SAM & DAVE!
No, not the sixties souls stars responsible for ‘Soul Man’, but two unlikely lads who set up Sweepfast just five years ago
Artificial Turf Maintenance Specialists, Sweeping the Country
www.sweepfast.com
The Synthetic Turf Maintenance Specialist Artificial Turf Maintenance Specialists
U.K. Distributors Of Hoerger Machines
U.K. importers & Distributors of the amazing Cleansweep & Greensweep
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t’s five years now since I was standing, looking at our flooded artificial turf tennis courts, scratching my head and wondering what on earth we were going to do to get them back into playing condition. If you had asked me then what I would be doing now, never in a million years would I have given the right answer! Five years on and my original idea for providing machinery and services for artificial turf maintenance has gone from an idea to becoming a successful company, with the help of David Reynolds, life long friend and business partner.
around the world, making what we can’t buy, also working on tennis courts and pitches around the whole of the UK. The last few years have also seen us working in Ireland and the Channel Islands.
Importing machinery from
Top: Sam Breeden (left) with David Reynolds and, inset, their new SKU ‘Rolls Royce!’
in place we should have the most comprehensive range of machinery available to the industry, both for contract services and for sale. The tie up with Hoerger led me to an exhibition in Cologne for a couple of days with a spell on their stand and a good chance to look around the halls. The sports amenity hall seemed basically a showcase for artificial grass, with manufacturers from all over the globe. A mention of maintenance on most of the stands bought the usual non- committal response. By Friday afternoon, when I
Our Hydrofast system for artificial turf cleaning has become accepted by a large section of the industry as an alternative to compressed air, and now, with over 250,000 square metres under our belt, we can tackle virtually anything. With our website taking a huge amount of hits, the office is always busy taking and processing orders. This year has seen me travelling a lot of the time with pitch and court inspections keeping me busy. Trips to Italy, Germany and Norway have led to us being able to introduce more new products into our line up, culminating in an agreement to become the agents for the ‘Rolls Royce’ of artificial turf machines from Hoerger in Germany. Once I had seen the build quality and function of their SKU machine all plans and prototypes for our own machine were scrapped! Our first machine should
arrive in the country during February ready to kick off with demonstrations as soon as the weather permits.
Once we have these machines
was free for a while, lots of the stands had no-one available who knew much about the products. Either boredom or the Wiesses bier had overcome the stand occupants - apart from the Chinese.
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One stand in particular was attended by a Chinese lady who, in flawless English, (not bad at a German show) gave me a run down of the technical spec of all the carpets on show, explained manufacturing techniques and quality control. She then talked at length about tufting, different yarn thicknesses etc. etc. Realisation suddenly dawned on me.Now I knew why so many exhibitors and guests were in the various bars!
So what have I learnt in five years? Well! Artificial turf maintenance begins, and is, most important, in-house. A lot of services are over expensive, over used and over sold. Most manufacturers and installers are interested in new sales rather than looking after old ones. And, most importantly, you never know where life is going to take you!
Sam Breeden. Managing Director Sweepfast Ltd.
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Moss Control and Asphalt Tennis Court Cleaning & Painting
Please call for a free site visit to receive professional advice on your synthetic sports surface.
Contact us from anywhere in the U.K. On 01675 470770 or
0121 747 9255
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