Short Mat Players Tour

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UK Open 2026 | Short Mat Players Tour UK Open 2026 at Falcon Bowling and Social Club. Starts 29 August 2026.

Update: UK Open 🇬🇧 2026 SOLD OUT! To add yourself the the waitlist please use the below link 👇

https://www.shortmatplayerstour.com/tournaments/uk-open-2026

Just a reminder that entries for the UK Open 2026 go live at 7pm GMT tonight! Hosted by the Short Mat Players Tour, this is your chance to secure a place in one of the most exciting events on the calendar. Make sure you’re ready to enter as soon as it goes live — you can enter directly through our website via Ticket Tailor. Don’t miss out — set your reminder and be ready at 7pm!

Penultimate ranking event done and dusted. ✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️6️⃣

Congratulations to England's Alastair McCrea who makes the English Masters title his third tournament win 🥇🏆 👏
England's Matt Siffo takes home the silver medal🥈 and there are bronze medals for Matt Worden & Gary Mc Nabb 🥉🥉

The Plate is won by Ireland's Paul Doherty with an 11-8 victory over Richard Arran of Wales.

Norwegian Gunnar Frantzen beats England's Stephen Proctor to claim the Shield title.

Both Alastair & Matt become our next duo to qualify for next year's Players Championship finals. 👏👏

England's Craig Burgess remains as World No1 in the latest rankings. Pieterjan Stevens moves up 1 spot to No2 and Gary re-enters the top 3.

With one event left to go, things are hotting up in the race to top this season's 🏆 Order of Merit, with just 14.5 points separating the top three of Craig, Gary & Jonathan Payne.

And of course, players vying for that coveted World Cup spot with just four available per country.

English Masters 2026 Champion Alastair McCrea 🏆 🥇

In the Plate last 32, Richard Arran 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 edged out Nigel Nicholls 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 9-8 after a tie break.

In the Cup Last 64, Matty Worden won 13-2 against Mitchell Young to progress.