Why Quality and Care of Sports Equipment Matters Teachers, coaches and volunteers have a responsibility to protect students from harm… Adults teaching physical education, sport and physical activity will provide safe sessions where they think about what can be anticipated in the activity and organise to prevent incidents arising. This is all quite a responsibility! Managing players, participants, spectators and kit…
Sports day is a highlight in the school calendar for both students and teachers, offering an opportunity to engage in some friendly competition, teamwork, and physical activity. It’s an “exciting way to bring parents, teachers and children together for an active, fun day” A survey carried out by BBC Newsround discovered that the most…
Student mental health and wellbeing are often not prioritised enough within schools across the UK. However, an easy way for teachers to support young people during stressful periods such as exam season, is by encouraging sport participation during downtime. As someone who runs regularly and spends a lot of time working out, I can vouch…
Abeo Division Members, Sodex Sport and Sportsafe Team Up for the UK Market Sportsafe, the expert in sports equipment maintenance and repair, is delighted to announce a new role as the exclusive UK supplier of Sodex Sport products. Both Sportsafe and Sodex Sport are members of the internationally renowned ABEO Group, which includes globally-established brands,…
Sportsafe’s Colchester Headquarters is just half an hour’s drive away from the impressive shoreline and nature reserve that is Tollesbury Wick. Here, thousands of wildfowl and waders, including large flocks of Golden Plover, Lapwing and Wigeon, live alongside sheep and cattle for the sustainable management of this freshwater marsh. The rough pasture, whilst capturing carbon dioxide…
Rules are there for a reason and safety should not be sniffed at – but sometimes, just sometimes, pushing the boundaries leads to exciting innovations! For example, in high jump, using the flop, Dick Fosbury won the indoor and outdoor NCAA championships in 1968 and went on to qualify for the 1968 Olympic team. Fosbury changed this sport forever,…