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Wednesday 28th March 2012 SH (Editor)

St Mary’s under-10s are Gloucester Cup champions

The under-10s finished the County Cup unbeaten in all rounds. The semi-finals saw the green army score five tries against Stow, who until then had not conceded a single try in the competition. The final score was 25 – 10. The final game against Cinderford was always going to be a tough one. St Mary’s scored the first try, early

Bradley Stoke Netball Club Juniors - Sport Relief Mile

Thursday 22nd March 2012 SH (Editor)

Junior netballers quick off the mark for Sport Relief

Members of the Junior Division of Bradley Stoke Netball Club (BSNC) were first off the mark in this year’s round of local Sport Relief events when they took part in a Sport Relief Mile at their training session last night. Around 25 juniors, some wearing fancy dress, took in seven laps of the Jubilee Centre field to complete the charity

Start of the 2009 Bradley Stoke 10k Run.

Wednesday 22nd February 2012 SH (Editor)

Entries open for 2012 Bradley Stoke 10k Run

Entries have now opened for the 2012 renewal of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, to be held on Sunday 3rd June as part of the town’s Community Festival. Organised by local ladies-only running club Sole Sisters, the race starts and finishes at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. The race route [map] takes in much of the Three Brooks

Bradley Stoke Judo Club's Commonwealth medal winners

Wednesday 25th January 2012 SH (Editor)

Commonwealth medals for Bradley Stoke judo pair

Two Bradley Stoke Judo Club players have won the top two medals in their categories at the prestigious 2012 Commonwealth Judo Championships, held yesterday (Tuesday 24th January) at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff. The players, Steph Walker and Lele Nairne (both just 14 years of age), won first the silver medal and then Lele bagged the gold and title of

Tuesday 17th January 2012 SH (Editor)

Councillors to debate beer festival enquiry

Bradley Stoke Town Councillors are to decide at a meeting on Wednesday whether a private company should be permitted to stage a beer festival at one of the Council’s three activity centres. Brizzle Beer Festivals, a company based in Bradley Stoke that organises “community” beer festivals in the Bristol area, has asked to use one of the centres and is

South Gloucestershire Community Showcase 2012

Wednesday 11th January 2012 SH (Editor)

Event to showcase “outstanding talent in the community”

Local youth group South West Winterguard Academy is staging a ‘community showcase’ event this Saturday (14th January) at Thornbury Leisure Centre. The aim of the event is to demonstrate to the people of South Gloucestershire the diverse range of sport, dance and arts activities available to them. Acts so far confirmed for the event include majorettes, street dancers, colourguard, marching

Thursday 15th December 2011 SH (Editor)

Eight championship medals for local martial arts club

Members of a Bradley Stoke-based martial arts team enjoyed a significant medal haul at the PUMA British Championships last weekend. Whitlock Martial Arts (WMA) fighters collected eight medals at the national event, which took place at the Oasis Centre in Swindon. Oliver Kimberley enjoyed the highest honour of the day by collecting a gold medal in the blue belt men’s

Dylan Cordukes (left) - Young Sportsperson of the Year

Monday 12th December 2011 SH (Editor)

Plenty of local successes at South Glos sports awards

Members of Bradley Stoke clubs featured prominently amongst the winners of this year’s South Gloucestershire Sports Awards, presented recently at the BAWA club in Filton. National cycling champion Dylan Cordukes (pictured above, left) picked up the Young Sportsman of the Year award, while judo coach Pete Douglas was honoured with the Sports Coach of the Year award. There was also

Thursday 8th December 2011 SH (Editor)

Radio station awarded full-time FM licence by Ofcom

Volunteers at Bradley Stoke Radio are today celebrating the award of a full-time FM licence from the broadcasting regulator Ofcom. The local group is one of four community radio stations that were successful in the south-west region, from a total of seven applicants. Neighbouring station GLOSS FM (formerly Thornbury FM) also applied for a full-time licence but was rejected due

Launch of Bradley Stoke Radio's second FM transmission

Sunday 4th December 2011 SH (Editor)

Bradley Stoke Radio starts two week FM transmission

Bradley Stoke Radio has begun its second FM transmission period – running from Saturday 3rd December to Saturday 17th December. A countdown in the Town Square at noon on Saturday [audio clip] was followed by a two-hour programme with guest appearances from the presenters who will be fronting shows over the next fortnight. The station staged it first FM transmission