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Fans help to pay off Blues' HMRC debt

9:00am Friday 24th May 2013

DONATIONS from Wanderers fans helped to pay off the club's outstanding debt to the taxman, Blues chairman Don Woodward said this week.

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Bourne End boxer ready to go pro

1:10pm Friday 24th May 2013

BUDDING boxer Jake Henderson is hoping to land his first professional fight by the end of this year - and prove a point to the school bullies.

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Wood: Three games cost us a Wembley final

11:40am Friday 24th May 2013

SAM Wood said Wanderers would have got to Wembley if it wasn't for a three game losing streak.

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Wood: Spirit will be key for Blues next year

3:50pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

WANDERERS midfielder Sam Wood said the spirit amongst his team mates could help them to promotion next season.

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Former RGS boy Wallace heads to Bristol

3:25pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

JACK Wallace has departed Wasps to sign for Championship side Bristol.

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Losing toss is costing Wycombe dear

1:53pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

KEITH Newell thinks High Wycombe Cricket Club could have made a better start to the season if they'd won the toss in both their opening games.

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Blues could open home end to visitors again

12:52pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

WANDERERS are considering handing a home section over to visiting clubs who are expecting to bring a large away following next season.

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Wade scoops unique awards double

10:42am Thursday 23rd May 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade has rounded off a superb season by becoming the first player to secure a double at the Rugby Players' Association awards.

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Scowen: I keep having to pinch myself

8:30am Thursday 23rd May 2013

JOSH Scowen admits he's spent most of his first season as a first team regular pinching himself.

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Marlow old boy lifts rugby's big prize

6:04pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

MARLOW Rugby Club can now count a European champion among their old boys after Nick Kennedy lifted the Heineken Cup on Saturday.

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"Dad put me in goal so he didn't get stick from the other parents"

4:35pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

MATT Ingram was destined to become a goalkeeper thanks to his dad not wanting to get any abuse from fellow parents.

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RGS are going to Wembley

3:18pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE all-conquering Royal Grammar School rugby team are looking forward to a Wembley appearance as a curtain raiser to rugby league's prestigious Challenge Cup final.

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Angol agrees new deal

11:26am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

LEE Angol will remain as a Wycombe Wanderers player for another season after signing a new contract.

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Thomas innings in vain as Bucks lose to Welsh

10:41am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

CHRIS Thomas's swashbuckling innings couldn't save Bucks from defeat against Wales in their Minor Counties Trophy match at Dinton on Saturday.

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Ed looking to make a racket after reaching national final

8:40am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ED Walker is preparing to face international standard players after reaching the final of the national Junior Racketball Championship.

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Smith through to boxing final

5:45pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

BEN Smith won a place in another national final as he saw off a fellow England international on Saturday.

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Stars to head to Wormsley for SportFest

2:02pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

WORLD Cup winner Martin Johnson, victorious Ashes captain Andrew Strauss and Wimbledon semi finalist Tim Henman will all be appearing in Bucks at a new summer festival.

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Transfer bombshell for Wasps

3:13pm Monday 20th May 2013

A BOMB disposal expert is in line to play for Wasps next season after being given a sabbatical from the army.

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Cross win is elementary thanks to Watson century

10:10am Monday 20th May 2013

MATT Watson blasted an unbeaten century as Gerrards Cross climbed to the top of the table after two matches.

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Wycombe fall to second defeat

9:53am Monday 20th May 2013

DEFENDING champions High Wycombe made it back-to-back defeats to start the season as they suffered a three wicket defeat at home to Slough.

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O'Sullivan arrives on cue to set pulses racing

8:10am Saturday 18th May 2013

WHILE Ronnie O’Sullivan was ending the snooker season on an all-time high, his namesake from Bucks was doing likewise.

Just the Guy for them

4:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

WASPS have bolstered their back row options for new year with the signing of Guy Thompson from Jersey.

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TKMMA ‘going from strength to strength’ after third show

2:40pm Friday 17th May 2013

THE latest TKMMA show has been hailed as the best ever by director Jay Bacchus, after more than 800 fans packed into the Handy Cross Sports Centre on Saturday night.

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Ainsworth to take time over signings

1:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

GARETH Ainsworth will be going for quality over quantity when he goes shopping for players in the close season.

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Paul Lambert to bring his Villains to Wycombe for friendly

11:23am Friday 17th May 2013

FORMER Wanderers manager Paul Lambert will make a return to Adams Park as the Blues take on Aston Villa in a pre-season friendly.

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The Ashes comes to Wormsley

10:30am Friday 17th May 2013

ENGLAND Women are returning to fortress Wormsley this summer in a bid to win The Ashes against Australia.

Premiership award winner taking nothing for granted

8:40am Friday 17th May 2013

JOE Launchbury is taking nothing for granted despite being named Land Rover Discovery of the Season.

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Making it on his Owen – AJ gets by with family support

8:30am Friday 17th May 2013

HAVING never won a single race before, a High Wycombe driver is on a high this week after coming from nowhere to take three checkered flags in a row.

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Gaz hopes Morgan's signature will inspire others

3:47pm Thursday 16th May 2013

WANDERERS boss Gareth Ainsworth hopes Dean Morgan's decision to sign a new contract will lead to others following suit - and announce to the world Blues mean business next year.

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Wycombe trio achieve national standard

3:30pm Thursday 16th May 2013

LUKE Thomas, Fiona Shaw and Liam Jones will test themselves against the best swimmers in the country later this summer after qualifying for the national championships.

Momentum key as Cross make winning start

11:20am Thursday 16th May 2013

GERRARDS Cross took their pre-season form into the first league match of the campaign and now captain Steve Rimmer has challenged his team to keep building on that winning form.

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Rowers put the great into Marlow School

10:30am Thursday 16th May 2013

THE Great Marlow School Boat Club were fine form at the Bedford Regatta with a host of victories.

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No Southern Counties return for London-bound Beaconsfield RFC

8:10am Thursday 16th May 2013

BEACONSFIELD RFC haven’t been recalled to the Southern Counties North after relegation out of London 1 North last season.

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Marlow RC swagger to Ghent glory

5:59pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

MARLOW Rowing Club warmed up for the National Schools Regatta in Nottingham in a week’s time with a spectacular performance in Belgium at the weekend.

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Baa Baas call up Daly

4:22pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

WASPS centre Elliot Daly has been called up by the Barbarians for matches against England and the British & Irish Lions.

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Wanderers to face Farnborough again

1:18pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

WANDERERS have announced another friendly as they head to Farnborough for the second pre season in a row.

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Clan earn place at the top table

12:40pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

CLAN Netball joined the elite last weekend when they won all four of their play-off matches to win promotion to England’s Premier League.

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After glory for the U18s, the next wave is breaking

12:33pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

HIGH Wycombe Hockey Club is in safe hands if the success of their junior teams is anything to go by.

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No one gets the best of the West

10:28am Wednesday 15th May 2013

CHARLOTTE West drained a 25-foot birdie putt from off the green to be crowned Bucks County Champion at Harleyford on Sunday.

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Smith into national semi-finals again

9:44am Wednesday 15th May 2013

WYCOMBE boxer Ben Smith is one fight away from another National Amateur Boxing Association final after he won his quarter-final against a familiar foe at the weekend.

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Follow the BFP sports desk on Twitter!

5:13pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

KEEP up to date with all the sports news and views with the Bucks Free Press sports desk's revamped Twitter presence.

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Bucks name Minor Counties squad

4:39pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

JASON Harrison will hope to lead Bucks to their second Minor Counties Trophy victory of the season when they take on Wales at Dinton on Sunday.

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Husband and wife win national hockey titles on the same day

2:45pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

THERE can’t be many excuses for not watching your spouse become a national hockey champion – but becoming one yourself on the same day in the same sport is as good as any.

Wanderers' winding up petition dismissed

9:51am Tuesday 14th May 2013

A WINDING up petition issued against Wycombe Wanderers has been dismissed in the High Court.

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Selection questions for Wycombe captain

9:22am Tuesday 14th May 2013

HIGH Wycombe CC captain James Benning says he hasn’t decided if he will ring the changes after defeat to Henley on Saturday.

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Blues line up another friendly

8:55am Tuesday 14th May 2013

WANDERERS will face non-league Havant and Waterlooville in a pre-season friendly, the south coast club have announced.

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‘I’m absolutely gutted about missing out on England’

3:40pm Monday 13th May 2013

TOM Varndell must feel like he is invisible to the England selectors.

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Hot Ash signs up again

12:54pm Monday 13th May 2013

ONE of Wasps’ players of the season has signed up for more.

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Morgan agrees new Wanderers deal

12:14pm Monday 13th May 2013

STRIKER Dean Morgan will stay a Wanderers player after agreeing a new contract today.

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