The 2011 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets underway at 9:30am today (Friday) with a coffee morning, stalls and children’s entertainment at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. The annual pre-school Picnic in the Park runs alongside the coffee morning – with entertainment from Professor Panic’s Circus and the Bubbleman. Saturday (11th June) sees a packed programme of music and
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Wildlife expert to lead Three Brooks Nature Reserve walk
Did you know that there is a nature reserve in the heart of Bradley Stoke, home to an astonishing variety of wildlife and right on your doorstep? A local nature conservation group is inviting residents to join them on a guided walk around the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve this coming Saturday (11th June), as part of the Bradley Stoke
Continue readingBradley Stoke 10k close to capacity with one week to go
Entries for the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, which forms part of next weekend’s Community Festival, have passed the 400 mark, leaving less than a hundred places to be filled before the runners cross the start line on Sunday morning (12th June). Penny Greenwood of organising club Sole Sisters says the race is gearing up to be a predominantly local affair:
Continue readingReserve your place in the 2011 Bradley Stoke 10k
Local runners, joggers and walkers are being encouraged to get their entries in for the 2011 renewal of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, to be held on Sunday 12th June as part of the town’s Community Festival. Entries for the increasingly popular event have been open since March and banners advertising the race have appeared around town over the last
Continue readingFootball Festival 2010: All the prize winners
The full list of prize winners at Saturday’s Bradley Stoke Football Festival, organised by Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) in partnership with McDonalds, is as follows: Year 3 and 4 Girls Football Festival: BSYFC Festival of Football Coaches Award – St Mary’s (Bradley Stoke) BSYFC Festival of Football Performance Award – Wheatfield Bradley Stoke Town Council Achievement Award – Holy
Continue readingBiggest ever Bradley Stoke 10k a resounding success
Another record field of 418 runners contested the 2010 Bradley Stoke 10k Run in fine conditions on Sunday (13th June), the final day of the town’s Community Festival. As last year, the race started and finished at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Lane, with the Jubilee Green being used for competitor car parking. Bradley Stoke Mayor Ben Walker sounded
Continue readingAnother big crowd for Festival Saturday
Fine weather once again drew a large crowd to Saturday’s Community Fair at Bradley Stoke’s Jubilee Centre. Action on the upper football field began at 10:30 with a tournament for local school children, with the main music and dance programme following at 11:30am. Tribute band ABBA Now were the headline act on the main stage, supported by Pantz, Smokestack Shakers,
Continue readingFestival Saturday events from 11:30am today
The main day of Bradley Stoke’s 2010 Community Festival gets under way at the earlier than usual time of 11:30am today and offers a varied programme of music and dance acts along with the ever-popular community fair. Headline act on the main stage is tribute band ABBA Now, who will be supported by the Pantz, Smokestack Shakers, Uncle Buck and
Continue readingWhat time will Matt Le Tissier be at the Festival?
Can anyone tell me approximately what time star guest Matthew Le Tissier will be at the football tournament tomorrow please?? I am his biggest fan but have to work so it would be great to know what time to have my ‘lunch break’. If anyone could help me with this I’d be most gratful. Thank you
Continue reading2010 Community Festival gets underway today
The 2010 Bradley Stoke Community Festival gets underway at 9am today (Friday) with a coffee morning, table top sale and children’s entertainment at the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. The annual pre-school Picnic in the Park runs from 11am to 2pm – with entertainment from Professor Panic’s Circus, bubble man Steve Price and a bouncy castle. Saturday (12th June)
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