County competitions

As well as the three district leagues in which we field teams, Andover Bowling Club also participates in the county competitions run under the auspices of Bowls Hampshire, to which association we affiliate annually..This gives us the chance to participate as a Club at this level against teams from right across the county, while individual members are also entitled to enter Bowls Hampshire competitions.

In some great news for the Club, Jackie Kingston was once again selected to represent Hampshire in the Johns Trophy. This prestigious competition takes place annually on a round robin basis, with Hampshire drawn to play Berkshire, Isle of Wight and Wiltshire. Jackie lead on one rink in the home match against Berkshire which took place at Banister Park on 7 June (result TBC). Well done, Jackie!

Matches arranged at Club level for 2025 are as follows:

 

Tony Allcock Trophy 

(preliminary round): Sun 11 May Yateley B 34 v 40 Andover

(Round 1): Sun 25 May Andover v Oakley (5pm) (match lost, sadly - details TBC)

Gordon Bazley writes: Andover won at Yateley B 40 - 34. Playing on a difficult green, Robin Kingston's rink, along with Lesley Taylor, Gordon Bazley and Jackie Kingston, won well; Pete Anthony's rink (Sue Milton, Cynthia Hamilton and Les Reeves), whose green was also difficult, lost against a good Yateley rink. The overall win by 6 shots takes us into the next round.

 

National 2 Fours

Thu 15 May Cove v Andover

Gordon Bazley writes: lost overall. We held on to win by one on Pete Anthony's rink with Mark Slade, Mick Corden and Ray Cozze. However, on Robin Kingston's rink, Andy Carnegie, Evan Lewens and Gordon Bazley lost heavily against an extremely strong Cove rink.

 

Men's Top Club

Mon 19 May - Yateley v Andover

Gordon  Bazley writes: this match consisted of five disciplines; the first team to win three wins the match. Andy Carnegie won in the two woods; but Mark Slade narrowly lost in the four woods singles and Robin & Evan narrowly lost out in the pairs by 19-20 while Gordon's rink lost after 17 ends. Tony's pairs were three down with a couple of ends to go, but didn't finish as Andover were already 3-1 down by that point..

 

 

County Men's Championship

Fri 13 June - Andover v Sports Centre (4 rinks)

 

Thornbery Trophy (women's teams)

Sat 21 June - Andover v Romsey (2 rinks)

 

Hants and Berks Cup

Fri 27 June - Andover v Oakley (3 rinks)

 

Additionally, the following draw has been made, with dates awaited for matches:

Mixed Top Club: Littleton or Mayfield Park