Entries have now opened for the 2013 renewal of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, to be held on Sunday 9th 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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Children’s rides at this year’s Bradley Stoke Community Festival were considered “very expensive” by some parents, according to one Councillor speaking at a meeting of the Town Council’s Leisure, Youth & Amenities Committee earlier this week. Rides at the Community Fair held on Saturday at the Jubilee Centre are provided by commercial operators in return for a fee that benefits
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A record field of 475 contested today’s Bradley Stoke 10k Run in drizzly weather on the final day of the 2012 Bradley Stoke Community Festival. The new Bradley Stoke Mayor Cllr Charlotte Walker sounded the horn to get the race underway from the Jubilee Centre at 9:30am, sending the contestants off on a six-and-a-quarter mile route along the roads and
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Bradley Stoke’s annual Community Festival attracted another big crowd to the Jubilee Centre today. Although not sunny, the weather was once again kind, with the forecast rain holding off until the last band had finished playing shortly after 6pm. The action got underway at 10:30am when the first matches in the Schools Football Tournament kicked off on the upper
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The 2012 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets underway at 9:30am today (Friday 1st) with children’s entertainment at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. Traditionally held a week later, the festival has been moved, for this year only, to coincide with HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Today’s entertainment will be provided by the popular Professor Panic’s Circus and children will
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Jubilee Celebrations get under way in earnest on Friday this week with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in Bradley Stoke. The town’s Jubilee Green has secured Fields in Trust status as part of the QEII Fields Challenge and will henceforth be known officially as ‘Queen Elizabeth II Field Jubilee Green’. The trust status, which was legally conferred on the
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Local runners, joggers and walkers are being encouraged to get their entries in 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. Organising club Sole Sisters report that entries for the popular race have now passed the 300 mark, leaving fewer than 200 places available
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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
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Poor weather failed to dampen the spirits of runners in yesterday’s Bradley Stoke 10k Run, with hundreds turning out despite the incessant heavy rain that had started in the early hours of the morning. In contrast to previous years, there were few friendly chats and warm ups on Jubilee Green prior to the race, with most runners choosing to remain
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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 underway at 10:30am 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 the
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