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Tom Carr

Tom Carr is the Bedford Independent's Sport Editor, covering all sport in the Borough.

Tom has been front and centre of sport in the town since 2016, writing for various publications before joining the Bedford Independent team, primarily as the Bedford Blues reporter in August 2019.

Tom later stepped into the new role of Sport Editor in 2022, and has since written about a wide variety of sports across Bedford Borough, incorporating professional, semi-pro and grassroots sport.

As the Sport Editor of the Bedford Independent, Tom leads the title’s sporting coverage, with relationships across clubs, community groups and individuals who have gone on to make the professional game.

Born in Bedford, Tom has lived in the town all his life and has been part of multiple community clubs over the years, including Bedford Cricket Club, Bedford Park Rangers, and Riverside Tennis Club, among others.

He is also a qualified football referee and cricket umpire.

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Bedford’s Dan Jarvis captures bronze at British Championships

Bedford and County Athletics Club’s Dan Jarvis won the bronze medal in the 3000 metre Steeplechase at the British Championships at SportsCity in...

Daventry late show dumps Bedford Town out of the FA Cup

Bedford Town lost in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup for the second consecutive season, losing 1-0 to Daventry Town in a bizarre game at...

Bedford CC fall at the semi-final stage in Northamptonshire League knockouts

Bedford Cricket Club's Saturday side fell short of a place in the final of the knockout stages of the Northamptonshire Cricket League at the weekend...

Raining goals at Bedford Hockey Club as Ladies progress to Masters final

For the majority of clubs, games continue to be pre-season warm-ups, however for the Ladies Masters Over 35's, they have reached the business end of an extended masters season...

800m personal bests for Bedford and County athletes at Lee Valley

The athletics world may have a lot of catching up to do thanks to the pandemic, but the Bedford and County athletes are making up for lost time with...

16-year-old Bedford footballer makes shock move to AS Roma

Teenage sensation Mbunya Alemanji was a student at Bedford's St. Thomas More Upper School before a huge Italian football club came knocking. Mbunya will be swapping visits...

Bedford Cricket Club surge into knockout stages of Northants League

Bedford CC confirmed their place in the knockout stages of the revamped Northamptonshire Cricket League at the weekend with three straight convincing victories throughout August...

Bedford athletes smash personal bests in blistering 5k road race

The Milton Keynes 5k Road Race lived up to a blistering reputation as a fast course with Bedford athletes gaining personal bests in a successful weekend for Bedford and County Athletics...

How a pair of football boots made a Bedfordshire freestyler a social media star

Long gone are the days where you need to be scouted by a professional club to make it in a career in football, as Bedfordshire freestyler Tom Nolan has found out...

Local boy Rene Howe returns home as Bedford Town secure coup

"I think this was always going to happen!" says Rene Howe, as the prolific striker re-joins Bedford Town a whole fourteen years after leaving The Eyrie for a successful career in the Football League...

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