In the Basingstoke and District Men’s Rinks League Andover beat Whitchurch 4-1 on Friday, with a win on one rink and drawn games on the other two.

This put Andover into top spot after two games on eight points with Basingstoke Town second also with eight but with a smaller shot difference.

In the Salisbury and District Men’s League Team One travelled to Salisbury Victoria winning on two of the three rinks for a 10-2 points result.

They followed this with a 48-27 home win over a depleted Alderbury II for a 12-0 score. On Thursday in the Stan Hardman League Andover visited AWRE and in a rain affected game came away with a 4-3 win having won on two of the three rinks.

On Sunday the Drawn Pairs was held and after several rounds of competition the final was fought out between Leslie Taylor and James Freino who beat Chris Sutton and Andy McLardy 9-8 in a very close game.