Bradley Stoke Cricket Club’s First XI sealed their third win in a row with a thumping 120 run over Nailsea on Saturday (22nd June). Struggling at 38 for 4, the home side made a competitive 204 with Mankar top scoring with 58 and Davis with 47. Nailsea’s reply never got going and they were eventually bowled out for 84, with
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Bradley Stoke First XI beat high-flying Hanham
Bradley Stoke Cricket Club’s First XI, who play in the Bristol & District Senior Division, beat second in the table Hanham by 32 runs on Saturday afternoon at the Baileys Court cricket ground in Bradley Stoke. Bradley Stoke lost the toss and were put into bat, and, with Joe Coles only making 38 and his partner Adam Davis only scoring
Continue readingLocal schools enjoy Football Festival fun
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.
Continue readingAll Stars come out top in BSTFC charity match
Saturday (18th May) saw the Jubilee field host a Bradley Stoke Town FC (BSTFC) charity game, in which players from all four teams at BSTFC faced Ben Walker’s All Stars team – including many semi-professionals and a couple of ex-professionals, such as Steve White, who used to play for Bristol Rovers. The headline match was preceded by a Bradley Stoke
Continue readingBSCC First XI in convincing win over Bitton
Bradley Stoke Cricket Club’s (BSCC’s) First XI recorded their first win of the season away to Bitton whilst the Seconds romped home to a comfortable victory against Bristol Pakistanis, beating them by eight wickets. The Thirds and Fourth Teams’ matches were lost to the weather. BSCC were put into bat first on a two-paced wicket but got off a solid
Continue readingBSTFC A Team defeated by Stanton Drew in last game of season
Bradley Stoke Town Football Club’s (BSTFC’s) season is nearly over now and Saturday afternoon was the last game for the A Team. The team faced Stanton Drew in manager Chris Laslett’s last game in charge but things didn’t go their way as they stepped off the gas, losing 4-0. The first goal, only a couple of minutes into the game,
Continue readingEuropean Cup success for Bradley Stoke Judo Club pair
Bradley Stoke Judo Club have had some recent success as a couple of their players have recently travelled to Portugal to compete in the European Cup. This was a very successful competition for them, as both of the players that went to the event came back with medals. Five times British champion Pete Miles came home with a silver medal;
Continue readingCouncil’s cricket square weedkiller repair bill rises by another £3k
The cost of repairing damage caused to the Baileys Court cricket square by an “unexplained” incident involving weedkiller has risen by a further £3k, after Bradley Stoke Town Council agreed to fund additional “rectification works” over the winter months. Damage to the cricket square first came to light last March, when staff noticed the grass was starting to die off,
Continue readingPromotion for two Bradley Stoke cricket teams
There were massive celebrations at Bradley Stoke Cricket Club on Saturday as both the first and the second teams won promotion to the Senior Divisions of the Bristol and District league for next season (2013). The first team secured a victory over Whitchurch Cricket Club on Saturday afternoon. An outstanding 75 not out from overseas player Bhushan Mankar, who has
Continue readingTaxpayer bill for cricket weedkiller woe hits £15k
The cost to local taxpayers of the unexplained incident in which weedkiller was applied to the town’s Baileys Court cricket square has risen to £15k after Councillors agreed to reduce the rent charged to Bradley Stoke Cricket Club for next season. Damage to the cricket square first came to light in March, when staff noticed the grass was starting to
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