May 2022
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Sport
In Brief
Begbrook Green Bowls Big Weekend 28th-29th May
Timetable clarified for Cheswick parish split
egbrook Green Bowling Club is located in Frenchay Park Road, alongside Begbrook Park and Stapleton & Begbrook Social Club. To welcome the warmer weather, we are holding a series of free open days 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. The open days will take place between 10.30am and 4pm on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th May, to celebrate the Bowls Big Fun Weekend taking place nationally. Bowls is truly a sport for all; whether you are young, or young at heart, there is no age barrier. It is a very social activity which only takes a minute to learn but a lifetime to master. As well as providing an essential social lifeline, it is a good means of exercise, but most important of all it’s great FUN.
Following the decision by South Gloucestershire Council to create a new parish for Cheswick Village and Stoke Park by removing these areas from the existing parish of Stoke Gifford, the local authority has now clarified the timetable for the process. The second stage of public consultation, which will consider parish boundaries, is expected to begin sometime in June and run for approximately 8 weeks. The final officer report will be presented at the September meeting of SGC’s Regulatory Committee after which Council will consider any agreed changes in October. It is planned that the new parish will formally come into existence on the day of the May 2023 local elections. Stoke Gifford Parish Council has reserved a budget of £80,000 to cover asset transfers and loss of precept income arising from the loss of its University ward.
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A previous Open Day at Begbrook Green Bowling Club
Check out our website, begbrookgreenbc.org.uk or find us on Facebook under ‘Begbrook Green Bowling Club’. For further details and to register your interest or book a session, please contact Jane Warburton (07712 315981) or
jewarburton12@gmail.com Alternatively, register via the Bowls England website by typing bowlsweekend.com/register into your browser. Once on the website, click on ‘Find your nearest club’ using our postcode BS16 1HY.
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