A field of 484 competitors took part in this year’s Bradley Stoke 10k Run held on Sunday 9th June as part of the annual Community Festival. Weather conditions were ideal for the runners, with sunny intervals and an air temperature of just 16 degrees – unusually cool for the time of year. Victory in the men’s race went to Marcus Dunsford (Bristol & West AC)…
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The full line-up of bands and dance groups for the first day of next weekend’s Bradley Stoke Community Festival has been revealed. Saturday 8th June 2024 will see a full-format festival return to the Jubilee Centre fields following a barren year in 2023 after councillors embarrassingly failed to secure the services of a management company…
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A field of 498 competitors took part in this year’s Bradley Stoke 10k Run held on Sunday 11th June as part of the annual Community Festival. Victory in the men’s race went to Bradley Cox, in a time of 35:49, just three seconds ahead of Alex Hamblin (35:52). The winner of the women’s race was Caroline McAleese in a time of 39:30, ahead of local youngster Freya Bradley (40:07).
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The 2023 Bradley Stoke Community Festival looks set to be dramatically scaled down in scope after bumbling councillors failed to secure the services of a professional event organiser. This year’s event is due to take place from Friday 9th June to Sunday 11th June, but its scale and composition are now likely to differ significantly from the traditional format…
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Youth workers and local young people are delighted to once again be hosting a popular two-day package at this year’s Community Festival. The mix of skate park skills and creative arts will include competitions, demonstrations, and ‘have-a-go’ sessions spread over the main festival site at the Jubilee Centre and at the skate park.
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With coronavirus restrictions set to be gradually eased in the coming weeks, the staging of the 2021 Bradley Stoke Community Festival, due to take place on the weekend of 11th-13th June, is hanging in the balance. A final ‘go / no go’ decision is likely to be made by town councillors on 21st April.
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By Karen & Jo, marshal coordinators, Sole Sisters RC. For the 13th consecutive year, Sole Sisters organised the Bradley Stoke 10k, which has now become an integral part of the festival weekend. From 6am on Sunday, members of Sole Sisters were either getting the Jubilee Centre set up as Race HQ or were out on the course delivering water, putting
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By Graham Baker, town council youth development worker. In recent years, the Bradley Stoke Community Festival has seen our town council youth work team and local young people work together to organise an extremely successful two-day package of activities. Saturday saw the return of our popular street art workshops and the King Ramps skate half-pipe, with ‘have-a-go sessions’ and pro
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On Saturday 8th June, Bradley Stoke Youth FC continued the success of their Schools’ Football Festival at the Jubilee Centre, which attracted 130 Year 1 children representing 13 different local primary schools. The Festival is the finale of the club’s School Link Program where BSYFC’s FA Qualified coaches go into the 13 schools and provide football coaching to all Year
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During this year’s festival weekend, Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) youth workers and local young people are repeating and enhancing the successful formula of recent years. The mix of skate park skills and creative arts will include competitions, demonstrations and have-a-go sessions at both the main Community Festival site (on Saturday 8th June) and at the skate park (on Sunday
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