Edwards Sports have supplied and installed three ball stop / barrier systems at Arsenal FC’s training ground ready for the 2013 / 14 season.
These bespoke systems were specially designed to meet the requirements set by Arsenal FC’s groundsman Steve Braddock.
These requirements were:
To supply and install a post & net system that can be erected and demounted frequently
To divide big pitches up into smaller pitches for training
To stop players / staff entering certain parts of the training ground
To stop stray footballs going from one pitch to another
Two systems were supplied and installed on the youth and reserve team pitches. A third system was then later installed for the first team pitch after Arsene Wenger asked for a similar system.
The three systems comprised of:
Steel ball stop posts powder coated green to take tensioned wires
Steel ball stop posts c/w wooden spring loaded doors to gain access to the pitches
Permanent ground sockets to accept steel posts
Lightweight aluminium ball stop posts powder coated green to support wire
Removable ground screw sockets to accept aluminium posts
Green extra heavy duty ball stop netting c/w wire enclosed in PVC banding
Ratchets to tension wire to ball stop posts
We would like to thank Arsenal FC for the order and their co-operation in letting Edwards Sports promote the job.