Gold Coast sports equipment company lands lucrative deal with US University

Gold Coast-based sports equipment company Play Hard Sports has agreed a lucrative deal with the Western State Colorado University in USA to supply its IAAF accredited Thor 10 athletic hammer discus throwing cage.

The new cages, designed on the Gold Coast, and are the latest innovation in athletics throw cage design globally in the last 30 years.

Announcing the acquisition, Play Hard Sports owner Trevor Bowman stated “we’re honored to partner with Gill Athletics USA and Western State Colorado University with the placement of the premium THOR ™ hammer cage and the very first one into the North American market.

“We are thrilled to design a world-class athletics asset that we know Western will be 100% thrilled to own.”

The recent partnership announcement with Gill Athletics is one of several export opportunities that has arisen from exhibiting at two Trade Shows, the FSB Expo in Cologne, Germany last October and the American Sports Builders Conference in Pheonix Arizona, USA last December.

The new athletics cages and the Excalibur internal winder tennis net posts were exhibited at both exhibitions and the first export order for tennis posts has been sent to Muscat, Oman for the refurbishment of the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.

Interest from wholesalers and tennis court builders in the USA has led Play Hard Sports to assembling a container of tennis posts which will be delivered to the US in late 2016.

Commenting on this, Bowman explains “the interest in our product from agents and representatives overseas is due to the ... point of difference our cages and tennis posts provide, compared to existing products.

“Everyone is looking for something different and they all want a competitive edge.

“Fortunately, we have two products that can fill their needs.”

Established in 1993, Play Hard Sports Equipment design and manufacture sports equipment at their Burleigh Heads base, complying with the rules and regulations of the relevant sport’s governing body as well as national and state government regulations. Their range includes in-stadium, club level and recreational sporting equipment for sports such as tennis, basketball, rugby, AFL, athletics, football, futsal, hockey, badminton, cricket, netball and volleyball. Some of Play Hard Sports asset placements have been at Sydney Olympic Park, the Queensland Tennis Centre, Cbus Stadium Gold Coast, KDV Sports Academy Gold Coast and the Gold Coast Sports Centre - the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games' premier training facility for athletics, hockey and beach volleyball.

With Play Hard Sports travelling back to the American Sports Builders Conference in Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, Amelia Island, Florida this December, they are looking forward to showcasing their quality Australian made products to a plethora of leading sports businesses.

Located in Gunnison, Colorado, Western State Colorado University, also known as Western, is attended by over 2,400 undergraduate and 200 graduate students and has a large focus on balancing a vibrant academic campus/sport life by offering more than 50 clubs, sport and learning communities designed to help students succeed.

Sited in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, Western was established in 1901, with some of America's finest hiking, biking, skiing, paddling, climbing, fishing and hunting on trails that lead right from the Western campus.

For more information go to www.hammerdiscuscages.com

Images: Western State Colorado University (top) and a Thor 10 Hammer Discus cage as installed at the Runaway Bay Sports and Leadership Excellence Centre (below).

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