Members of Leighton Buzzard golf club have given the green light to proposals to cut annual subscriptions and joining fees in a drive to attract more young people to take up the sport. As part of a ground-breaking initiative, the Plantation Road club has extended its “intermediate” category of membership by ten years…
NEW Leighton Buzzard golf club Captain Simon Rossiter was installed in style on Sunday, driven to the first tee in a classic 60-year old Austin-Healy “frog eyed” Sprite, followed by a cavalcade of other vehicles, their owners and club members. The drive-in ruse was the work of Vice Captain Graham Freer designed to capture 54-year-old…
The Essex Winter Series provides a number of opportunities for marathon racing over winter and a chance to win a series title both individually and as a club. Leighton’s event will be on 26 January on the Grand Union Canal but today’s (12 Jan) round was at Chelmsford on the river Chelmer. The course…
HAPPY HOOKERS HAT TRICK EXTENDS BUZZARDS LEAGUE LEAD STEWART & LLOYDS 7-36 LEIGHTON BUZZARD Leighton Buzzard secured another bonus point victory to extend their lead to six points at the top of Midlands 2 East (South) league. Whilst Stewart & Lloyds are the league’s bottom side, they were extremely motivated and encouraged by…
Buzzards 2nd team opened brightly against visitors Ampthill 5th, in this Banana Bread Beer League fixture, and had the first 20 minutes under control. After successive phases, centre Nick Geoghegan was unlucky not to score first, his breakthrough was judged to have dropped on going over the line. Buzzards continued to press in successive phases, orchestrated by…
LEIGHTON BUZZARD 29-17 ST. IVES Leighton Buzzard secured a bonus point win to extend their lead at the top of Midlands 2 East but this was far from the convincing victory against a spirited and much improved St Ives team. Leighton had won convincingly earlier in the season against St. Ives, so when Buzzards…
Couch to 5k is a 9 week programme designed to get you into running and able to run at least 5k and improve fitness. The next Couch To 5K programme will start on Monday 27th January 2020 at 7.15pm at the clubhouse, in Bell Close Leighton Buzzard, just opposite Morrisons. What better way to kick start your fitness goals…
An early new year fixture in the canoe racing calendar is the Frank Luzmore Memorial race on the River Thames. This race for double crews in K2 kayaks or C2 canoes is a 20 km course from Shepperton to Richmond with three locks or rollers to portage the boat over. Annually this is one…
It’s a busy week for members of Leighton Buzzard’s Plantation Road golf club, with Robbie John standing down at Friday’s annual meeting after a successful year as Captain, being succeeded by civil servant Simon Rossiter. Robbie’s final task will be to present prizes to last year’s winners of club competitions on Saturday evening,…
Three members of Santa’s squad of helpers limbered up for Tuesday’s (Dec 24) busy night shift by turning up at Leighton Buzzard’s Plantation Road golf club and winning a prize. The trio were from Santa’s Elves and Safety department checking out the terrain for Santa’s nine-strong team of reindeer led by red-nosed Rudolph, joined…
