bowls club dispute 2008 Archives - Bradley Stoke Journal

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Wednesday 21st January 2009 SH (Editor)

Demise of bowls club could cost Town Council an extra £7,000 p.a. for next 32 years

The Journal has learned that Northavon Bowls Club, evicted from its Baileys Court base by Bradley Stoke Town Council in a row over rent, could soon be wound up. An extraordinary general meeting of the club has been called for this Saturday (24th January), when it is expected that a vote will be taken on a proposal to dissolve the

Tuesday 27th May 2008 SH (Editor)

Media on hand to record retreat of the bowlers

TV crews were today once again in action at Baileys Court bowling green as they recorded members of Northavon Bowls Club removing equipment from the facility. In an ongoing dispute over the rental agreement for the green, Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) had ordered the Club to remove its effects by 5pm on 28th May. Despite today’s retreat, the bowlers

Monday 26th May 2008 SH (Editor)

Bowls club taking legal action to reclaim the green

Northavon Bowls Club is taking legal action in an attempt to regain access to the green at Baileys Court Activity Centre in Bradley Stoke. The Club has been prevented from using the green for several weeks in a dispute with Bradley Stoke Town Council over a proposed new rental agreement. The Council decided at its Annual General Meeting on 22nd

Thursday 22nd May 2008 SH (Editor)

End of the road for Baileys Court bowlers?

Wednesday’s Annual General Meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council brought confirmation that no agreement has been achieved between the Town Council and Northavon Bowls Club in the dispute over increased rental charges at the town’s Baileys Court bowling green. Councillor Mark Forsyth reported that no correspondence had been received from the Bowls Club before the Council-imposed deadline of midnight on

Wednesday 21st May 2008 SH (Editor)

Lib Dem Kiely accuses BSTC of being “the most unhelpful Council in England”

In his latest press release concerning the actions of Bradley Stoke Town Council at a Special Council Meeting on 8th May, John Kiely, Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesman for Filton and Bradley Stoke, claims that “Bradley Stoke Town Council is fast gaining the reputation of the most unhelpful Council in England.” Following the meeting, Mr Kiely announced that he had written

Friday 9th May 2008 SH (Editor)

Tesco in remarkable U-turn over town centre naming while Town Council ploughs on regardless in bowls dispute

A remarkable U-turn by Tesco public affairs consultant Dan Bramwell has seen the supermarket group agree to hold a public consultation over the naming of Bradley Stoke’s new town centre currently under construction at Savages Wood Road. The move comes less than two weeks after Mr Bramwell stated on Radio Bristol that “having a competition now would delay the building

Thursday 8th May 2008 SH (Editor)

Special Council Meeting attracts media attention

The Bradley Stoke Journal has learned that tonight’s Special Meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council [agenda] has already attracted the attention of the local media. A source within Northavon Bowls Club has told The Journal that a reporter and cameraman from the Bristol Evening Post will be at the meeting. The source also revealed that the Club has been asked

Wednesday 23rd April 2008 SH (Editor)

Bradley Stoke Journal’s “Battle of the Bowls” story sparks national media frenzy

Sunday’s dramatic events at Baileys Court bowling green, reported first here on the Bradley Stoke Journal have sparked a hurge surge of interest from the local, regional and national media. The Journal’s exclusive photos [album, slideshow] of the stand-off between bowlers and police officers have been a key factor in the momentum behind the story. Once things have quietened down,

Tuesday 22nd April 2008 SH (Editor)

Bowls row features on BBC Radio Bristol

The dispute between Bradley Stoke Town Council and Northavon Bowls Club, brought to a head by an invasion of the Baileys Court bowling green on Sunday, is featuring extensively this morning on the “Breakfast with Richard Wyatt” programme on BBC Radio Bristol. Local bowls hero Tony Allcock, Chief Executive of Bowls England was heard just after the 7am news voicing

Photo of police officers talking to bowlers beside a bowling green.

Sunday 20th April 2008 SH (Editor)

Police called as defiant bowlers storm Baileys Court

In dramatic scenes at Baileys Court bowling green on Sunday afternoon, police were called after a group of approximately fifty bowlers and supporters from Northavon Bowls Club entered the ground in defiance of an order imposed by Bradley Stoke Town Council.