Stoke Gifford Taekwon-do were triumphant at the recent ITF World Championships held in Brighton. Six members of the club were selected to represent Team UK at the Championships, which were held at the end of July. There were over 39 countries participating in the Worlds, from all continents, which totalled to over 500 competitors. William Lambern who lives in Stoke
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Following a great deal of hard work behind the scenes, Little Stoke FC were invited to join the Gloucestershire County League for the 2016/17 season and played their first home game at Little Stoke Park on Saturday 27th August. Prerequisites for acceptance into the league included the installation of pitch perimeter barriers and trainers’ boxes (dugouts) for the home and
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Stoke Gifford Taekwondo (TKD) student Phoebe Grandfield, 19, has been awarded the Bristol Young Sporting Hero title for 2016. Phoebe was nominated by her tutors at SGS College and her instructor at Stoke Gifford TKD, Miss Kerry Burridge. She has been training in taekwondo since the age of 5 and has faced many difficulties and obstacles including severe epilepsy, autism,
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A decision by Stoke Gifford Parish Council to insist on a financial contribution from the organisers of a popular free weekly run held in Little Stoke Park sparked a media frenzy last month, with the story featuring for several days in national newspapers and on TV news bulletins. One of hundreds of similar events that take place around the country
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More than 7,000 people have signed an online petition to persuade Stoke Gifford Parish Council to allow the hugely popular Little Stoke parkrun to continue at Little Stoke Park after its future was threatened by a council decision to levy a charge of £1 per runner. One of hundreds of similar events that take place around the country at 9am
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The future of a hugely popular, free weekly running event held in a Little Stoke Park for the past three years could be under threat after the local council said it planned to levy a charge of £1 per runner to cover ongoing maintenance costs of the park. One of hundreds of similar events that take place around the country
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Popular weekly event in Little Stoke Park celebrates first anniversary. Sunday used to be my one day of the week to have a lie-in, until just over a year ago, when I took on the role of Event Director of the brand new Little Stoke junior parkrun. As an enthusiastic runner and big fan of parkrun (the more established, free,
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Garry Ford reflects on Stoke Gifford United’s bittersweet league title win. So, like it was written in the stars, the Bristol and Suburban Premier League title was decided in the last game in a match at Mangotsfield. This fixture earlier in the season had seen a freak accident on the field of play that led to the tragic death of Stoke
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Seb Doyle, Primary Liaison Officer at Abbeywood School writes: On Tuesday 24th February, Year 5 teams from Charborough Road, Filton Hill and St Michael’s Primary Schools took part in a basketball tournament at Abbeywood Community School in Stoke Gifford. The event capped off two term’s worth of basketball coaching which had been delivered by Mr Doyle in each primary school. The level
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Aretians RFC are the local, community focused, family friendly rugby club. We are based on Station Road, Little Stoke, and play our rugby on Little Stoke playing fields, which is in the middle of Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford, and Patchway. Our seniors finished last season only losing two games after Christmas and winning the Gloucester Cup. This season we are
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