Over the past few years, there has been a substantial change in the flooring specification guidelines for schools by the Education & Skills Funding Agency, particularly with regards to sports flooring. To qualify for Government funding to build, improve or upgrade a sports hall, a school has to specify an area elastic floor as the... Continue Reading →
What goes underneath?
Richard Aylen, Our Technical Manager explains why a good quality floor is paramount in a squash court. There’s no question – the floor in a squash court has to be top notch. In fast paced games like squash and racquetball, the floor should give the player freedom of movement, optimal ball bounce and protection against... Continue Reading →
Courtcraft installs professional sports flooring system in new sports hall at University of Hull
Our Approved Contractor Courtcraft has installed a gigantic sports floor at University of Hull's new sports facility, one of the largest in the country. Working in collaboration with Henry Boot Construction, Courtcraft supplied and installed 2600m2 of our SylvaSport Premium sports flooring system. The multi-purpose hall has been fitted with an A4 rated, sprung solid... Continue Reading →
Professional Sports Flooring System For World Class Sports Centre
Oriam is Scotland's new state of the art Sports Performance Centre, designed to provide Scotland's top sportsmen and women the state of the art facilities for training and development. The impressive centre includes an outdoor synthetic pitch, five outdoor football and two rugby pitches, a full size indoor 3G pitch, a fitness suite, a cafe,... Continue Reading →
Junckers Launches Vinyl Sports Floor Systems
We are happy to announce we are launching a new range of vinyl sports floor systems to sit alongside our flagship collection of solid hardwood floors. In the UK, Junckers has become a by-word for high quality sports and activity floor systems, and for providing the technical and customer support needed to make every new... Continue Reading →
Multi-use Hall for MyPlace
Have a look at this amazing building! MyPlace Aston in Birmingham is part of a national scheme to create youth centres for teenagers in deprived areas. Designed by Associated Architects for Birmingham Youth Services, the £5M project received funding from the Government’s £240M MyPlace programme. The facilities include a multi-use sports hall were our SylvaSport... Continue Reading →
This week…
...we’re at FSB in Cologne, Germany showing our premium Sports Flooring Systems, including our new J-Lock System. We’re also unveiling a brand new look for our sports solutions – focusing on how we’ve simplified specifiers’ choices by making sure our sports flooring systems combine player safety with outstanding ball response, cost-effectiveness and ease of installation.... Continue Reading →