Updated 2023-01-22
TO ALL BOWLERS NEW TO SHORT MAT BOWLING
There is no need to give up bowling for the year after the outdoor season closes in late September or early October; you are encouraged to try short mat bowling that we play every day in Anderson House in the fall and winter months.
A general description of the game can be found on the Short Mat Game page of this website. That page also has a link to a video where you can see how a (singles) short mat game is played. You may also find it helpful to talk to one of the current players and ask them how you get to play in one of our daily casual Daily Draw games in Anderson House.
Short mat bowling uses your regular outside bowls and is played on a mat 45 feet by 6 feet. During the regular season, we have two mats in play.
There are two ways for you to play:
- Join in one of the twelve Daily Draw casual games every week, which occur at least once every day of the week. Booking for Daily Draws will commence late September. The booking is accessed through our online short mat calendar. This link is also available via the CALENDAR menu that is displayed on the navigation bar of every page of our website.
- Become a league player, by registering in one of the leagues.
Please come and join us and keep your bowling going until next spring! Last year we had some 65 players playing short mat.
For further details of how we organize the short mat sessions, see Short Mat at Oak Bay.
Good bowling!
Andrew Harley, Short Mat Manager
