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Well done to Cindy McLaughlin and Andrew Carnegie, winners of the Invitation Pairs on Sunday 6 Sep; and commiserations to Shirley Stoten and Tim Poynter who put up a great fight in the final
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Congratulations to Jackie Kingston, Nickie Furniss, Cindy McLaughlin and Lesley Taylor, who featured on an all-Andover rink for the victorious Hampshire South team in this year's Dolly Gore Trophy at Banister Park!
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Thank you to all who came along this morning to help put the green to bed for the winter; and to Steve and Meg for doughnuts
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At the S&D Women's Finals Day on 12 Sep, Jackie Kingston and Lesley Taylor won the Aussie Pairs 14-12 in a match against a pair from Amesbury; sadly Jackie lost the 2W final 18-10 and the triples were defeated 36-28. Well done, all - great efforts!
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Following Monday's EGM, nominations are now open in the Clubhouse for the 2027 Committee, including the new presidential and chair roles, and for area representatives and team captains
The Vigo Park green is now closed for the winter to allow re-surfacing and some remedial work to the edge of the green, alongside the application of specialist treatments. See you all again next spring!
In the meantime, many of our members will shift to bowling indoors, and the Club will enter several cup competitions between now and next March. Most of our members who go indoors bowl at Longmeadow IBC, Whitchurch, where there are several leagues and knock-out competitions waiting for you to join: if you've never bowled indoors, taster sessions can be arranged and there is an indoors friendly taking place against Longmeadow on 18 October - why not sign up?
Hello and welcome
Andover Bowling Club has a long and proud history of welcoming members to the world of bowling. We are an extremely friendly, inclusive club: something that is easy to say, but we try our very best to make sure that we also live it.
The green on which we play at the Club is one of the best anywhere and our members, under the direction of our greenkeeping team, volunteer substantial amounts of their own time in keeping it that way. We also invest a large sum of money every year in providing professional care for it during the winter season when the green is closed. And no wonder, since the amount of bowling which takes place on it during the summer is considerable: no fewer than 85 home fixtures, and that doesn't include our own competitions, domestic leagues, Club Nights, etc. still less casual roll-ups.
You can read more about our history and about the teams we put out in the local leagues to which we affiliate elsewhere on this site, while at the foot of the page there's a calendar detailing the social activities going on throughout the year in the Clubhouse. Further down the page you'll also find the Club's full fixture list, re-vamped as from 1 July, detailing all the remaining fixtures taking place until the end of the outdoors season. if you have downloaded this previously, please destroy and re-download, to make sure you are working to the current version (no. 4).
Do explore all the pages and, if you have any questions, come back here and drop us an e-mail. And, if you're on FB, don't forget to check us out over there, too (the familiar icon in the footer at the very bottom of the page will take you straight there).
If you spot anything on this website that looks a bit off, whether it be information that we don't appear to have, something which appears to be incorrect or links that have gone rotten, please e-mail the Website Manager and we'll have a look directly.
How to find us
You’ll find our bowling green close to Andover town centre, along Recreation Road at the back of Vigo Park. Our postcode is SP10 1HL; and the ‘What Three Words’ location for the entrance is ///picture.engrossed.merchant.
If you’re still a bit stuck, there’s a Google map and directions over on the Contact page.
And, if you're travelling by public transport, do check your route via the Stagecoach website at: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/south/latest-timetables (putting Recreation Road, Test Valley, Andover in the 'To' box) - although note that no buses directly serve the location of the green.
