The career rail industry project manager delivered a first-class performance to win the men’s Lucking Cup at Leighton Buzzard’s Plantation Road club where he has been a member for almost 20 years. A former Captain of the Seniors Section of the club, Linslade-based George claimed the scalps of four experienced campaigners on his way to winning…
Oil recycling apprentice Ed Stephenson is still celebrating an amazing six days in which he won twin golf club championships with his 17th birthday sandwiched between the two. But it was a close call for the former Vandyke student who was ten shots behind competition leader Jamie Stone after the first round of Leighton Buzzard Golf…
Retired veterinary nurse Judy Ammon is Leighton Buzzard Golf Club’s new ladies champion, winning the title at her first attempt. The 12-handicap golfer carded a score of 174 after completing two rounds of the Plantation Road course in searing temperatures which forced several other players to retire. Judy, no stranger to winning prizes at the…
Plans for a new state-of-the-art course irrigation system are to be discussed by members of Leighton Buzzard Golf Club, with a decision expected on the £500,000-plus project early next month. With the existing system, installed around 35 years ago, past its working life, in need of constant maintenance and not capable of being extended to…
A 30-minute coaching lesson paid dividends for vision technician Billy O’Neill on Saturday when he won the Leighton Buzzard golf club Presidents’ Putter by a four shot margin – his 13thcompetition win since joining the Plantation Road club 28 years ago. Heath and Reach based Billy, 63, bucketed the other dozen trophies before a sudden…
Leighton Buzzard’s canoe sprint team were back in Nottingham this weekend for another National sprint regatta at Holme Pierrepont. Over both days, Max Pickering raced in the top boys group in mixture of K1 and K2 races over 200m, 500m and 1000m, getting to the finals in each of his heats and picking up several…
Two Leighton golfers are celebrating a rare purple patch, each topping the table in three competitions in the space of a few weeks. Club Captain Robbie John carded 39 points to win the White Trophy playing in the Rushmere Society match at Porters Park, then skippered the club men’s team to victory in…
A Leighton-based grandmother who took up golf just three years ago is facing a tough challenge after winning a dream trip to play at a Scottish club which has hosted the world-famous Open Championship on nine occasions and which until three years ago, banned women from being club members. Marie Bigrave won the trip to…
Town Mayor Councillor David Bowater has presented cheques totalling £2,731 to five local sports organisations, with all the awards going to finance coaching courses. The awards were made by the Leighton-Linslade Sports Council, with Councillor Bowater telling recipients that helping finance coaching courses was “the best thing we could do.”: Awards were made to: *…
The Commander of the new “bluelight” emergency service hub now at an advanced stage of construction in Milton Keynes, has been named as Vice Captain elect of the 600-member Leighton Buzzard Golf Club. Graham Freer, 54, an eight-handicap golfer and a member of the Plantation Road club for almost 20 years, has been named by…
