Northampton Old Scouts 54 Leighton Buzzard 19 Leighton could not get into second gear as they lost the last league game of the season against a strong Old Scouts team who finished third in the league. Leighton kicked off but the kick went straight into touch. From the resultant scrum the home side picked ran…
Golfing Grand Prix winner Simon Light has kick-started his season with a maximum points win in Leighton Buzzard’s March midweek medal competition. The 39-year-old former Junior Captain of the Plantation Road club finished top scorer in club non-trophy competitions last season with 58 points, potted an opening 10 last week when he carded a nett…
Leighton Buzzard’s female golfers have won the first club trophy event of the season, beating a Dad’s Army club squad by an impressive nine games to four. In what Seniors Captain Paul Bishop described as an “inauspicious” start to the season after his male squad won just three of the 13 matches and handing over…
What a fantastic Sunday of rugby yesterday, there is so much to report on! Our U7s, U8s and U9s hosted the Bedfordshire Festival which was a great success with so many happy smiling faces from all teams and lots of positive feedback – a huge thank you to all involved especially to Phil Wilkinson and…
Bedford Swifts 36 Leighton Buzzard 2nds 31 Buzzards started off brightly on their first visit to the opposition 22 with Julian Gallie intercepting a pass and powering over and score under the posts. The two sides were evenly matched in the first half, with both sides unable to convert time in the 22 into points…
LEIGHTON BUZZARD 48 – 24 PETERBOROUGH LIONS Leighton Buzzard won their final home league game of the season with an ultimately convincing victory over Peterborough Lions. Whilst the visitors are the league bottom side, they put up a spirited performance – midway through the second half there was only a 5 point gap, before Buzzards…
Less than a year after merging the administration and management of male and female golf in Bedfordshire, the value of the unique initiative has been recognised by governing body England Golf with a special award as part of a celebration of “all that’s great in the game in the country.” One of the smallest golfing…
Members of Leighton Buzzard golf club have paid tribute to Maurice Campbell who flies back to his native New Zealand later this week after 22 years as PGA golf professional at the Plantation Road club. Recognised as one of the top award-winning professional coaches in the region, Maurice has taken up a new post with…
LEIGHTON BUZZARD 48 – 10 TOWCESTRIANS Leighton Buzzard secured their biggest win of the league season, scoring eight tries to defeat Towcestrians. The Buzzard scrum completely dominated their opponents – providing quality ball for the backs – including 17-year-old winger, Ben Cullen, who scored four tries. With captain Owen Forsyth injured, stand-in skipper Eddie Wiggins,…
KETTERING 25 -14 LEIGHTON BUZZARD Leighton Buzzard’s good recent form deserted them in the second-half of their latest league game away at Kettering. Having controlled the first half and gained a deserved lead by half time, they allowed the apparently inspired home team to score twenty second-half points without reply. Buzzards kicked off in dry…
