LEIGHTON BUZZARD GOLF CLUB PLANTATION ROAD, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, BEDS LU7 3JF Reigning Junior champion Ed Stephenson is back on the winning trail, winning Leighton Buzzard golf club’s latest stableford competition with an impressive 41 points. Former Vandyke student Ed, 18, playing off a handicap of two, carded his best performance of the year to beat…
With the restrictions imposed to reduce the spread of COVID 19 there has been very little canoe racing this year. No sprint regattas and most international, national, and regional races have been cancelled. However some race organisers have managed to stage races in a compliant way and this includes one of the oldest canoe…
Looking to try something a bit different and make new friends, Leighton Buzzard RFC offers contact rugby for girls aged 12-18 each Sunday at Wright’s Meadow. Leighton Titans is the exciting Girls rugby section at Leighton Buzzard RFC – come and join us! #feelthebuzz
After 17 years as steward of Leighton Buzzard’s Plantation Road golf club, Jason Waddington is moving to pastures new. Born in Burnley, Lancashire and brought up in Halifax, Yorkshire, Jason, 47, plans to remain in the Leighton area where he has made many friends during his years in the town. Jason joined the Leighton…
Three golfers with matching handicaps each carded the same number of points to top the table in a trophy competition for seniors at Leighton Buzzard’s Plantation Road club. Scotsman Ken Wilson, Irishman Ian Alexander and Englishman Steve Marriott all finished with 40 points, leaving the winner of the Austin Farrell Trophy to be determined on…
Two Leighton Buzzard golfers have been crowned Bedfordshire champions in a competition which attracted a record entry….with another hitting a hole-in-one on his way to a top-ten finish. Former RAF technician Phil Coumbe teamed up with Leighton club champion Jamie Stone to win the County fourball title, beating 51 teams from other clubs with an…
A titanic battle between two golfers for a coveted club trophy was decided on the very last putt of their rounds. More than 150 members of Leighton Buzzard’ Plantation Road club competed for the Henley Cup with accountant Nick Roberts and IT manager Simon Rose, players with identical 15-handicaps, top finishers with scores of +5.…
Local sports clubs struggling to cope with the financial impact of the ongoing pandemic are being offered a helping hand by the Leighton-Linslade Sports Council. Over 3,000 people involved in sports ranging from football and rugby to swimming and canoeing have had activities severely curtailed by government restrictions designed to curb the spread of…
Design engineer Chris Hawkins could be forgiven for thinking Lady Luck was in pandemic lockdown after missing out by the narrowest of margins in three competitions in the space of a month at Leighton Buzzard’s Plantation Road golf club. But he buried the bogey with a near-flawless performance in Leighton’s September Midweek stableford last Wednesday,…
Three trophies have been up for grabs in the space of 10 days, with almost 200 golfers pitching for silverware as Leighton Buzzard’s Plantation Road club plays catch-up on events cancelled due to the pandemic lock-down. Grant Tibbett and George Elford teamed up to win Saturday’s Captain’s Cup final with a 45 point haul, beating…
