An attempt to set a new world record for the longest continuous hockey game is underway at Bradley Stoke Community School. A group of 32 players from South Gloucestershire Hockey Club is aiming to play for 31 hours, which would beat the existing record of 30 hours and 15 minutes set by Omagh Hockey Club in August 2010. The event
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A dog show staged in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square on Sunday has raised over £400 for a local rescue charity. The Family Fun Dog Show, organised by the Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG) to mark National Pet Week, attracted an entry of 119 animals and raised £443 towards the group’s greyhound and lurcher rescue work. DAWG’s patron Andrew Dilger
Continue readingLocal resident Bob Bloomer is currently on a mammoth sponsored cycle ride in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Bob, an ex-professional footballer (Chesterfield, Bristol Rovers & Cheltenham) who now works for the Football League, trained for his ride at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre and is supported by Giant Bradley Stoke, who have loaned him a road bike. He is
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Two members of a Bradley Stoke church are raising funds for a two-year non-salaried missionary trip to the Philippines. Steven and Portia Greenhalgh, members of the congregation at Holy Trinity Church, will be leaving in July this year to go on mission to Manila. Portia is a qualified teacher and Steven recently completed a TESOL course (Teaching English to Speakers
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A Fun Dog Show is to to take place this Sunday (8th May) in Bradley Stoke’s Town Square. Organised by the Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG) and sponsored by the Willow Brook Centre, the show includes a total of 14 classes, ranging from “best puppy” to “dog the judge would most like to take home”. The show runs from
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Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has been chosen as the venue for an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record™ for the longest continuous hockey match. The event, organised by South Gloucestershire Hockey Club (SGHC) and held over the weekend of 28th/29th May, will raise money for the Cots for Tots Appeal at St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol. The current
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Residents of Bradley Stoke and the surrounding area have rallied round to support families affected by a tragic house fire that claimed the lives of two young children. Charlie and McKenzie Whitton, aged five and seven, died after fire broke out at their home in Merryweather Close at around 6am on Saturday 19th March. Their parents, Lee and Alex, managed
Continue readingMegan & Grace Elder are 4-year-olds doing a six mile bike ride in three stages by riding to and from their nursery (Leapfrog in Bradley Stoke). They have completed the first two miles and Thursday and Friday they will complete the final stages of their task. This is all in aid of Red Nose Day 2011, so any help for
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A local dog rescue charity is staging a sponsored dog walk in Bradley Stoke this coming Saturday, to mark the second anniversary of its formation. The Bristol Dog Action Welfare Group (DAWG), which specialises in rescuing and re-homing greyhounds and lurchers, is the nominated charity for two Pets At Home stores in Bristol and its members are regularly seen collecting
Continue readingChildren in Kenya are set to benefit from a new school built specifically for deaf children, thanks to the local branch of Specsavers. The Specsavers hearing centre located at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke, is working in partnership with UK-based hearing charity Sound Seekers to sell pin badges of the loveable cartoon character Miffy for just £1. Money raised
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