häger
97 Johan Bleus
98 John Ingar Larsen
99 John Jillings
100 John Lax
101 Jonas Häger
102 Jonathan Payne
103 Joseph Peters
104 Julian Scales
105 Karl Hudson
106 Kate Morgan
107 Kathleen Whiting
108 Kathryn Jones
109 Katie Gay
132 Keith Johns
110 Keith Lackford
111 Ken Taylor
112 Kevin Collins
113 Kevin Lawley
114 Lawrence Moffat
115 Leah Wood
116 Les Dunster
117 Luke Gardner
118 Lutgarde Van Basselaere
120 Mark Beattie
121 Mark Slack
122 Mark Spalding
123 Martin Boraston
124 Martin Grange
6 Martin McNicholl
125 Matt Sifford
126 Matthew Leaf
127 Melissa Morris
119 Melvin Simpson
128 Michael Hall
129 Millie Froud
130 Mio Kontic
131 Mitchell Young
133 Natalie Evans
134 Nigel Charles
135 Nigel Froud
136 Nigel Nicholls
137 Olav Jeremiassen
138 Pam Neilly
139 Pat Goodchild
140 Paul Doherty
141 Paul Hutson
142 Paula Scales
143 Peter Ainslie
144 Peter H**e
145 Peter Thompson
146 Pieterjan Stevens
147 Pontus Guldestam
148 Ray Niblock
149 Raymond Prescott
150 Rebecca Young
151 Richard Arran
152 Richard Forsythe
153 Richard Glass
154 Riley Jones
155 Rob Wade
156 Robbie McNulty
157 Robert Kristiansen
158 Robert Martin
160 Robin Armstrong
14 Robin McMullan
161 Roger Stevens
162 Ron Smith
163 Royston Lewis
164 Russ Doherty
165 Ryan Knight
166 Ryan Lewis
167 Samantha Jones
168 Santo Orlando
169 Sarah Sarling
170 Scott White
171 Sean Hughes
172 Sebastiaan Abtahi
173 Sibe Laureys
174 Simon Davey
175 Simon Pridham
176 Siw Amundsen
177 Stephen Gale
178 Stephen Proctor
179 Stephen Williams
180 Steve Smith
181 Steve Whiting
182 Stuart Pierce
183 Susan Pearson
184 Terry Bradshaw
185 Thomas Coles
186 Thore Amundsen
187 Timothy Franklin
188 Tom Erik Johnsen
189 Tom Morris
191 Vanessa Armstrong
192 William Bowcutt