SYNTHETIC MULTI-SPORTs SURFACING
Notts Sport is the market leader in the design and supply of synthetic multi-use games areas – or ‘MUGAs’. An artificial grass MUGA is ideal for customers with limited funding or space, wanting a full-size synthetic pitch that can cater for a wide variety of activities. Notts Sport MUGAs range from single court areas sized to Sport England’s recommended dimensions, through to full-size multi-use sports synthetic pitches.
The Notts Sport benchmark - Designing multi-use artificial grass sports facilities to meet performance standards for a wide variety of activities requires a specialist understanding of synthetic sports pitches and the performance for individual sports and games, including tennis, hockey, netball, football and basketball.
Notts Sport provides a range of surface and shockpad constructions to meet these requirements including its unique shockpad and performance control layers, plus sand-filled tufted and needlepunched synthetic grasses, sand-dressed tufted grasses and specialist 3rd Generation (3G) synthetic grasses.
The composition of the shockpad, performance control layer and synthetic grass surfacing will depend on the combination of sports you want to offer, meaning that every MUGA is designed to our individual customer’s needs.
Notts Sport's portfolio of solutions has been carefully developed over the company's 38+ years to ensure that all options are researched and tested against current performance standards for a variety of sports. With its installations now a feature at schools, sports clubs, parks and leisure centres across the UK and Europe, customers have further reassurance that a Notts Sport synthetic MUGA will fulfil all of their requirements.
Gen 2 - Hockey, tennis & netball
The Gen 2 surfacing technology is game changing development created from a joint initiative between the governing bodies of Hockey, Netball and Tennis. These systems are designed to offer the perfect solution for a true multi-sport project, providing an excellent surfacing for all local community and school level sport, focused on increasing participation.
Details of the Gen 2 facility design concept can be downloaded here.
SYNTHETIC TENNIS SURFACING
Notts Sport puts the ball in your court when it comes to choosing an attractive alternative to asphalt or natural grass tennis courts. While asphalt can look uninspiring and natural grass carries the high price of endless maintenance, the VHAF NottsSward TS System wins in straight sets.
Ideal for clubs, schools, leisure centres and private courts, this specially designed high-performance synthetic tennis court surfacing offers consistent playing characteristics and is classified by the International Tennis Federation as being a medium speed playing surface.
Combining unique base constructions means that should you wish to slow the pace of the game down to suit development coaching or teaching, Notts Sport can tailor the design of your court to suit your individual needs at no additional cost.
Due to the specialist needle-punching manufacturing process, the NottsSward surface is far more porous than traditional synthetic grass surfaces, meaning your court will be playing better, faster. This manufacturing process also creates the dense network of fibres forming the playing surface, designed to lock the sand infill in place, reducing maintenance and maximising the longevity of the surface.
VHAF NottsSward TS is a cost-effective solution for tennis court refurbishment and is suitable for installation over asphalt, concrete or in place of grass and is available in a palette of 15 colours – including grass green and terracotta. To ensure you serve your players with the very best artificial tennis court solution, our Design and Advisory Service is on hand to help every step of the way.
cASE sTUDY: Garstang Community Academy
Gordon Kidd, Head of Boys PE at Garstang Community Academy, talks about his experience of working with Notts Sport and how the brand new hockey and multi-sport facility has helped improve sport in the academy and community.