FB Playing Fields or Florence Boot Fields is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

in the parish of St. Clement, Jersey. The grounds are named after

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Florence Boot Florence Anne Boot, Lady Trent (1863–1952) was a Jersey businesswoman and philanthropist. She assisted her husband, Jesse Boot, in running Boots chemists after their marriage in 1886. Florence was responsible for diversifying the firm's retai ...

(1863 - 1952) who was the Jersey-born wife of

Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent (2 June 1850 – 13 June 1931) transformed The Boots Company, founded by his father, John Boot, into a national retailer, which branded itself as "Chemists to the Nation". Biography Boot sold his controlling interes ...

History

In 2010, Jersey cricketers won the ICC European Division one title at FB Fields. The venue hosted several events during the

2015 Island Games The XVI Island Games (also known as the ''2015 NatWest Island Games'' for sponsorship reasons) was held in Jersey, Channel Islands, from 27 June to 3 July 2015. This was the second time that the island has hosted the games, the first being in ...

. This is one of a number of facilities maintained by Education, Sport and Culture which provide a home to many of the island's sports clubs and associations. The 8-lane all weather athletics track has hosted a number of leading athletes and sportsmen both for training and competition purposes and was due to be upgraded to a Category A facility by the time of the

. Some of the jump areas will also be relocated to the outside of the track to comply with new IAAF regulations. The pavilion can be found close to the entrance of the site and houses changing facilities, toilets, a first aid room and an officials’ room. Upstairs there is a balcony and a canteen Jersey Aikido Club house the 2 top rooms where they teach traditional Aikido and run an Aiki-Fit class, they have trained at these facilities since 2002 and are the oldest Aikido Club in Jersey. There is plenty of free parking just inside the entrance with additional parking adjacent to the Geoff Reed Table Tennis Centre.

Facilities

The facilities include; * a 400m

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* Geoff Reed

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Centre * 2

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

pitches (during summer) * 5 open cricket nets * several football pitches (during winter) * a grass

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pitch * a

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* free car parking

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Sports venues in Jersey Football venues in Jersey Cricket grounds in Jersey Athletics (track and field) venues in Jersey Saint Clement, Jersey *
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