The Bradley Stoke Journal

Members of a Bradley Stoke-based martial arts team enjoyed a significant medal haul at the PUMA British Championships last weekend.

Whitlock Martial Arts (WMA) fighters collected eight medals at the national event, which took place at the Oasis Centre in Swindon.

Oliver Kimberley enjoyed the highest honour of the day by collecting a gold medal in the blue belt men’s sparring category.

Fellow WMA competitor James Wild also claimed a bronze in the sparring category, while Sarah Davis stepped up to the plate to win a bronze in the female blue belt patterns category.

The club’s Little PUMA and Taekwon-do sections meet at Bradley Stoke Community School.

Read more: Eight-medal haul makes it a great day for Bradley Stoke team (Bristol Evening Post)

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Bradley Stoke Town Football Club is fielding a record four teams today (Saturday 5th November) following the official launch earlier this week of a new Bradley Stoke Town ‘B’ team.

Club Secretary Nick Potter said:

“We have never had so many players who want to play their grassroots football with Bradley Stoke Town. We were so inundated that we had to give birth to the new team to accommodate the numbers who registered.”

“We provide a well structured club in which good players can become great players and in turn we foster and nurture their talent. We love the fact we are attractive to players who want to come and play with us and we now boast signings from across the city.”

He added:

“We always welcome more players and hope the local media can broadcast our message that new enquiries are always welcome as we aim to be the first choice for adult football players in Bristol.”

The Bradley Stoke Town B Team will be managed by Mark Wilkes and Chris Laslett – both current players who have been internally promoted to drive the new B Team forward. The squad will play their matches in the Bristol & Avon Division 1.

The club recently launched its own clubhouse, at the Town Council’s Jubilee Centre, where players can enjoy a drink and watch TV after home games.

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Bradley Stoke’s Jubilee Green in Savages Wood Road has been nominated in a campaign to protect outdoor recreational spaces in communities all across the country.

The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge aims to mark two major events in 2012 – The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics – by designating 2,012 outdoor recreational spaces across the UK as a permanent living legacy of these great events.

The Fields in Trust (FIT) scheme will safeguard the recreational areas through legal means by placing covenants on the land, meaning they have to remain in recreational use forever.

Members of the public have been asked to vote for the fields they would like to see protected.

Take action: Vote for Jubilee Green, Bradley Stoke!

Voting opened on Tuesday 18th October and runs for a month.

Bradley Stoke Town Football Club is delighted to announce that on Saturday 17th September 2011, their new clubhouse location at the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road, will be officially launched.

The club’s nickname is “The Hornets”, so it is fitting that the clubhouse will be called “The Hornets Nest”.

Club Secretary Nick Potter said:

“We are very proud to be officially launching our new clubhouse this Saturday with local dignitaries, players and their families. The club has received fantastic support from the local Council and staff from the Jubilee Centre. We are really looking forward to this night of celebration and using our new clubhouse every Saturday when we have home games for our teams.”

Related link: Sport and Leisure in Bradley Stoke (The Journal)

A girl from Bradley Stoke has made it through to the final of a popular Bristol talent contest.

Emily Baker, 11, took part in a heat of Junior Search For a Star 2011 at the Fry Club in Keynsham last Sunday and was selected to progress to the final of the competition on 9th October, when there will be cash prizes of £150, £100, £75 and £50 for the top four.

Emily, who attends St Bede’s Catholic College in Lawrence Weston, was first on stage in her heat but sang really well, says her proud mum Sharon.

The youngster got the crowd going with “Pack Up” by Eliza Doolittle and the Elton John classic “Your Song”.

She told the Bristol Evening Post:

“I love the way when you sing a note you can connect with so many people at the same time.”

“I’d love to be a singer when I’m older.”

Read more: First hopefuls take to stage in Junior Search For a Star (Bristol Evening Post)