Bradley Stoke had its first win playing at home against Wrington BC on Wednesday 19th May. Well done to Dave Chatt who captained the winning team. Thanks are due to Jim Gregory our Level 2 Coach, who has worked hard to bring our new members up to scratch. Everyone is saying how much they are enjoying the game, and we
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A community football tournament organised by the local police team is to help raise funds to send a five-year-old boy to the USA for a life-changing operation. The Bradley Stoke Community Shield five-a-side football tournament, to be held on Saturday 5th June at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, will raise money to help cerebal palsy sufferer Toby Cox. Family and friends
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The newly-formed Stokes Cycling Club, serving Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford, Little Stoke, Great Stoke and Harry Stoke, has announced its initial programme of organised rides. The schedule kicks off with a gentle Family Ride on Sunday 16th May 2010, starting from Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre at 11am. Destination is the White Hart in Iron Acton (which has a large garden
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The new Bradley Stoke Bowls Clubs (BSBC) was officially opened on Saturday (1st May) by the legendary David Bryant CBE, three-times world champion and four-times Commonwealth Games champion. Club bowling has been absent from Bradley Stoke’s Baileys Court green for the past two seasons after the eviction (and subsequent demise) of the former Northavon Bowls Club following a rent dispute
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Please can someone tell me if the times have changed for the Trench Lane Car Boot on Sundays. I think they start again next weekend? 2nd May. A few years ago they started at lunchtime with set up in the morning but no buyers till 1:00pm I think? Is this still the case or has it changed??? Thanks
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A new club for leisure cyclists in the ‘Five Stokes’ area is holding its inaugural meeting on Tuesday (27th April) at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, starting at 7:45pm. Local resident Brian Bingham, one of three founder members of the new club, says he was inspired to set up the ‘Stokes Cycling Club’ after taking part in last year’s Bristol’s Biggest
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Bradley Stoke Cricket Club (BSCC) is looking for new players of all ages and abilities for the coming season. The club, based at the Baileys Court Activity Centre, says it will have seven adult teams playing on Saturdays and Sundays. Games are also staged on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, when teams from six local companies compete in a round robin
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The Friends of Jubilee Green (FOJG) are staging an Easter Fun Day this Sunday (28th March). The group is hoping for fine weather between 2pm and 3pm , when an Easter egg hunt and Easter bonnet parade will take place around the park. Refreshments will be available in The Woodlands Suite of the adjacent Jubilee Centre, where craft activities will
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Work on an extension to Bradley Stoke Library began last week, just days before the end of the financial year in which the Council promised to make the investment. Money for the extension was allocated in South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) 2009/2010 budget announced in February 2009 and a planning application was submitted in September. With the end of the financial
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Thursday night’s International Women’s Day celebratory event organised by Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP), once again attracted a large and enthusiastic crowd to Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS). The evening kicked off with performances from the BSCS salsa band and a musical performance from local girl group ‘Raise Your Voice”. This was followed by an international fashion show, choreographed by
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