What a score – 180! Despite their best efforts the St George Strollers could not find a pub on their Bristol City Walls walk with a dart board to celebrate their 180th walk. A darts fan had pointed out that 180 is the highest achievable darts score of three triple twenties. As this great photo [...]
We are excited to announce that from Monday 25th February the tennis courts in three of Bristol’s Parks; Canford, Eastville and St George will be managed by Wesport. The new booking system will make it easier to book a court through a new online booking system which can be found at www.bristolparkstennis.org.uk. The system allows [...]
Following the 401 marathon challenge, Ben has now set himself a new challenge of USA 2020. To find out more and to support him please visit: https://www.the401challenge.co.uk/about/inspiration
Bristol will celebrate its status as a 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup Host City with a three-day visit from the tournament trophy in March, ahead of the staging of three matches at the County Ground this summer. The trophy will appear at events and landmarks in the city between Friday-Sunday, March 8-10 as part of [...]
The cricket world cup has revealed that the Cricket world cup trophy tour will take place over 100 days in England and Wales. Commencing on 19 February, the trophy will visit the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 Host Cities of London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Leeds, Durham, Southampton, Cardiff and Taunton, stopping off at [...]
OpenActive is a community-led initiative with the ambition to help people in England get active using open opportunity data. More information can be found here https://www.openactive.io/ Open opportunity data is about where and when sport and physical activities happen. Opportunity data covers many types of physical activities. From one-to-one classes, mass participation events, to gym [...]
Pedal Progression, Archtirail along with 80 volunteers have completed a series of improvements to the Ashton Court mountain cycling trail between June and December 2018. Approximately 2 km of track have been improved with 200 tonnes of tones of stone moved to create an better cycling experience. This provides an excellent opportunity to mountain bike [...]
For keen cyclists and new cycle leaders British cycling are offering two cycle leadership level 1 courses in Bristol. The courses will qualify you as a level 1 leader in Breeze rides or Guided rides. For more information and to apply please follow the links below: Ride Leaders level 1 course - Guided rides - [...]
Congratulations go to Elaine May and Helen Potter for being awarded the ‘Nik Stuart Honorary Life Membership of British Gymnastics.’ This award recognises outstanding service to British Gymnastics and gymnastics at a national level for a minimum of 10 years. This is an amazing achievement and the article on British gymnastics website outlines their achievements [...]
Overview 2017 was an exciting year for Bristol as a European City of Sport. Sport and physical activity achieved a higher profile both within our communities and at political level. Key highlights included the radio and broadcasting sector getting involved with community radio shows and the production of various small films, the development of a [...]
