SnapSports Australia News

The residents of Christmas Island will soon have a new SnapSports modular sport floor to replace the worn cushioned vinyl surface in their community recreation centre.

SnapSports was invited to quote on the re-surfacing by Protective Coating Systems, Picton, Western Australia who work with a number of Australian government agencies.

They became aware of the unique features SnapSports flooring offered to overcome the high humidity that impacts other fixed flooring options on the island and causes them to fail.

Following a rigorous assessment process including inspections of the recently laid SnapSports BounceBack® ShockTower® multipurpose gymnasium floor at Windaroo Valley State High School south of Brisbane, Queensland SnapSports was awarded the contract.

SnapSports Revolution TuffShield in maple with the patented ShockTower® system was chosen with installation planned for mid November.

The Christmas Island recreation centre was built in 2004 and is used by many of the 2,000 residents for activities including netball, basketball, volleyball, and badminton.

Christmas Island is about 19 km in length and 15 km wide. It is located 2,600 km north-west of Perth, Western Australia and 500km south of Indonesia. It has a population of just over 2,000 residents.

Local community sporting teams are jumping with joy at the new court surface made by SnapSports at the Riverwood Community Centre in Belmore, NSW.

Showcasing the new floor were a number of local residents enjoying their regular game of badminton on the colourful, high impact co-polymer floor with inbuilt suspension.

The US made suspended sports floor has a patented ‘ShockTower®’ system that help players perform better through its unique engineered suspension system designed to make the surface more forgiving on players joints.

Being a co-polymer, the surface is incredibly strong, durable and easy to clean and maintain. It is also modular so the entire court is totally flexible and portable if it needs to be relocated or used for another purpose at anytime.

The students at Windaroo Valley State High School south of Brisbane can’t get enough of their new Snapsports playing surface.

Their gymnasium was recently refurbished with over 800m² of Snapsports BounceBack ShockTower modular floor tiles in alloy and green.

Snapsports Australia Managing Director Grant Burgess who installed the new surface said the old cushion vinyl floor had worn out and seen better days.

Commenting on the installation Windaroo Valley State High School Business Manager Wendy Hawkins said the transformation has been fantastic. “Grant together with the technicians who flew in from Snapsports U.S. took less than a week to lay all the tiles and paint the lines. It was amazing to watch how quickly and easily the tiles snap into position; and we are all really happy with the outcome – especially the students”.

“What’s also great about the floor is that it’s multipurpose so we can alternate from sports activities like basketball and volleyball to school assemblies and parades without worrying about damaging the floor.”

Utah based Snapsports manufactures high quality modular tiles specifically for sports – both indoor and outdoor at their Salt Lake City plant that operates 24/7. The family of SnapSports created an industry nearly four decades ago as the originator of the outdoor backyard court industry so popular throughout the US.

Today, they are the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of premium modular sports flooring for residential and commercial applications.

With an ever-expanding global footprint, SnapSports can now be found here in Australia. Based in Melbourne, SnapSports Australia has agents and construction partners in all states.

Snapsports has the endorsement of many global associations including FIBA, NBA, and US Futsal.

For more information contact Snapsports Australia.