A Surrey prep school has a new all-weather multi-use games area (MUGA). Hazelwood Prep School and Nursery is for boys and girls from six months to 13 years in Limpsfield near Oxted. The school motto, chosen by the pupils, is spiritu inspiratus, which translates as ‘lungfuls of inspiration’.
Hazelwood commissioned Maidstone family business Sovereign Sports to install the MUGA. They are specialists in construction of all-weather sports courts to SAPCA and LTA standards for schools, tennis clubs, local councils, sports clubs and private homes, mainly in the South East of England. Sovereign designed the new-build MUGA primarily for tennis and netball, but with a couple of recessed goals, and additional recesses for storage of cricket equipment.
They turned to steel fencing manufacturer Zaun for its mesh system designed for tennis courts, with a Super Rebound option that allows the court to stage many other games.
Zaun says that its Advantage Tennis mesh eliminates many of the downsides of traditional tennis chain link fencing, which deforms over time and is easy to cut, disfigure and vandalise. Zaun adds that its mesh can withstand heavy use while allowing viewing of the on-court action. It uses a 200mm x 40mm twin wire mesh, that is small enough to prevent tennis balls passing through thus improving gameplay and ball retention.
Sovereign chose 3m-high Duo8 Super Rebound twin horizontal wire fencing panels from Zaun, which are described as highly durable, low maintenance, ‘graffiti-proof’ and offer rebound properties similar to a wall.
