The 2022/23 season has been another successful campaign for Stoke Gifford United FC. After securing promotion to the Gloucestershire County League for the first time last year, the first team have put in a solid first season, finishing in 7th place. As the club continue to progress they are appealing for support from local businesses that would be interested in sponsorship.
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Housing developer Redrow has sponsored brand-new coats for Little Stoke FC’s first team management committee. Redrow’s Frenchay Gardens development, which offers two-, three- and four-bedroom homes as well as one- and two-bedroom luxury apartments, is situated less than 4 miles from Stoke Gifford and Little Stoke.
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Begbrook Green Bowling Club, located in Frenchay Park Road, Stapleton, is holding free open days on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th May. They are intended for people to come along and give bowls a try. All you need is a flat pair of shoes, and we’ll provide the rest, writes Ken Maynard.
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The local football community came together at the Trust Ground in North Road, Stoke Gifford on Sunday 28th July to once again celebrate the life of Ben Hiscox (pictured right), who tragically died in hospital days after sustaining a head injury during a game at the same venue in March 2015. Ben, 30, was playing for Stoke Gifford United FC
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Training sessions are about to get a bit warmer for the Stoke Lane Lions Under-10s football teams, thanks to a donation from a local Co-operative store. The community-based youth football team has bought new training hoodies for all 22 players thanks to a £500 donation from Southern Co-op’s store in North Road, Stoke Gifford. The hoodies will help keep them warm
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Stoke Gifford resident Joseph Budd recently made his debut for the Welsh U17 football team at an international tournament in Portugal. Joe, who is 16 and attends Abbeywood Community School, started playing football when he was just five years old. He used to attend ‘soccer camps’ during the summer holidays and joined the Stoke Lane U7 team when he was
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Abbeywood Community School student Liam Holden has recently been crowned junior kickboxing world champion at a tough competition which was held in Venice, Italy. Liam, who has been kickboxing since he was 6 years old, is now 13 and competes in about ten tournaments a year, both here and abroad. The world championships that took place in Venice between 16th
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Anyone walking their dog or taking an early morning stroll through Little Stoke Park shortly after 9am on Sunday 7th October may have been surprised to see scores of children dressed as cartoon characters running enthusiastically around the perimeter of the park. It’s not exactly the usual time of day to host a birthday party, but this wasn’t a child’s
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Stoke Lane Lions are dressed to impress after winning a full team kit through E.ON’s Power Kicks competition. The Little Stoke-based football team of under-13-year-olds are now proudly wearing their new team kit for their matches played in Division Two of the Avon Youth League. Jayne Coward-Worrall, whose son Billy plays for the team, entered the competition on behalf of
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Stoke Gifford Parish Council, which hit the national headlines last year when it withdrew permission for a not-for-profit group to use Little Stoke Park for a free weekly running event, has been singled out for criticism by the government in a recently published consultation document titled ‘Running Free’. The parish council caused outrage in April 2016 when it voted to
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