Notts Sport, the leading synthetic surfacing supplier, has entered the Japanese play market for the first time.
The company’s ChildsPlay system has been installed in a free play area for nursery children at Futaba Gakuen in Osaka.
VHAF (Vertical Horizontal and Angular Fibres) textile underlay and sand-filled artificial VHAF NottsSward turf, which make up the system, were laid over the existing concrete play area.
The finished design comprises four colours, with a chequerboard design on the carpet surface allowing a variety of games to be played by the children.
Shaun Patrick, Chief Executive of Notts Sport, explains: “We already had good links with the Far East through our synthetic turf cricket pitch systems, and have been working alongside the Asian Cricket Council to develop the game in China.
“The feedback we have had since the play area’s completion has been wonderful – children and staff at the nursery are absolutely delighted with the new surface.
“As a result ChildsPlay has been used at four other locations in the Osaka / Kyoto area we have already had several enquiries about carrying out similar projects in Japan.”
ChildsPlay is ideal for use under and around play equipment, as well as for creating a free play environment.
The surface comes in a palette of 15 colours offering endless scope for patterns and shapes, from traditional playground games such as hopscotch and mazes, to energetic ‘free play’ designs.
As well as creating a stunning visual landscape and tactile environment children love, the system is quick-draining, eliminates mud and worn grass, and has good levels of shock absorbency, improving safety by offering critical fall heights of up to three metres.
ChildsPlay can be installed as a new facility - or used to refurbish an existing playground - and is equally at home on flat surfaces or covering irregular mounds or slopes.
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