HOW THE
SWEDISH FEDERATION
WAS FORMED

An email enquiry by Tommy Dahlgren to Short Mat International started the whole thing off in the Autumn of 2005. This was very quickly followed up with a visit to the British Isles Championships by Tommy, his wife Bente, and friends Christer & Vivianne Andersson. A few minutes trial was enough to appreciate the huge potentionl of Short Mat bowls.

Upon their return to Sweden some lightning development saw a number of mats and sets of bowls in use. This was followed up with lots of publicity and in no time at all (but with a huge amount of work), the Swedish Federation was born. Apart from the big job of expanding the sport in Sweden, the first International target was to enter a Swedish team into the 2008 World championships, in which they showed rapid development for a very young organisation and they will undoubtedly become a force in the game over the coming years.

The official site of the Swedish Short Mat Bowling Federation

Another site for Bowls in Sweden

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