SPORTS GROUND EQUIPMENT
requirements and form part of a
package of provision for the Midlands
club that includes goals and ancillary
equipment at the training centre,
which has just trumped Molineux with a
football first.
“Sean and his colleague Matt Page
had developed the concept of a goal
designed to use on synthetic pitches
and wanted to trial it. He approached
us and we were delighted to put the
product through its paces, as I believe
that latest generation synthetic pitches
deserve latest technology goals.”
A DevoShift training goal was delivered
earlier in 2019 and Wayne trialled it for
eight months on the training centre’s
Desso pitches.
His verdict is decisive. “For
groundsmen, this goal is a no-brainer,”
Wayne concludes. “The concept is
beautifully simple and highly effective.
Traditional wheeled goals are tricky to
turn on grass and artificial surfaces and
require large gateways to remove them
from the pitch.
“Two people can quickly and easily
swivel and push the DevoShift goals
in any direction, not just forwards
and backwards, as with current
equipment.”
Full-sized DevoShift aluminium goals,
designed to conform to the latest
British and European standards, turn
sideways and can be pushed/pulled
through an access gate only 2 or 3m
wide,” he adds.
The goals break new ground in another
way. Stylishly fashioned, with no wheels
visible, thanks to the unique moulded
enclosures, the DevoShift posts appear
to float across the ground. “They
certainly look, as well as feel, a world
away from traditional designs,” Wayne
states.
Universal-style jointed wheels allow
two people to manoeuvre them 360
degrees and push them on to and
around a pitch quickly and easily, which
will save time and money for grounds
managers, operators and clubs alike.
Known for innovation, Mark Harrod Ltd
developed the first wheeled goals, now
widely adopted across sport. Fourteen
years ago it launched the Easylift,
which allowed frames to be pushed and
pulled around sites after raising them
above the playing surface.
The latest advance in training goal
design marks a further quantum
leap to create a goal featuring multi-
directional mobility. Two years in
After deciding the goals would form
a permanent fixture at the training
centre, Wolves have become the
Premier League’s first club to
take custody of goalposts tailored
specifically to the demands of
synthetic turf and high-quality turf.
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