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BAFS Pavilion (since 2014)

A collection of documents relating to the BAFS Pavilion, built on Doncaster Close, on the site of the original cricket pavilion. It was opened on 24 May 2014, on Speech Day, by Mike Gatting. It was named BAFS after O.O. Brian Smith (‘54), captain of the school’s unbeaten first Rugby XV, Hockey XI and Cricket XI teams.

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Cricket legend opens new pavilion

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A newspaper cutting from the Rutland & Stamford Mercury reporting on the opening of BAFS cricket pavilion on 30 May 2014.

Rutland & Stamford Mercury

Opening

This sub-file focusses on the opening of the BAFS Pavilion in 2014.

Rutland & Stamford Mercury

Pavilion Opening at Oakham School

An article published in a local magazine reporting on the opening of Oakham School's newest Cricket Pavilion on 24 May 2014, named in honour of O.O. Brian A.F. Smith. Two pages A and B.

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The opening ceremony

This sub-file contains photographs of the opening ceremony of the Wilson Playing Fields on 16 April 2005.

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Negatives of the opening

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Seven negatives of the opening ceremony of the Wilson Fields and Pavilion on 16 April 2005.

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Wilson Fields and Pavilion

A collection of documents relating to the Wilson Fields and cricket pavilion, including photographs of the opening. In 2005, the Springfield Playing Fields on Ashwell Road were renamed the Wilson Fields, to honour O.O. Lynn Wilson ('57). Lynn Wilson also funded the construction of a pavilion on the fields. The official opening ceremony took place on 16 May 2005.

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Photographs of a donation

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Two photographs (A and B) of a pupil at the Leicestershire Cricket Academy signing a cricket bat as gift to the new Wilson pavilion.

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A photograph of Haywoods house

A photograph (A) and a negative (B) of Haywoods house in the background, with a cricket match being played on Doncaster Close in the 1990s.

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Haywoods house

A collection of documents, mostly photographs, of the boarding house Haywoods on Kilburn Road, next to Chapmans. This new house was named after Colonel Tom Haywood, former Trustee. The boys previously in residence in Deanscroft moved into their new house in September 1989.

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