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Amenity PRODUCT UPDATE
FEBRUARY 2016
BTME Review
Play & Activity Today
Fencing & Security A round-up of products
Latest news and product innovation
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A look back at the 2016 show
Page 20-21
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Positive response to MP’s attempts to safeguard parks and playing fields Fields in Trust has welcomed the proposals outlined in the forthcoming Private Members Bill Parks and Playing Fields in Public Ownership (Protection from Sale) to be presented in Parliament by Tom Pursglove MP. The organisation agrees that any park or playing field land in public ownership should not be sold or disposed of without public consultation – or a local referendum – in advance of disposal. It believes that local communities are best placed to determine individual cases based on local needs. The FiT’s recent survey identified a clear public perception that parks and recreation grounds are at risk, with 16% of respondents reporting that local green space was, or had been under threat of development. The survey revealed that nearly
all (95%) agree that parks and play areas should be protected from development and 82% feel so strongly that they would be motivated to campaign against the loss of a park to redevelopment. Two thirds (69%) state that the loss of parks would be detrimental to children’s development and half of respondents admitted that they would be less active if their local green space was built on. “The recently published Government strategy on Sport Sporting Future - aims to increase the number of children getting active earlier and developing habits that will last a lifetime,” said a FiT spokesman. “Ambitions which risk being undermined if the playing fields and parks where these activities
take place are not protected. Fields in Trust recognise the role of play as a precursor to all subsequent physical activity. “Children learn physical literacy through play long before they participate in any structured sporting activity and yet there is no mandatory provision for play spaces to start them on the life long journey to sustained physical activity - and no mechanism for communities to protect fields and parks under threat. “The drive to increase participation rates and encourage those who do not take part in sport and physical activity to get involved is something we particularly welcome - our “Have A Field Day” community engagement programme during 2015
saw around 70,000 people participating in 362 communityrun events in parks, playing fields and recreation grounds
New mini Multihog launched With the launch of their latest innovative multi-purpose maintenance vehicle, Multihog has demonstrated once and for all that bigger doesn’t always mean better. Measuring from as little as 1150mm wide with a low profile from just 1975mm high the new Multihog CX Series is testament to the times in that technology comes in ever smaller packages. However, despite its compact size the machine packs a punch at 100 litres of hydraulic low per minute rivalling much larger traditional tractors units. In addition, the new CX Series has both a hydraulic feed as well as a mechanical PTO shaft as
across the UK. We are eager to see the implementation of the new strategy for an active nation, but are concerned at
the reduction in outdoor space available in which to deliver it.” Fields in Trust
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standard adding to Multihog’s ever expanding versatility by enabling users to utilise a wider range of attachments than ever before. This is aided further with a standard 3-point linkage setup which was previously not normally a feature on most Multihog models.
When an estimated one billion television audience tunes into the 2018 World Cup final in Moscow’s historic Luzhniki Stadium, the pitch will offer more than initially meets the eye. SIS Pitches’ new grass innovation – SISGRASS, a reinforced natural turf system, has been chosen by the tournament’s organisers.
Available with a 55 or 75HP engine ultra-fuel efficient and environmentally friendly Tier IV final engine anyone with a standard UK driving license can comfortably travel to site on the public highway with road assisted suspension whilst moving at 40km/ph.
SIS CEO George Mullan said: “It’s the first time a World Cup final has been played on anything but all-natural grass and it’s like a dream for us as a company and a community. We have come so far to get this system to the pinnacle of world sport.”
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Chelsea, Besiktas, Hull City FC and the FA’s prestigious centre
of excellence at St. George’s Park have installed SISGRASS since its release last summer. The patented system was created after SIS Pitches approached Dutch engineers to design a ‘giant sewing machine on tracks’. This machine methodically crawls across a pitch implanting, or ‘stitching’, laser guided precision rows of more than 240 million lengths of twotone green synthetic yarn 180mm deep into the sub-surface. A SISGRASS surface can be used between 3-7 times longer depending on weather without damage and can be laid in just one week. SIS Pitches
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