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One of the oldest Short Mat Bowling Clubs in Herefordshire, Lea Short Mat Bowling Club was a founding member of the Herefordshire SMBA. 

Welcome to the
 Friendly Website 
 of 
 Lea Short Mat Bowling Club


If you are new to Short Mat Bowling,
or if you want to increase your knowledge
of the game,
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Short Mat bowling

Triumph for a newly qualified umpire. 

Brian Claessen, from Lea Short Mat Bowls Club, qualified as an umpire for Short Mat Bowls two years ago and has taken the challenge very seriously.  He has frequently umpired the County games with great success and professionalism and recently was highly recommended to umpire the prestigious matches of the final rounds of the ICC (Inter County Competitions) held in Caroline Chisholm School Academy in Northhampton.  In March he umpired thePreliminary round for the Premier teams; the Semi finals for the A teams Somerset against Buckinghamshire; and the highest accolade of all the Finals of the A Teams on Sunday March 11 when he umpired the match Buckinghamshire A against Devon A.   Hereford Short Mat Bowls Association is very proud to have an umpire of such distinction in their County who has received such glowing reports from the English Short Mat Bowls Association Umpire director Terry Matthews and Chairman Chris Hopkins.  Their confidence in his umpiring ability is a great tribute to his hard work and dedication.
  ( Ross Gazette)

Well Done Brian!

 



Congratulations to Richard Bemand who recently passed his Umpires Exam
Now there are three recognised Umpires in Herefordshire, and as a club we are blessed with two of them, yes I mean that, they are vaued members of the team here.
Well done Richard!


If you would like to visit us, ( and we love visitors) you will find us on the A 40, about five miles out of Ross on Wye.
  From the other direction (Gloucester) we are  the same distance from Huntley,








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Places to visit
  • Herefordshire Web Site

    The Lea Short mat Bowling Club is affiliates to the Hereford SMBA to see their Web Site Click the bull


  • League 1 reports

    Click the image to view the 2010 reports an the A team of the Lea SMBC


  • League 2 Reports

    Click the image to access the page for the 2010 reports on the Lea B team


Lea Short Mat Bowling
The Lea Village Hall, home to the Lea Short Mat Bowling Club. 






The Interior view of the Hall set out for two mats





Roll-Up sessions

Tuesday
7.00pm -- 7.30 pm start
10.00pm finish

Thursday
2.00pm-- 2.30pm start
5.00pm finish

Visitors welcome
at all sessions

For visitors and
prospective members.
3 consecutive visits
FREE!
Bowls are available
no charge for use.



Have a look in your pocket to see if you have a bowler there!

If not, see the one above, note the lines at the bottom.

They look very much like short mat markings.

Pity it's a 50p coin - it should be £2.00