GOLF: CLUB NEWS: Family affair as Connollys clean up at Collingtree
Ray Connolly walked away with the Collingtree Club Championship title for the second successive year after finishing three shots clear of Brendon Moss with a 36-hole total of 147.After shooting an...
View ArticleGOLF: LEAGUE NEWS: Whittlebury Park boost Scratch League survival hopes
Whittlebury Park improved their chances of staying in the Scratch League third division with a battling 4-4 draw at Farthingstone.Although George Briar (one hole) and Ian Bell (2&1) won the opening...
View ArticleVIEW FROM THE BLUES: Smith has every right to be proud of himself
So, after an angry helicopter took out one or two distinguished toupees and knocked a few pensioners of their walking sticks at the Help for Heroes charity night at Wantage Road last week, attention...
View ArticleSUMMER NAPS TABLE: Big jump for Marron Racers as Lord Of The Dance delivers
Topical tips proved their worth for several of our Dalepak Summer Naps League tipsters on Saturday, although punters plunging in the 29-runner Heritage International 7f handicap at Ascot drew a blank....
View ArticleCoach Lancaster admits he thought ‘long and hard’ over Hartley England EPS...
Stuart Lancaster admits he had a ‘long, hard think’ about whether to include Dylan Hartley in his new England EPS squad.The hooker is one of six Saints players taking their place in the 33-man party,...
View ArticleRipley wants focus ahead of ‘massive’ Championship clash
“This is a massive game for us and we’ve got to make sure we’re up for it.”That’s the view of Northamptonshire head coach David Ripley ahead of the LV= County Championship clash with Gloucestershire at...
View ArticleCobblers striker Platt hoping injections will sort out troublesome calf...
Cobblers striker Clive Platt has revealed he is ‘still having issues’ with his troublesome calf injury, and that it is going to be at least two weeks before he is ready for first team action.The big...
View ArticlePair convicted of fuel theft from Northamptonshire petrol station
Two men have been convicted of a fuel theft, after they drove off from a forecourt on the A43 near Brackley without paying.Noel Majores, aged 24, of Wayneflete Close, and Richard Stuart, aged 29, of...
View ArticleTENNIS: Taylor frustrated as Northants suffer relegation
The most acute of lines between promotion and a drop to the level below at the LTA Summer County Cup was once again brought home to the Northamptonshire men’s tennis squad at Oxford last...
View ArticleDefender Heath signs non-contract terms with Northampton Town
The Cobblers have strengthened their squad with the signing of former Leeds United and Colchester defender Matt Heath on non-contract terms. The experienced Heath has played almost 300 senior games and...
View ArticleDanny the boy as Northampton Town snap up winger Emerton
Cobblers boss Aidy Boothroyd admits he is happy to take a ‘gamble’ on former Hull City trainee Danny Emerton.The 21-year-old today put pen to paper on a one-year deal at Sixfields, having impressed...
View ArticleDefender Artell keen on move away from Cobblers for ‘family reasons’
Aidy Boothroyd has revealed centre-back David Artell is keen to leave the Cobblers this summer.Artell was an unused substitute in Town’s final two pre-season games, Saturday’s win over a Stoke City...
View ArticleNew Hawaiian bar in Northampton promises ‘escapism with a tropical twist’
A former Northampton restaurant which has stood empty for several years could soon re-open as a Hawaiian theme-bar.The former La Tasca restaurant in The Drapery is currently vacant.But plans have been...
View ArticleBoss Boothroyd buries Northampton Town’s Wembley nightmare
Boss Aidy Boothroyd has revealed that he and the Cobblers squad have quite literally burned and buried the nightmare of May’s play-off final defeat to Bradford City at Wembley.On the eve of the new Sky...
View ArticleNorthampton Town boss Boothroyd excited on eve of new season
Cobblers manager Aidy Boothroyd admits he is ‘thoroughly excited’ ahead of his second full season in charge at Sixfields.Town kick off their Sky Bet League Two campaign at York City on Saturday, and...
View ArticleStriker Platt says Northampton Town ready to mix it up
Forward Clive Platt believes the Cobblers’ promotion bid this season will be boosted by the fact they are going to be able to mix up their playing style.Aidy Boothroyd’s men were branded a long-ball...
View ArticleCobblers have score to settle as they head to York
The Cobblers have a score to settle when they travel to York City on Saturday.It was April 13 at Sixfields, and Town welcomed the struggling Minstermen to Sixfields, knowing if they won their remaining...
View ArticleNHS pledges not to cut hospice funding until alternative cash sources are found
The NHS has pledged not to cut £1.5 million from Cynthia Spencer Hospice’s funding until charitable fund-raising can replace it.NHS Nene made the commitment this morning, after announcing at a press...
View ArticleTeen injured in moped ‘hit and run’
A teenager was treated in hospital for an injured ankle after being knocked off a moped in an apparent ‘hit and run’ in Daventry.The crash happened on Sunday, at about 10am, on the roundabout near the...
View ArticleArtemyev has recipe for Saints sevens success
Saints will have a sevens specialist in their ranks when they take to the field at Franklin’s Gardens on Friday night.Wing Vasily Artemyev has spent the summer playing the shortened form of the game,...
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