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Salisbury & District League

Andover Bowling Club is a founder member of this association, which was set up in 1914, alongside Shaftesbury and Salisbury. The association affiliates five other bowling clubs around Salisbury. There is a men’s league and a women’s league, but no divisions: all teams play each other home and away during the course of the season.

Each match in the men’s league consists of four triples and lasts 18 ends. In the women’s league, matches are constituted of three triples (three woods).

In the men’s league, matches are played on Mondays and Thursdays and all with a start time of 6.15; in the women’s league, matches are played mostly on Monday or Thursday evenings with one match taking place on a Saturday afternoon.

A separate trophy is awarded to the team featuring the highest winning triple during the season.

The full rules can be found here.

 

In the men’s league, Andover fields two teams:

Andover Lions, captained by Mick Corden – the reigning champions going into 2025

Here are the team fixtures and results for the 2025 season:

Mon 12 May: Lions v Andover Eagles

Thu 22 May Wilton v Lions

Thu 29 May: Pewsey Blues v Lions

Thu 5 Jun: Amesbury v Lions

Mon 9 Jun Herbie Turner Cup

Thu 12 Jun: Lions v Salisbury

Thu 19 Jun Pewsey Reds v Lions

Thu 26 Jun: Alderbury v Lions

Mon 30 Jun: Eagles v Lions

Mon 7 Jul: Lions v Wilton

Thu 17 Jul: Lions v Pewsey Blues

Thu 24 Jul: Lions v Amesbury

Thu 31 Jul: Salisbury v Lions

Thu 7 Aug: Lions v Pewsey Reds

Thu 14 Aug: Lions v Alderbury

 

Andover Eagles, captained by Dave Canniford

Here are the team fixtures and results for 2025:

Mon12 May: Eagles v Andover Lions

Mon 19 May Eagles v Salisbury

Thu 29 May Eagles v Wilton

Sat 31 May Herbie Turner Cup

Thu 5 Jun: Pewsey Reds v Eagles

Mon 9 Jun: Pewsey Blues v Eagles

Mon 16 Jun Eagles v Alderbury

Mon 23 Jun Eagles v Amesbury

Mon 30 Jun Eagles v Andover Lions

Thu 10 Jul Salisbury v Eagles

Mon 14 Jul Wilton v Eagles

Mon 21 Jul Eagles v Pewsey Reds

Mon 28 Jul Eagles v Pewsey Blues

Mon 4 Aug: Alderbury v Eagles

Mon 11 Aug: Amesbury v Eagles

 

Andover's team in the S&D Women's League is led by Jackie Kingston. 2025 fixtures have now been decided and are as follows:

Thu 15 May: Andover v Amesbury

Thu 22 May: Alderbury v Andover

Thu 29 May: Wilton v Andover

Thu 19 Jun: Andover v Salisbury

Sat 28 Jun: Andover v Alderbury

Thu 10 Jul: Amesbury v Andover

Thu 24 Jul: Salisbury v Andover

Mon 28 Jul: Pewsey v Andover

Thu 31 Jul: Andover v Wilton

Mon 4 Aug: Andover v Pewsey