Sport
Long Buckby A.F.C. currently plays at Station Road. They are members of the United Counties League Premier Division. The club's highest achievement was reaching the 2nd Round of the FA Vase in 1985-86. The club's most successful players include Gary Mills, Darren Harman and Alex McKenzie. The Football Club, although situated on the same site as the Rugby Football Club, has its own facilities including clubhouse, changing rooms and a second pitch which the Reserves and Sunday League sides use.
Long Buckby Rugby Football Club was founded in 1875. The club fields three senior sides, a colts team and other junior teams which. All are given coaching by qualified rugby coaches. Club training nights are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Youth rugby is on Sundays. The club has a licensed clubhouse which is open on a daily basis, new playing or social club members are always welcome. The clubhouse is situated above the changing rooms. The Rugby's home strip is a green coloured shirt. The club badge is of a castle with an archway with a cross above it.
Long Buckby Tennis Tournament can trace its history back to 1907, making it one of the longest running tennis tournaments in the country. It is played annually in mid-July on the sportsground, where a dozen or more grass courts are marked out and netting erected on the cricket outfield. Around two hundred and fifty people of all ages and standards take part over two days. It is an American style doubles tournament with each couple playing all the others in their section. Profits from the Tournament are donated to the Sportsground and to the other sports organisations which use the ground. 2007 was the Centenary year of the Tournament.
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