Longhope (Foxes), Yorkley (Boars), Forest of Dean (Squirrels), Forest of Dean (Stags)

These will take the form of the usual Forest League format. Round Robin with every team playing each other.

If at the end of the evening we have teams with the same number of points, the winner will be decided by a penalty shootout. I will explain how this will work on the night and if needed, it should prove to be an exciting finale to the evening.  To my knowledge this hasn’t been tried in short mat bowls before, but the Forest League has never been frightened to try something new.