Long time customers of sportsequip.co.uk will already be aware that the Downloads section of our website contains a veritable goldmine of useful product information and installation/maintenance tips/instructions. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been steadily refreshing our library of datasheets and creating new downloadable/printable PDF’s that can be stored for future reference or even used out in the field.
May is a busy month for a groundsman. Pitch preparations for different sports and line marking will be well underway.
With this in mind, in today’s blog post, we’d like to highlight a useful and topical resource provided by The FA.
Aimed at those running a football club, “The FA Guide to Pitch and Goalpost Dimensions” contains a wide range of information that answers many common questions regarding pitch layouts/dimensions and goal sizes for the many different formats of the game.
This useful guide also contains important sections on goal post safety and line marking.
You can download The FA Guide to Pitch and Goalpost Dimensions here (Save as a .PDF file).
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We’ve supplied hundreds of tennis ball machines over the last 15 years, so we’re not afraid to admit that we know a thing or two about them!
If you’ve already invested in a tennis ball machine, you’ll know that it wasn’t an insignificant purchase, with the cost of top of the range ball machine running into thousands of pounds. The most important thing to remember is that like a car or boiler, regular routine maintenance / servicing along with careful handling / storage is key to ensuring that your electronic tennis partner will provide you with years of reliable service.
Ball Machine Servicing / Repairs
As spring (finally) begins, now is a great time to think about servicing your tennis machine, ready for another seasons use. We can arrange a service for most UK models of tennis ball machines, including Lobster Elite, Playmaker and Tennis Tutors. We can also service or repair the now discontinued range of Lobster 201, 301 and 401 tennis machines. In some circumstances, we can even provide spare parts and full instructions detailing how to replace any worn or broken parts yourself.
If you’d like more information on how to go about getting your tennis ball machine repaired or serviced, contact us on 01858 545789 or email us (sales@sportsequip.co.uk) with any ‘symptoms’ and we’ll get back to you.
We’re frequently asked if we can supply new tennis posts to fit an existing set of sockets.
As you can see from the link above, the answer is of course – yes!
The good news is that tennis post sockets can often be re-used, saving you the time, hassle and expense of having to re-install a new set into your tennis court.
However, the bad news is… not all tennis posts are manufactured to the same specifications.
Fortunately, help is only a few mouse clicks and tape measurements away.
If you’d like us to supply you with a set of tennis posts to fit your existing sockets, simply provide us with a few measurements of your current tennis posts and sockets (depth, width, colour, shape etc) and we’ll be able to find a set of posts that will fit your current sockets perfectly.
Simply fill in this form:
http://www.sportsequip.co.uk/forms/tennis-posts-requirement-form.html
…and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
If you’d like further advice on any of our tennis posts (including items such as winders, handles, headline wires etc), please contact us on 01858 545789.
It’s been a long, cold winter!
As the mild weather starts to slowly move in, now is a good time to start checking the condition of outdoor grounds furniture, such as cricket sight screens and wicket covers.
If your sight screen or cover hasn’t fared so well over the winter or has simply just reached the end of its natural life, now is a good time to order a replacement so you can maximise it’s usage over the summer months.
sportsequip.co.uk supply a range of cricket sight screens, manufactured from timber or plastic as well as wicket covers – available as either layflat or as mobile units.
Plus, if you’re within 125 miles of our office in Leicester, we can also deliver and erect sight screens and mobile wicket covers for you! For more information on our installation services, please contact us on 01858 545789.
Spring is just around the corner and as the days start to grow longer, so does the grass…
As grounds maintenance activities start to ramp of for the season, now is a good time to take a closer look at our range of line marking products and summarise some of the key points to help you choose a marking fluid suitable for your needs.
Flicx cricket pitches are now available to order at sportsequip.co.uk!
Cricket surfaces have long been a sportsequip.co.uk speciality. Therefore we’re delighted to now offer a range of Flicx cricket pitches, an affordable and easy way to turn almost any level surface into a cricket pitch. Flicx pitches provide consistent bounce and allow batsmen to play forward with confidence.
No-one can argue that tennis nets aren’t an essential part of every tennis court.
Their functionality may be simple, but for such an ‘unsophisticated’ piece of tennis equipment, there’s an incredible, bewildering array of tennis nets available!
Today’s buying guide aims to untangle the knotty world of tennis nets!
Shopping online has become increasingly common in recent years. In fact in some cases, it’s the only way to purchase from a company.
Fortunately, thanks to a lot of work from both online retailers and credit card companies, more procedures and protections than ever before are in place to protect shoppers when buying online.
Today we’ll run over a few tips on how to protect yourself when shopping online, and we’ll also highlight how sportsequip.co.uk help ensure shopping with us is safe, secure and easy.
We’re excited to announce the arrival of Harrod UK’s updated 2013 range of Team Shelters.
