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Prime spot for community football supported by McArdle Sport-Tec & TigerTurf
TigerTurf recently teamed up with McArdle Sport-Tec to design, manufacture and install a full-size football pitch at the Newbridge High School Academy. The 3G synthetic turf pitch is a first for
north west Leicestershire and has been part- funded by the Football Foundation under its framework agreement. Specifically created for football, TigerTurf’s
Soccer Real 60XQ has been tested to meet FIFA 1 and FIFA 2 Star standards. The new facility includes drainage, goal
recesses, hard-standing areas, footpaths and a new car parking area. “The synthetic turf is the ideal solution
for Newbridge High School as it can be used during wet weather and won’t degrade after consistent use,” explains Paul Langford, managing director at TigerTurf. “This is particularly important as the
FA have designated it a prime spot for community football.”
The QE Olympic Park venue includes four indoor and six outdoor tennis courts
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park recognised for ‘elite’ facilities The facility is Spadeoak’s second facility to ob-
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which hosted the London 2012 Paralympic Games, welcomes a brand new installation of tennis equipment at its Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, which recently received ITF Recognition. The venue includes four indoor and six out-
door tennis courts. The Spadeoak installed DecoColor courts were tested against the rec- ommendations contained in the ITF Guide to Test Methods for Tennis Court Surfaces and gained the Two-Star ITF Recognition award, which demands the highest quality of installation.
The new surface at Newbridge High
Replay Maintenance partners with East Midlands CFAs
Replay Maintenance has signed a partnership deal with the five County Football Associa- tions (CFA) residing in the East Midlands – Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicester- shire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. The partnership will enhance the mainte- nance provision for artificial sports pitches and will allow facilities within the five CFAs to access information and expert advice. The respective CFA, Replay Maintenance,
and the individual facility can together plan and implement the very best way to care for and maintain synthetic sports surface and surroundings. From initial grounds professional
training through to budgets and forecasts, the partnership has been designed to cater for all aspects of managing and maintaining the sports pitch.
Ready for elite play This confirms that the courts are of a standard demanded by elite level play; a standard that has secured them selection by the ITF to stage the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters 2014-2016.
tain Two-Star ITF Recognition, the first being at Eton Manor, Olympic Park, London, consisting of nine tennis courts which staged the hugely successful 2012 London Paralympics wheelchair tennis event. The DecoColor surface was sup- plied by California Products Corporation, a company specialising in court surface industry and a long-standing member of the ITF Foundation.
Specialist equipment The new installation also includes specialist equipment, including: blue court screens and 2mm thick, 50mm mesh, white polypropylene divider nets that are flame retardant treated to BS 5867 part 2 type b performance. The additions were manufactured and in- stalled by Edwards Sports, through H & J Martin.
O’Brien Contractors named as Company of the Year
O’Brien Contractors has been named as Company of the Year in the 2013 Cham- ber Awards, and its managing director, Peter O’Brien, also received the Outstanding Per- sonal Achievement Award at the ceremony in November. As well as creating 23 new jobs in 2013, the specialist civil engineering firm has raised more than £7,000 for charity. Peter O’Brien said: “[This] is a wonder- ful endorsement of how hard everyone at O’Brien’s has worked to achieve our goals. We are dedicated to striving to improve the efficiency and environmental impact of con- struction projects.”
Awards and accolades: SAPCA congratulates…
O’Brien team at the awards event
The award comes with a £25,000 cheque, which O’Brien is investing in its apprentice- ship programme to help more young people enter the construction industry and also into the company’s community fund..
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