RUGBY: Print stars as Daventry prove too strong for Buckby
Daventry Under-16s hosted local rivals Long Buckby in an early season fixture and ran out easy 43-5 winners. Dav had had a difficult week and knew they would need to dig deep in their character. They...
View ArticlePeople urged to vote for Country Park
People have less than two weeks left to cast their vote for Daventry Country Park in a national online poll to find the best open space in the UK.Over 7,000 votes have already been cast in the annual...
View ArticleFast broadband bid launched in villages
People in the Daventry district are being encouraged to back plans for superfast broadband unveiled by Northamptonshire County Council.The authority has revealed the proposal to ensure there is...
View ArticleWeek in pictures
Our photographers have been out and about taking pictures and readers have been submitting pictures.Here is a selection of some of the best.
View ArticleTwo injured in a raid on village post office
A post mistress and a villager were injured in a raid on a rural post office on Saturday.The raid happened at Kislingbury post office and mini market early in the morning.Neighbours said three masked...
View ArticleWood urges Saints to take the sting out of Gloucester
Tom Wood says Saints will get a ‘hiding’ if they let Gloucester get on top early at Kingsholm on Saturday (3.15pm kick-off).Northampton go into the game at the Premiership’s bottom side having won both...
View Article‘Give people a voice on town’s future’
A plan to give local people more of a say in the development of the town has been put forward to be discussed at a Daventry Town Council.The initial stages of setting up a Neighbourhood Plan has been...
View ArticleCounty on the brink as draw takes them closer to promotion
Promotion to the top flight is just a few small steps away for Northamptonshire after their penultimate LV= County Championship game of the season ended in a draw.They bid farewell to Wantage Road for...
View ArticleRipley excited as County’s season heads for its climax
It is an exciting time for all involved at Northamptonshire - a fact head coach David Ripley is happy to admit.His side picked up a draw with Kent in their final LV= County Championship home game of...
View ArticleNorthamptonshire’s Sales hopes hundred is not final farewell
David Sales has reiterated his desire to extend his stay with Northamptonshire beyond the end of this season but says he is unaware of what his future holds.The 35-year-old former club captain is out...
View ArticleDavies: Gloucester deserved to beat Saints
Gloucester boss Nigel Davies says his side deserved their dramatic win against Saints on Saturday.The Cherry and Whites claimed a 26-24 victory at Kingsholm thanks to Billy Twelvetrees’ last-gasp...
View ArticleTom Vickers’ Gloucester v Saints view and player ratings
Forty-five minutes after Saints had been kicked in the nether regions at Kingsholm, Jim Mallinder walked into the Gloucester press room.The Northampton director of rugby was a picture of calm as he...
View ArticleFoden: Saints played it too safe against Gloucester
Ben Foden felt Saints ‘played it a bit safe’ against Gloucester on Saturday.The full-back, who scored Northampton’s opening try in the dramatic 26-24 defeat at Kingsholm, was disappointed his side...
View ArticleIt was our decision to rest Corbisiero, says Saints boss Mallinder
Jim Mallinder has revealed it was Saints’ decision to rest Alex Corbisiero for Saturday’s game at Gloucester.Corbisiero, who had started both of Northampton’s first two Aviva Premiership games, was...
View ArticleMP claimed £37,000 to run his office
Daventry’s MP Chris Heaton-Harris claimed £37,720.82 to run his office.The figures were released by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Committee (IPSC) and cover the claims made last year.Mr...
View ArticleWilley earns England call for Australia trip
Northamptonshire all-rounded David Willey has been named in the England Performance Programme (EPP) squad for this winter.It is recognition for a remarkable season’s work by the 23-year-old which has...
View ArticleRipley’s delight as ‘excellent’ Willey gets recognition
England have made the right choice in calling David Willey into their Player Performance programme for this winter’s to of Australia.Willey was named in the 16-man EPP squad which will act as back-up...
View ArticleRipley: Control first up and Northamptonshire will be promoted
One more example of first-innings domination from Northamptonshire and they will be promoted.That is the way they must look at tomorrow’s trip to Worcestershire - a game from which they need just five...
View ArticleClaim your tickets for a festive finale
The countdown is on for the grand finale to the Gusher’s year of fundraising for the Jago Worrall Foundation.And it does not come much grander than at Fawsley Hall Hotel & Spa, near Daventry.This...
View ArticleFoden expects big show from Saints against Sale
Ben Foden is expecting Saints to put in a big performance against Sale on Friday night as they aim to put last Saturday’s events to bed.Northampton saw victory stolen from their grasp late on at...
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