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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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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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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.

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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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.

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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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International agenda for Stokenchurch

12:52pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

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

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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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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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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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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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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