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April 2019
News
In Brief
Bowlers to support air ambulance
We hand-deliver 9,200 copies of this magazine
t the spring meeting of Bradley Stoke Bowls Club, a large crowd of members was treated to a brief account of the excellent work of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC). The charity’s new air base is in Almondsbury, from which they provide pre-hospital critical care services within the community. It was unanimously agreed to adopt this charity for the 2019 season. Joe Hughes (GWAAC community fundraising coordinator, seen in the photo) explained aspects of the work, the high level of skills of all concerned, and the need to raise £3 million each year. The major fundraising effort by the club will be at the Charities Day in August and through ongoing collections taken at every home game during the season. Robert Bertram, club chairman, conducting the meeting in his
As well as being delivered to ALL of the 8,700 homes in Bradley Stoke, a further 500 copies of this magazine are left at public locations in Almondsbury, Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke, Patchway, Stoke Lodge, Stoke Gifford and Winterbourne. These include community centres, shops, medical centres, takeaways and pubs. Larger quantities are left at Bradley Stoke Library and on the customer service desk at the Bradley Stoke Tesco Extra store. Residents of Stoke Lodge may pick up copies from the newsagents in Chelford Grove. The Journal is proud to be Bradley Stoke’s ONLY locally edited newspaper!
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A representative of GWAAC addresses the spring meeting of Bradley Stoke Bowls Club
usual affable style, took the business of the club through all the usual housekeeping matters with admirable speed, including welcoming new members, and thanking office bearers and sponsors. A highlight of the summer programme is to be a visit to the
Isle of Bohemia Club, situated on an island in the River Thames at Reading. The home season is planned to begin on Monday 15th April.
● For more information about
the club and the charity, visit bsbc.webs.com and gwaac.com
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