Bucks Free Press: Sports news from High Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Marlow, Amersham & Buckinghamshire

Rain ruins opening day in Thames Valley League

9:30am Monday 13th May 2013

BEACONSFIELD and Amersham were both frustrated by the weather on Saturday but Chesham suffered a home defeat on the opening day of the Thames Valley League cricket season.

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Wycombe suffer opening day defeat

9:15am Monday 13th May 2013

HIGH Wycombe CC were beaten in their opening Home Counties Premier League match of the season on Saturday, collecting just three points from their trip to Henley.

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Sky is the limit for Spitfires with Pereira in the cockpit

10:00am Sunday 12th May 2013

DAWS Hill Spitfires’ new head coach believes he has the talent at his disposal to lead the team to the finals of the British Baseball Federation South AA League.

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Blues' court date set to be a formality

1:20pm Saturday 11th May 2013

WANDERERS are due back at the High Court on Monday - but the hearing over an outstanding tax bill is set to be a formality.

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Bloomfield excited at testimonial prospects

10:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

MATT Bloomfield can't wait to see who will take to the Adams Park pitch to help him celebrate his testimonial next year.

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Bucks rowers in battle royale to rule Britannia

9:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

CHALFONT ST GILES rower Sebastian Devereux is a marked man in 2013 after he dominated the Great British trials last year – but the 18-year-old insists he is planning on leaving everyone in his wake.

Marlow boys crowned champion of champions

6:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

MARLOW RFC U10s finished the season with their biggest success of the year as they won the Champion of Champions tournament at Allianz Park on Sunday.

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Blooms aiming to come back fighting fit

2:59pm Friday 10th May 2013

SUMMER holidays are off the agenda for Matt Bloomfield as he bids to build up his fitness ahead of his tenth season as a Wanderers player.

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Wade’s school coach: ‘You could see he was a natural’

2:40pm Friday 10th May 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade’s progression into the full England squad has been on the cards for years, according to his former school’s rugby coach.

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Landmark day as Ladies make London Road bow

2:20pm Friday 10th May 2013

SUNDAY will be a landmark day for cricket in High Wycombe with the first ever North London Women’s League match taking place at London Road.

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Wade: I've got a point to prove in Argentina

9:10am Friday 10th May 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade says he’s going to Argentina with England this summer desperate to prove that he can reproduce his club form in the white shirt of England.

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Wycombe target Home Counties title treble

9:00am Friday 10th May 2013

HIGH Wycombe CC are aiming for an unprecedented hat-trick of Home Counties Premier League titles this season, but captain James Benning believes the pressure is on everyone else in the league.

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Wasps pair get Barbarians call

8:10am Friday 10th May 2013

WASPS pair Marco Wentzel and Sam Jones have both been called into the Barbarians squad for their upcoming games against England and the British and Irish Lions.

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Young pleased despite ending season with a 'whimper'

5:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

WASPS director of rugby Dai Young says he has to be pleased despite ending the season with an eight-game losing run.

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Bloomfield extends Blues stay into tenth year

4:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

MATT Bloomfield will be staying at Adams Park into a testimonial year after signing a new contract.

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Continental shift: Marlow rowers win in Germany

2:40pm Thursday 9th May 2013

THREE of Marlow Rowing Club’s star turns crossed The Channel to assert themselves in Germany at the weekend with a handful of storming results.

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Beaconsfield find new coach next door

1:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

BEACONSFIELD RFC have appointed Simon Tattersall as their new head coach.

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Batting, bowling, captaining: It's all in a day's work for Benning

10:39am Thursday 9th May 2013

HIGH Wycombe Cricket Club captain James Benning will have an awful lot on his plate on Saturdays.

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Guess who is playing cricket for Beaconsfield this summer

8:10am Thursday 9th May 2013

WASPS captain Hugo Southwell will swap his rugby boots for cricket studs this season after joining Thames Valley Cricket League Division One outfit Beaconsfield.

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Wade and Daly win top Wasps awards

9:16am Thursday 9th May 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade was named Player of the Season at Wasps’ end of season awards ceremony last night.

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Beaconsfield win battle of the beaten semi-finalists

6:41pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

BEACONSFIELD won the battle of the beaten semi-finalists as they heaped more end of season misery on Chesham in the Berks and Bucks Senior Cup final on Monday night.

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Blues line up Oxford friendly

3:55pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

OXFORD City will provide pre-season opposition for Wanderers after the first friendly was announced.

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Reign of Fury comes to Wycombe

3:20pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

THE third TKMMA fight night comes to Wycombe tomorrow evening with 12 blockbuster bouts on the bill at Handy Cross Sports Centre.

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Wade and Launchbury in England squad

2:56pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade and Joe Launchbury have been selected for England's summer tour to Argentina, but Elliot Daly has been overlooked.

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High Wycombe smash four-year unbeaten run

12:46pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

HIGH Wycombe U14s have swept aside all before them in a startling end to the season.

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Wolves on the prowl after opening BAFL fixtures

10:55am Wednesday 8th May 2013

MARLOW Wolves made a flying start to the new British American Football League season and after the first round of fixtures all their three teams are either first or second in their respective leagues.

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Wycombe's unbeatables surge to more silverware

4:10pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

HIGH Wycombe HC U16s girls were crowned Home Counties champions after maintaining their 100 per cent record at Surbiton over the Bank Holiday weekend.

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Ingram pulls away with 'best ever' victory

2:44pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

TOM Ingram established clear daylight between himself and the rest of the grid at the top of the Ginetta GT Supercup with what he describes as the best win of his career at Thruxton last weekend.

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Launchbury fit for England

1:44pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

JOE Launchbury will be fit for England this summer despite missing Wasps’ final game of the season at Sale on Saturday.

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International agenda for Stokenchurch

12:52pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

STOKENCHURCH Primary are one good day away from representing England on the international stage.

Wasps set Sale for final day

1:30pm Friday 3rd May 2013

WASPS will not get the chance to play against their former fly half Danny Cipriani in the final Aviva Premiership fixture of the season tomorrow.

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High Wycombe CC: We're stronger than last year

11:00am Friday 3rd May 2013

FOR High Wycombe CC the policy this winter has been if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

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Wycombe boys surrender national crown

8:10am Friday 3rd May 2013

HIGH Wycombe Hockey Club U18 boys failed to reach the heights of last year as they were beaten in the National Indoor Finals at the weekend.

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Sheriffs of Nottingham

3:50pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

MARLOW Rowing Club were the sheriffs of Nottingham after their junior rowers won a raft of medals at the Inter-Regionals.

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Anyone for tennis?

1:37pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

FLACKWELL Heath Tennis Club have claimed their open day to be a huge success after attracting more than 70 prospective members onto court.

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Four players shown the Adams Park exit

12:08pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

GRANT Basey leads the list of Wanderers players who are departing Adams Park.

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Wycombe Ladies eye up title after debut victory

11:00am Thursday 2nd May 2013

HIGH Wycombe Ladies couldn’t have asked for a better start to life in the North London Women’s Cricket League.

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Wasps pair on Try of the Year shortlist

8:10am Thursday 2nd May 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade might not have made it into the 37-strong British & Irish Lions touring party, but the former RGS High Wycombe star is still on course for a sizzling end to the season after earning his second Aviva Premiership nomination this week.

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Wycombe suffer National Cup first round exit

1:22pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

HIGH Wycombe CC suffered a National Knockout Cup disaster last Sunday as they were dumped out of competition at the first hurdle.

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Wasps confirm pre-season schedule

5:49pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

WASPS have announced their list of pre-season fixtures, with French giants Clermont Auvergne the stand-out game.

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Sevens heaven for High Wycombe

5:45pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

HIGH Wycombe RUFC's U7s won one final and lost in another on their rugby festival debut in Aylesbury last weekend.

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Boddy takes off weeks after first pro deal

12:15pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

KARLA Boddy is celebrating the best result of her cycling life just weeks after signing for her first professional team.

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Wanderers unveil new kit and sponsorship deal

10:00am Wednesday 1st May 2013

WANDERERS have today announced a new shirt sponsorship deal with electronics company Samsung for next season's kit - as well as a competition that could land you with a playing contract with the Blues.

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Woodman to leave Wasps

9:24am Wednesday 1st May 2013

WASPS forwards coach Trevor Woodman will leave the club after four years this summer.

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Semi-final heartache for Chesham and Beaconsfield

9:15am Wednesday 1st May 2013

CHESHAM United and Beaconsfield are both coming to terms with play-off heartbreak this morning after semi-final defeats last night.

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'I don't think I'll play against better players than them'

11:54am Tuesday 30th April 2013

KORTNEY Hause isn't expecting to face a tougher League Two strikeforce than the front pairing Port Vale put out on Saturday.

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In pictures: Ainsworth's last game

9:59am Monday 29th April 2013

GARETH Ainsworth played his 600th and last game of professional football on an emotional day at Adams Park on Saturday.

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Gaz: This squad can be a force if it stays together

5:06pm Monday 29th April 2013

BLUES boss Gareth Ainsworth thinks his side will be good enough to challenge for next season's play offs - if he can keep hold of his best youngsters.

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