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. For 2025, it's currently held by a Pewsey Reds triple who chalked up a 35-3 score against Pewsey Blue.
The full rules can be found here.
In the men’s league, Andover fields two teams. Each team has its own dedicated page which can be accessed via the menu above or via the following links:
After five rounds of matches, Lions sit at the top of the league, with five successive wins, and a 3.5 point advantage over Pewsey Red in second. Lions' next match is against Pewsey Red, scheduled for this coming Thursday at Vigo Park. Supporters welcome!
Eagles have had a tougher start and currently sit on 8 points, with one win under their belts earned on Monday night against Pewsey Blue who now sit below them in the league table.
The dedicated page for Andover's team in the women's league can be found via the menu above or directly at the following link:
Herbie Turner Cup
This competition exists for clubs affiliated to the Salisbury & District Association. Uniquely, it takes place between the teams drawn against each other home and away simultaneously: each team supplying two rinks which play at home and two which play away. A quick call at the end of the match between the team captains sees the scores totalled up and, if there is a tie in the scores, further ends are played.
In the first round matches, Eagles were drawn at home to Pewsey Reds, which took place on 31 May and which resulted in a win for the Eagles 77-61; while Lions beat Salisbury on 9 June on a all 4 rinks, by 74-53.
Eagles now play Lions in the semi-final, with Andover thus guaranteed a finalist (which is scheduled for Sunday 10 August). The semi-final will take place on Thursday 3 July, all rinks to be played at Andover.
The .pdf attached below has the current state of play in the competition ahead of the semi-finals.