{"id":260,"date":"2014-02-20T20:42:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T20:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=260"},"modified":"2025-12-29T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T16:56:47","slug":"short-mat-bowls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/short-mat-bowls\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Mat Bowls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/0051.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/0051.jpg?resize=625%2C413\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/0051.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/0051.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/0051.jpg?resize=624%2C413&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/0051.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/0051.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><b><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Short Mat Bowls season runs from September until April. \u00a0The 2025 season starts on Tuesday 9 September. Club Nights are held on Tuesday &amp; Thursday evenings (meet at 6.30pm for 6.45pm start) &#8211; finish at 9.00pm. \u00a0There are also two afternoon sessions on Monday and Wednesdays (meet at 1.45pm for 2.00pm start) &#8211; finish at 4.00pm. Club coloured shirts to be worn for evening sessions. <span style=\"font-size: revert;\">There is a tea\/coffee break at all sessions (\u00a31.00pp) and the<\/span><span style=\"font-size: revert;\"> bar is open for the evening sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Membership is \u00a360.00 per annum.<\/p>\n<p><b>Short Mat Competitions<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Details will be published here as they become available.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">See the Devon County Short Mat Bowls Association website (www.devonshortmat.co.uk) for West Area News which includes the league tables for the Bere Alston &amp; District Short Mat Bowls League)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/006.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-256\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/006.jpg?resize=625%2C413\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/006.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/006.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/006.jpg?resize=624%2C413&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/006.jpg?w=1250 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/006.jpg?w=1875 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Short Mat Bowls season runs from September until April. \u00a0The 2025 season starts on Tuesday 9 September. Club Nights are held on Tuesday &amp; Thursday evenings (meet at 6.30pm for 6.45pm start) &#8211; finish at 9.00pm. \u00a0There are also two afternoon sessions on Monday and Wednesdays (meet at 1.45pm for 2.00pm start) &#8211; finish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-260","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3Mp0j-4c","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3643,"href":"https:\/\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions\/3643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tavistockbowlingclub.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}