A five aside football tournament is being held at the Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre in aid of The Cots for Tots Appeal for the Special Baby Unit at St Michael’s Hospital in Bristol.
Sponsored by the Willow Brook Centre, the tournament will take place on Saturday 2nd July between 4pm and 9.30pm, after a fun day for all the family from midday until 4pm.
Teams that have confirmed so far are Tesco Extra, the Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, the Aztec West Hotel, the local five aside team, a team of Bradley Stoke Dads and a team from the Willow Brook Centre. Other activities will include stalls, a bouncy castle and face painting.
The Cots for Tots Appeal aims to raise £1 million to help save the lives of premature and critically ill new-born babies across the South West region. www.cotsfortots.co.uk
Mark Wathern, Facilities Manager at the Willow Brook Centre is behind the tournament. “All money raised by this event will go to this incredible cause, we want as many local businesses as possible to step forward and join in. It’s an opportunity to support The Cots for Tots Appeal and have a lot of fun at the same time. Give me a call on 01454 205 040 for more info.”
An Armed Forces Day in June, organised by South Gloucestershire Council, will honour Britain’s Armed Forces past, present and future.
A Bristol-based hockey club needs volunteers to help them earn a place in history – and help save the lives of premature and critically ill babies. South Gloucestershire Hockey Club’s (SGHC) goal is to set a new Guinness World Record™ for the longest hockey match in history; the current record is 30hrs 15mins. They are doing it to raise funds for the Cots for Tots Appeal, a £1m drive to provide vital equipment for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the city’s St Michael’s Hospital.
In celebration of National Family Week, South Gloucestershire Council is planning a special family event at Kingswood Park, on Wednesday 1st June 2011.
History was brought to life today at Bradley Stoke library, where several members of BBC Bristol Radio team spent their time talking to locals about the 1980′s, and how the town of Bradley Stoke has developed as a community since the first houses were built around 25 years ago. The event was part of the BBC’s Domesday Project.
Local author, Martin Davis, gave a fascinating insight into live in this area before the building work started. His book, The Farmer and the Golden Goose, was featured in the Bradley Stoke and Little Stoke Gifford Matters Magazines when it was first published – and Martin is delighted to report that following great local interest the first edition has nearly sold out!
Golfer Ben Davis, a pupil at Bradley Stoke Community School, walked away with three of the four winners’ trophies from yesterday’s Gloucestershire Junior Championships at Lilley Brook Golf Club.
The tables were turned on Jaci and Alison at Bradley Stoke & Little Stoke Gifford Matters this week, when instead of being the interviewers / reporters for all your local community news, they became Chris Vacher’s interviewees.
The 1980s are being remembered with a free, day long celebration of the decade which brought us legwarmers, Live Aid, the Rubik’s Cube, Adam Ant and E.T. 
Cllr Heather Goddard, executive member for communities for South Gloucestershire Council says; “This is a wonderful opportunity for local residents to discover the roots of Bradley Stoke. The area is unrecognisable from the farmland and fields which stood here just a quarter of a century ago”.
Two members from Holy Trinity Church, Steve and Portia Greenhalgh are embarking on an initial two-year voluntary teaching mission at Faith Academy Manila, Philippines and are looking for support. They have been a part of Holy Trinity Church for nearly eight consecutive years, selflessly serving in different capacities. Steven is involved in the IT/multimedia presentation ministry whilst Portia utilises her skills on the praise and music team. They have also jointly taken on the role of Church Treasurer.
Local Bradley Stoke resident Bob Bloomer is currently on a mammoth cycle ride for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Bob is an ex-professional footballer having previously played for Chesterfield, Bristol Rovers & Cheltenham who now works for the football league.
Everyone is invited to join in celebrations marking The Downs’ 150th anniversary on Sunday 22ndMay 2011.
Whilst April brought much to celebrate for the local residents of Bradley Stoke, long weekends, a royal wedding and lots of sunshine; our residents of the feathered variety were celebrating for different reasons as the swans at the town’s nature reserve welcomed five fluffy cygnets into the world. The accompanying picture is believed to have been taken a matter of hours after the last of the five cygnets hatched and shows the happy family basking in the springtime sun.
Tom Aditya was elected the new Conservative Town Councillor of Bradley Stoke, South
Does your dog have the waggiest tail? Or maybe the most appealing eyes? Be sure to take your canine friend along to the Willow Brook Centre this Sunday where you can enter them in to the town’s first Fun Dog Show.