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The view which greets visitors to the new Sir David English Sports Centre, off East Way |
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November 26th, 1999 heralded the dawn of a new era at Bournemouth School as the Sir David English Sports Centre was officially opened by Nikki English, daughter of Sir David, and Paul Dacre from Associated Newspapers, which provided £100,000 of funding in his memory.
Situated at the top of the Castle Lane playing fields, the centre includes two fitness suites, a multi-purpose sports hall with two full-size basketball courts and eight badminton courts, eight outdoor tennis and netball courts and finally a full size all-weather training pitch for football and hockey.
These images, taken on 11th January 2000, show the rewards of many years of campaigning and fundraising by the school. The campaign was chaired by the late Sir David English until his death in 1998 and was subsequently led by former headmaster Allan Petrie. Funding for the project was a combination of parental, Old Boys' and local business contributions together with Lottery and Sports Council grants, jointly sought with the East Dorset Netball Association, which now shares the excellent facilities the centre has to offer.
The management of the sports hall is being handled by Holmes Place Leisure Management, who can be contacted for membership and hiring details by telephone on (01202) 859503, fax on (01202) 859504 or at the following address:
Holmes Place Leisure Management, Sir David English Sports Centre, East Way, Bournemouth BH8 9PZ
To view past reports on the Appeal and see images of the centre under construction in summer '99, click here.
Larger versions of these images can be seen by clicking on the links below each image.
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The view which greets visitors to the new Sir David English Sports Centre, off East Way |
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Viewed from the gallery, one half of the Sports Hall, which has two Basketball courts and 8 Badminton Courts. |
The other half of the hall hosting the infamous 'bleep test' - an exercise close to the hearts of all recent pupils! |
The plush members-only mens changing room |
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The 8 Tennis & Netball Courts, which are used by East Dorset Netball Association out of school hours. |
The Full-size Artificial Football & Hockey pitch. |
The view across the fields to where the now-demolished sports pavilions once stood. Some pupils have evidently out-run Mr. Hughes (in black) on a warm up run! |
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Meanwhile Mr. Copage (in green) is given a run for his money by the stragglers! |
The members-only gym, complete with state of the art fitness equipment. |
The pupils' gym, which doubles as a female-only gym out of school hours. |
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