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3. Replace Astro Turf external court surface with a 3G rubber crumb.
It is proposed to remove existing astro turf surface from one external court and
replace with 3G rubber crumb surface similar to existing surface on the other
external court. There are two external courts,1 of which is an astro turf surface and
the other is state of the art 3G Rubber crumb. These surfaces were both laid in 2007
and it was decided then to install astro turf on one as it offered the potential for a
range of sports such as tennis , netball etc. In practice these games have never
been taken up and the court is underutilised as customers playing 5-a-side football
have a strong preference for the 3G surface.
Reasons
• 3G Surface out sells astro 2 to 1 and many court hires are lost.
• Tennis, netball and multi sports have not taken off and with 5 a side now being as
popular as it is there is a potential to increase sales of court time on another 3G
surface
• There is now the opportunity for multi sports to be played on 3G.
• The existing maintenance programme would be amended and less equipment
required - reducing costs.
• There is an opportunity to increase footfall and secondary income generation.
Financial
The capital cost of the work is estimated to be £22,000
Assuming the resurfaced court is used as often as the existing 3G court an additional
£5,000 income pa would be realised.
Payback on investment on this basis alone would therefore be achieved in under 5
years.
Potential Barriers
• None identified
Update
This work was completed on budget (£22,000) and has increased income above
projections by £2,000 in the first year.
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