The main day of Bradley Stoke’s annual Community Festival drew a big crowd to the Jubilee Centre after the forecast thundery downpours failed to materialise during the morning and early afternoon. The usual mix of music, dance, sport, demonstrations and sideshows was accompanied by bright weather for most of the afternoon, with only a few spots of rain. We have
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The organisers of the Bradley Stoke Community Festival have stressed that Saturday’s events at the Jubilee Centre will proceed, whatever the weather. Responding to enquiries from members of the public concerned at the forecast of intense thundery downpours on Saturday morning followed by showers in the early afternoon, town clerk Sharon Petela said: “There are no plans to cancel Saturday’s event.
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The 2014 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets under way at 10.30am today (Friday 6th June) with children’s entertainment on Jubilee Green, Savages Wood Road [BS32 8HL]. Professor Panic presents his range of circus skills, juggling and entertainment in the Big Top, alongside local craft and community stalls and a bouncy castle. Refreshments will be served by the local WI during
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Young people from the Bradley Stoke area are actively planning and organising a two day skate event during the upcoming Community Festival weekend of Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th June. On the Saturday there will be a 5 foot high half pipe on the main festival site at Jubilee Green and on the Sunday the half pipe will move to
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Entries have now opened for the 2014 renewal of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, to be held on Sunday 8th 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, where there will also be free car parking, showers, toilets and
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Year 1 children from schools around the Bradley Stoke area entered teams into the Football Festival at the Bradley Stoke Community Festival over the weekend – organised by Martin Lee and other Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) coaches. A total of 13 different schools took part, with 10-minute matches throughout the day, which were enjoyed by everyone who was there.
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There was a welcome return to sunny conditions for the Bradley Stoke 10k Run today, following two rainy years in 2011 and 2012. A record field of 567 runners set out from the Jubilee Centre at 9.30am, beating the previous record turn out by almost a hundred. First home after completing the six-and-a-quarter mile course that takes in the Three
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Fine weather once again drew a big crowd to Bradley Stoke’s Jubilee Centre for the main day of the annual Community Festival. The action got under way at 11.30am when the first matches in the Schools Football Tournament kicked off on the upper pitch. Youngsters from local schools battled it out in a competition where marks for fair play were
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The 2013 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets under way at 9.30am today (Friday 7th) with children’s entertainment at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. Professor Panic presents his range of circus skills in the Big Top, alongside Steve the Bubbleman and a bouncy castle. Refreshments will be served alongside a range of local craft and community stalls. The Friends
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This year’s Bradley Stoke 10k Run, which takes place on Sunday 9th June, is almost full despite the entry limit being raised to accommodate a hundred more runners. In recent years, the race has had a 500-entry limit, but organising club Sole Sisters say they have managed to increase their licence to 600 runners after the previous limit of 500
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