{"id":1145265,"date":"2026-08-13T00:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1145265\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T00:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:19:16","slug":"meet-your-bears-at-our-free-2026-27-season-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1145265\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet your Bears at our FREE 2026\/27 Season Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get closer than ever to your Bristol Bears before the new campaign begins by joining us for our <strong>FREE Season Launch<\/strong> at Ashton Gate Stadium on <strong>Monday, August 31st<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting at <strong>1pm<\/strong>, supporters will have the chance to watch the men\u2019s first team squad train before meeting the players for photos and autographs as anticipation builds ahead of the 2026\/27 Gallagher PREM season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans can also hear directly from Director of Rugby, Pat Lam in an exclusive supporter Q&amp;A in the Lansdown Stand concourse, where he\u2019ll reflect on pre-season, discuss the squad and look ahead to another exciting campaign. The Q&amp;A will also be live streamed on our official Bristol Bears Facebook page, with fans able to get involved and submit their questions during the session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free posters will be available for fans on arrival to get signed by the players during the signing session, while Bristol Bears Foundation will be on hand throughout the afternoon with a range of fun, interactive activities for supporters of all ages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bristol Sport Store will be open from 10am-4pm on the day with all the latest Bears merchandise available, including our 2026\/27 O\u2019Neills home, away and third kits in sizes <strong>from 0-6 months through to 6XL<\/strong>, including a dedicated women\u2019s fit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food and drink will also be available to purchase in the Lansdown Stand concourse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026\/27 Season Launch event is <strong>FREE<\/strong> to attend open to all supporters, but fans must claim their ticket online in advance. Free tickets will be available to claim from 2pm on Thursday, August 13th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s On<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Watch the Bristol Bears squad train (1pm-1.30pm)<\/li>\n<li>Meet the players for photos and autographs (1.30pm-2.15pm)<\/li>\n<li>Exclusive supporter Q&amp;A with Director of Rugby Pat Lam (2.30pm)<\/li>\n<li>Bristol Bears Foundation activities and games (from 1pm-3pm)<\/li>\n<li>Bristol Sport Store open with the latest Bears merchandise (from 10am-4pm)<\/li>\n<li>Family entertainment throughout the afternoon<\/li>\n<li>Food and drink available to purchase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get closer than ever to your Bristol Bears before the new campaign begins by joining us for our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1145266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8818],"tags":[311448,33936,381,21571,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":["post-1145265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bristol","tag-2026-27-season-launch","tag-ashton-gate","tag-bristol","tag-bristol-bears","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1145266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}