Less than three weeks after the government relaxed lockdown rules to allow golfers to resume playing, Leighton Buzzard members are now able to play the complete 18-hole Plantation Road course in a move to what will be the “new normal.” The club initially gave the green-light to members to play nine of the holes in…
Leighton Fun Runners have been awarded funds to help train more leaders and improve safety in the popular sporting activity. The club has been awarded £382 by the Leighton-Linslade Sports Council, half what it will cost to train ‘Leaders in Fitness’, a course run by England Athletics providing a nationally recognised qualification …
Two of the town’s top amateur football clubs have been awarded funds to enable volunteer helpers to achieve coaching qualifications. Leighton-Linslade Sports Council has awarded Leighton Park Rangers £255 towards the cost of enabling two new managers to complete the FA level 1 coaching course, while Woodside Football Club has been awarded £382 to…
Leighton Buzzard golfers were amongst the first in Britain to resume playing after the government relaxed lockdown rules following talks with the sport’s governing bodies. The town’s Plantation Road club gave the green-light to members to play in two-ball pairings after finalising strict guidelines to comply with social distancing and other measures necessary to ensure the…
PICTURE CAPTION STORY… Retired farmer Nick Rathbone pictured receiving the 50th Anniversary trophy from Leighton Buzzard Golf Club Immediate Past Captain Robbie John – his first solo trophy win since joining the Plantation Road club in 1975, the year Leighton celebrated its 50th anniversary. Nick, 78, was also a long-time member of the Mentmore club until…
Linslade Tennis Club has been awarded funds to help improve its facilities for people with learning and physical difficulties who wish to play tennis. The club, based at Mentmore Road Memorial Playing fields, has been awarded £254 by the Leighton-Linslade Sports Council, the cost of providing a range of equipment, including indoor sponge balls,…
(picture caption story) Golfers are flying the flag for the NHS at Leighton Buzzard’s Plantation Road club. Though no golf is being played to comply with government advice to curb the spread of the Corona virus, pins on the 9th and 18th holes now bear the NHS logo on flags as a tribute to medical…
LOCKED-down golfers throughout Britain are hoping playing restrictions will be eased in the next few weeks – and few are more eager to get the ball rolling than members of Leighton Buzzard’s Plantation Road club. With a return to “limited golf” eagerly anticipated, Leighton members will return to action as commissioning of a new state-of-the-art…
Retired rail industry project manager George Darbyshire collects Leighton Buzzard golf club’s Lucking Cup from Immediate Past Captain Robbie John – his first club trophy at the age of 82. A former Captain of the Seniors Section at the Plantation Road club, George beat Steve Molyneaux in the final after wins over Ian Woodman, Terry…
PICTURE CAPTION STORY: EIGHTEEN-year-old Brandon Sanders collects the Autumn Bowl from Leighton Buzzard golf club Immediate Past Captain Robbie John – just two years after father Lee won the same trophy. The Milton Keynes based father and son joined Leighton’s Plantation Road club three years ago, and have not looked back since. Six-handicapper Lee won…
