Bedford Hockey Club
Bedford's winning run halted by Holcombe
HOLCOMBE 4 BEDFORD HC LADIES 1: Bedord Hockey Club Ladies' 4-1 away defeat at Holcombe crushed their promotion chances, ended their unbeaten run in 2012 and saw the hosts complete an East Premier double over the Chester Road side
Rob hails cash boost for club
Bedford Hockey Club has secured funding of £6,258 from Sport England's Small Grants Scheme, to run its new Under-18s girls hockey academy
Childs spot shot downs Cantebury
BEDFORD HC LADIES 2 CANTERBURY 1: Bedford survived a nervy last ten minutes to make it four league victories on the bounce with a 2-1 success over second-placed Canterbury at Chester Road courtesy of goals from Yvette Van Yperen and Becky Childs
Mason and Van Yperen net hat-tricks as students are schooled
BEDFORD HC LADIES 6 CAMBRIDGE UNI 1: Bedford made it a super Sunday as they beat Cambridge University 6-1 with hat-tricks from both Andrea Mason and new Dutch signing Yvette Van Yperen
Bedford knock seven bells out of Wisbech
BEDFORD HC LADIES 7 WISBECH 0: Bedford ended the year on a high on Saturday with a 7-0 demolition of basement side Wisbech
Sargeant saves ensure stalemate
WEST HERTS 1 BEDFORD HOCKEY CLUB LADIES 1: Sherri Skene saw her first half opener cancelled out but it was Bedford goalkeeper Leane Sargeant who pulled off a string of saves to keep the score at West Herts 1-1.
Bedford simply four-some at Colchester
COLCHESTER 0 BEDFORD HC LADIES 4: Bedford secured a comfortable 4-0 away victory against Colchester to continue their unbeaten start to 2012
Bedford hit Saints for six
BEDFORD HC LADIES 6 NORTHAMPTON SAINTS 2: Bedford Ladies completed their preparations for the second half of the season with an impressive 6-2 victory against local rivals Northampton
Five-star Bedford down Dereham
DEREHAM 0 BEDFORD HC LADIES 5: Connie Mason scored twice while Fran Lee, Kate Costin and Becky Childs also netted as Bedford put in a fantastic second half display away to Dereham to start 2012 on a high note in the Women's East Premier
Bedford seal narrow away victory over Sevenoaks
Bedford travelled to Kent to face Sevenoaks hoping for a repeat of their goal scoring exploits last week. Despite not reaching those levels the ladies were still able to scrape a vital 1-0 win with the goal coming from a first half short corner strike.
Kelly and Fran double up as Bedford ooze six appeal
BEDFORD HC LADIES 6 LOWESTOFT 0: Bedford secured their biggest victory since February 2007 as they thrashed mid table Lowestoft 6-0 at Chester Road with goal doubles from Kelly Bingham and Fran Lee
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Bassett given second shot at England debut
Josh Bassett will get a another chance to make his England Under-20 debut after he was named in the side to face Wales in this Friday's Six Nations game at the Twickenham Stoop (7.45pm)
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Brabin hits out at wretched Hatters
An angry Gary Brabin slammed his players' performance as they meekly capitulated to a 1-0 defeat at Barrow
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Levine ready for world's elite after retaining UK indoor gold
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