On Sunday morning the Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) Under-11 Girls Whites played Mangotsfield Under-11 Girls at the Baileys Court cricket ground. The last time the two sides met, Mangotsfield won the game 3-0 and this time round Bradley Stoke were able to reverse the score and win 3-0 themselves. The game started brightly and both teams were able to
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St Mary’s Old Boys RFC’s Under-15s have been crowned champions of the Bristol Junior Combination Cup. They played the final against Nailsea and Backwell on Sunday at a neutral venue in Bristol. They won the game 27-8, showing a fantastic team performance. Head Coach, Mike Reed said he was very proud of the team: “It was a good whole squad
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Bradley Stoke Netball Club’s (BSNC’s) Second Team headed to the Sir Bernard Lovell Sports Centre to face their local rivals Winterbourne on Saturday. In the first quarter, Winterbourne were out of the blocks fast but Bradley Stoke goal keeper Kim Sutton had an excellent five minutes when she blocked at least ten shots or passes denying the Winterbourne side goals.
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A team from Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has won the local stage tournament of the 2012/13 npower Football League Girls Cup, which took place at the Bristol North Goals Soccer Centre on Friday 23rd November – organised by Bristol Rovers Football in the Community. Nine local secondary schools competed in this year’s tournament, showcasing some wonderful football and highlighting
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With no local football surviving the weekend weather, Journal sport reporter Connor Summers turned his attention to important fencing and basketball events in Stoke Gifford. The WISE Campus, part of South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, was the host of a national fencing competition on Sunday (25th November). Competitors from all over the country came to compete for points which allowed
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The Bradley Stoke Town FC (BSTFC) B Team has progressed to the next round of the Jack Jenkins Trophy competition with a 3-1 win over Wanderers Reserves. The game was played on the top Jubilee pitch which was muddy when they started and resembled a farmyard by the time they had finished! Definitely not a day for skilful football –
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20-year-old Ross Lee from Bradley Stoke Youth Football Club (BSYFC) was awarded the title ‘Young Coach of the Year’ at the 2012 South Gloucestershire Sports Awards held at BAWA last Thursday. Ross, who coaches the under-7 side, is assistant manager of one of the under-11 girls teams and is also part of the BSYFC school link programme. He said he
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Bradley Stoke Town FC’s First Team travelled to Downend to face Downend Foresters in the Junior South Cup. The game was tense but ended 5-3 to Downend. It was, however, Bradley Stoke who scored first, a magnificent through ball from midfielder Brad Clarke played in Lukas Entoundi who was able to beat the keeper, slotting the ball into the bottom
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St Mary’s Old Boys RFC’s 1st XV hosted Tewkesbury on Saturday, in what turned out to be their first league win of the season. The game started very brightly with the Saints (St Mary’s) almost scoring a try within the first five minutes. This was however turned around quite negatively when Tewkesbury got the first try on the counter attack
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On Saturday, Bradley Stoke Town FC’s First Team had to face the Miners from Bedminster, who hadn’t won a game all season. The final score ended 9-3 in favour of Bradley Stoke. Brad Clarke got the ball rolling for Bradley Stoke when he got on the end of a cross. As he towered over the opposing player he was able
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