BACKGROUND

Every Sunday night from October till late March, an internal shortmat league takes part at the Club. The 'Sunday League' started Shortmat at Blackbird Leys Bowls Club back in the late Eighties. Originally a small forty-foot mat was purchased with a set of eight small brown bowls and eight small black bowls. These bowls were approx. half the size of normal bowls, which are now used outdoor, indoor and in the current shortmat games. In the early nineties a new 'regulation' shortmat was purchased, and with it came the use of players own bowls.

SUNDAY NIGHT FUN

The Sunday night league has always, and will always be a fun night for all members of the Club. There is no dress code (as long as your wearing something!), and almost no game rules, but there is always laughter and joking. The best thing about the Sunday league is that it is a good starting point for anyone who is interested in Bowls, but at the same time it is open to non bowlers (i.e. social members).