MARLBOROUGH will host Supermarine in the first round of this season's Dorset & Wilts 1st XV Vase.

Cricklade are also in first-round action, and are due to host Wheatsheaf, with a November 15 home tie against last season's beaten semi-finallists Swindon College in round two up for grabs.

Minety entertain Cooper Avon Tyres for the right to host Swindon.

Wootton Bassett must await the winners of Sherborne and Puddletown, while Corsham will host either Blandford or Wincanton in the second phase.

In the 1st XV Cup Chippenham will host Bournemouth in the quarter-finals on December 13, the winners travelling to either Swanage & Wareham or Devizes in the semi-finals

Meanwhile, last season's 2nd XV Cup beaten finallists Swindon have been handed a bye into the second round of this season's competition.

The Greenbridge Road side, who lost in the final to Swanage & Wareham last season, must wait until November 15 before launching their campaign, against either Minety or Cooper Avon.

Those two will play in the first round on September 20 for the right to host Swindon.

Also in the first round, Supermarine entertain Swindon College,with the winners travelling to Trowbridge.

DRAWS

Dorset & Wilts 1st XV Cup

Quarter-finals (December 13): Swanage & Wareham; v Devizes; Chippenham v Bournemouth; Dorchester v Oakmedians; Salisbury v Wimborne

Dorset & Wilts 1st XV Vase

1st round (October 18): Lytchett Minster v Weymouth; Cricklade v Wheatsheaf; Sherborne v Puddletown; Marlborough v Supermarine; Poole v Portcastrians; Minety v Cooper Avon Tyres; Blandford v Wincanton; Warminster v Bradford on Avon.

2nd round (November 15): North Dorset v Lytchett Minster/Weymouth; Cricklade/Wheatsheaf v Swindon College; Wootton Bassett v Sherborne/Puddletown; Marlborough/Supermarine v Trowbridge; Calne v Poole/Portcastrians; Minety/Cooper Avon Tyres v Swindon; Corsham v Blandford/Wincanton; Warminster/Bradford on Avon v Westbury.

Dorset & Wilts 2nd XV Cup

1st round (September 20): Weymouth v Bournemouth; Corsham v Westbury; Bradford on Avon v Calne; Supermarine v Swindon College; Oakmedians v Sherborne; Minety v Cooper Avon Tyres.

2nd round (November 15): Swanage & Wareham v Weymouth/Bournemouth; Corsham/Westbury v Devizes; Dorchester v North Dorset; Bradford on Avon/ Calne v Wimborne; Trowbridge v Supermarine/Swindon College; Chippenham v Salisbury; Wootton Bassett v Oakmedians/Sherborne; Minety/Cooper Avon Tyres v Swindon.