9 November 2026

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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 Hockey Club sees weekend action as new players invited to join

With league season fast approaching, many of Bedford Hockey Club’s senior players were on pitch at the weekend for pre-season friendlies. All the Club’s ladies’ teams...

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...

Masterful victory for Bedford ladies in delayed quarter-final

Competitive hockey was back on the agenda at the weekend as Bedford Ladies Over 35's secured a comprehensive victory against Maidenhead in the Investec Masters...

Bedford Hockey Club look forward to first match since lockdown

It has been an exciting week for Bedford Hockey Club, as England Hockey’s proposal to move to Step 4 of their Return to Play plan was authorised by the government. Whilst there has been some...

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...

12-year old golfer Roisin Scanlon to make professional debut in Rose Series

Roisin Scanlon, a junior member at the Bedfordshire Golf Club, is to make history this week as the 12-year old competes in the final qualifier of the Rose Series event at The Shire Golf Club...

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