The Short Mat Players Tour[1] is a company responsible for events set up by Craig Burgess and Simon Pridham in 2011.
In the 2018 Norwegian Open; the SMPT partnered with Huldra Film to produce a television standard live stream of the later stages of the event.
At the start of the 2024/25 season a new rule was introduced by the Short Mat Players Tour which prohibits either players/teams first bowl of an end coming to rest fully within the ditch (Dead) area when delivered even if it touched the jack.
This was introduced to stop the possibility of players being able to win ends with their first bowl before their opponent has had a chance to reply.
Starting in 2015, the Short Mat Players' Tour created a "World Cup", which would contain teams of four, representing each country.
The highest ranked four players from each competing country would then represent the team for the world cup.