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The TJ Astra Zahradni Mesto Bowls Club invites you to the first indoor tournament on a "short mat" - the Short Mat Cup 2026.

Venue: TJ Sokol Liboc gym - Ruzynska 156/55 - Prague 6 - Liboc

Program:

• January 17, 2026 (from approx. 1:00 p.m.) two short-mat carpets will be available. Anyone will have the opportunity to get acquainted with this interesting variant of indoor bowls, which is still new in the Czech Republic.
• January 18, 2026 (from around 9:00 a.m.) a tournament will take place.

Entry fee: CZK 100 per team

Note: The tournament will be held as a DOUBLES tournament.

Abbreviated rules for Short Mat Bowls

The TJ Astra Zahradni Mesto Bowls Club is organizing the second annual Bowls League for Doubles (BLD).

Based on the very positive feedback from last year's event, the TJ Astra ZM club is organizing this competition again in 2026. This is a long-term competition for doubles, with 9  - 12 teams expected to participate.

Venue: TJ Sokol Liboc grounds - always lane no. 1

Playing days:

• May 12–13, 2026 May 19–20, 2026 May 26–27, 2026
• June 2–3,    2026 June 9–10,   2026 June 16–17, 2026

Start time: standard start time is 5:00 p.m. - earlier times are possible by mutual agreement

The specific date for each pair will be drawn.

Note: The organizer proposes two changes to the rules of the game:

• The time limit for the game is canceled.
• The procedure in case of inclement weather will be specified (interruption of up to 10 minutes; interruption of more than 10 minutes; postponement of the match).

Team representatives should send their registration to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by the end of January at the latest!

The application must include:

• Team name
• Player name 1
• Player name 2
• Optional substitute name

Entry fee: CZK 200 per team

For the third time, the preparatory camp will take place at the beautiful South Queensferry Bowling Club, located in picturesque Queensferry, Scotland.

Date: May 7–12, 2026

Departure on Thursday, May 7 at noon, playing days Friday, Saturday, Sunday, arrival on Monday, May 12 in the morning, i.e. three full playing days.

Note: shorter (longer) stays are also possible

If you are interested, join the WA group "Camp Edinburgh 2026".

Bowls Cyprus, in collaboration with Constantina Bros Hotels (CBH), organized the second annual Atlantic Senior Fours 2025 tournament in Paphos, Cyprus, from December 1–12, 2025.

The venue was the state-of-the-art bowls complex at the CBH hotel resort at the Athena Beach Hotel in Paphos, where all players were also accommodated. This resort is well known to the international bowls community, having hosted the World Bowls Atlantic Championships in 2011 and 2015, the World Bowls Champion of Champions in 2012, and a number of other major international events, including the Atlantic Senior Fours 2023.

Up to 16 lanes were prepared for the tournament, all of which meet international standards for World Bowls-approved competitions and are fully lit for evening play. The Atlantic Senior Fours 2025 included three separate competitions for teams of four – women's, men's and mixed – with all players required to be over 55 years of age as of April 1, 2025.

Compared to the inaugural ASF 2023, most of the traditional bowls powerhouses participated in this tournament, including Scotland, England, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, and several other African countries, so the tournament can be considered the unofficial world championship for four-member teams in the 55+ category. For more information, see: https://atlantic-senior-fours.com.

The Czech bowls team competed in all three competitions for the first time. The men's team consisted of Miroslav CACKY, Jan LETAL, Libor SVATON, Karel STURM, and substitute Radek ZUKAL. The women's team consisted of FULINOVA Helena, OPLETALOVA Romana, and PADYSAKOVA Aida; due to family reasons, Jana Macinova was unable to participate at the last minute, and after agreement with the organizers, a Cypriot player joined the team. The mixed competition (mixed doubles) was played by a team consisting of OPLETALOVA Romana, PADYSAKOVA Aida, CACKY Miroslav, and SVATON Libor.

The performance of the Czech senior bowls team at the Atlantic Senior Fours 2025 tournament was not very successful in terms of results. The men won only once and drew once, and the women also won only once, but compared to 2023, there was a noticeable improvement in their game and they had gained more international experience in the meantime.

The men's team's performance was very uneven – in some matches, the players proved that they could play evenly with strong opponents (the victory over strong Canada was clearly a big surprise and probably the only decent result), but others ended in a relatively clear defeat. The women's team performed more consistently and evenly, but their more experienced opponents were more often able to decide key moments in their favor. The mixed team also did not stand out from the crowd in terms of results. Overall, the Czech teams played better than in 2023, but it was still not enough for a more significant success.