Leighton Fun Runners had a great success with their 10k race on Sunday 17th September which returned to the town after a period of having been hosted from Long Marston. 327 runners lined up at the start in Pages Park and made their way around Govebury Road, the quarry, Tiddenfoot Waterside Park and back to…
….while wife Sue tops the table by NINE. Husband and wife golfers have won competitions at Leighton Buzzard’s Plantation Road club within four days of each other ….writing a new page of history and raising over £900 for a charity which supports children with life-threatening illnesses. Retired super-store chief John Preston beat 147 club colleagues…
New Be Active June newsletter for Bedfordshire now available https://tinyurl.com/2p99t685 Includes courses and funding information Upcoming Courses Safeguarding & Protecting Children Workshop Tue, 21 June 2023 (18:30 – 21:30) Emergency First Aid Level 3 Award Wed, 12 Jul 2023 – Thu, 13 Jul 2023 (18:00 – 21:00) An Introduction to Unconscious Bias for Sport and…
Leighton Buzzard golfers have raised thousands of pounds for a children’s charity during a meltdown week of activities organised by club Captain Tim Mitchell and Ladies Captain Oonagh Russell and their support-teams. More than 200 members of the Plantation Road club took part in a variety of social and golfing activities to raise funds for…
Husband and wife golfers won competitions within 24 hours of each other playing on courses 40 miles apart. Peter Sheridan carded a convincing win in the first match in the Sandhouse 2023 Series, beating a heavy storm and 29 rivals for the Resurrection Shield at Wellingborough……the day after wife Josie topped the Division Two table…
x Despite an injury to Seniors Captain Paul Bishop, Leighton Buzzard golfers carded two wins out of three matches. Vice Captain John Clavey teamed up with Mick Day for an opening match opener against South Beds, with wins by Richard Lancaster and William Hawkes, Steve Paine and Graham Robinson, Harry Adam and Chris Figg and…
Fuel technician Josh Banwell won a Bank Holiday trophy at Leighton Buzzard golf club with a high octane performance that included 14 pars and a Par 2 birdie. Josh, 26, won the Beck Trophy with a nett 67, beating Mark Vincent by two shots, with Len Neal third a shot adrift. Mark was in the…
A unique trophy for a competition restricted to golfing grandmothers has been presented to the latest winner by the former Leighton Buzzard golf club Ladies Captain who donated it half a century ago. Connie Nash donated the “Grannies Salver” to the Plantation Road club in 1973 to mark her year as Ladies Captain…
Golfing partners Graham Freer and Martin Flynn beat more than a hundred club colleagues to qualify for the final of Leighton Buzzard’s Captains’ Cup competition with an impressive 49 points…..and carded six fewer to win the coveted trophy with four shots to spare. The deadly duo were top scorers on the way to the final…
LEIGHTON BUZZARD 26 – 34 CREWE AND NANTWICH Leighton Buzzard’s first XV season ended with defeat against Crewe and Nantwich in the Papa John’s Regional 2 North Shield Cup competition. With conditions excellent for running rugby and both teams looking to move the ball the spectators were treated to an entertaining match. Buzzards will…
