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 →
L’Alquería del Basket / Valencia Basketball Club, Spain
Today's post comes to you from Spain, where over 6200m² of our solid Beech SylvaSport flooring has been installed. The 15,000m² facility comprises 13 basketball courts, nine of them indoor courts. Designed by ERRE Architecture, L'Alquería del Basket is the largest sports complex dedicated to basketball in Europe. For the indoor training courts, our 22mm... Continue Reading →
Folding Floor at Newry Leisure Centre, Ireland
Have you ever seen anything like this before? This four-court sports hall at Newry Leisure Centre in Ireland has a a fold-away Junckers sports floor housing a trampoline pit. This clever construction was designed by Kennedy Fitzgerald Architects and constructed by Felix O'Hare & Co. Ltd. Kennedy Fitzgerald Architects of Belfast won the commission to... Continue Reading →
PE & Sport Premium For Primary Schools- How Best To Spend It
The Department for Education has released details of the PE and Sport Premium for Primary Schools, how much funding schools receive in the academic year 2017 to 2018 including advice on how to spend it. Most primary schools, including schools maintained by the local authority, academies, free schools, special schools and non-maintained schools, receive funding... 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 →
Back To School!
It's that time of year again - even though some of us have long since left our school years behind, there's something comforting in the return to routines and the re-focus a new academic year brings. To celebrate, we're showing you some examples of our floors in schools as well as some important points pertinent... 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 →