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CREATE MORE
CAPACITY TO
PLAY CRICKET AT
YOUR SCHOOL! WWW.FLICX.COM
2G Flicx Pitches give you great flexibility, value and versatility as our roll out, roll up cricket solution
creates a huge number of ways for schools to grow participation and raise performance standards.
Add new wickets or upgrade existing facilities to increase your school’s capacity for matches and
training. We would love to hear from you if in 2020, you are looking to…
Add additional teams Host a better standard of indoor nets
Create more net spaces for training Introduce girls’ cricket at your school
Here are our top five applications of the 2G Flicx Pitch in schools…
Convert grass fields to extra cricket Host multiple junior games Create new net lanes or upgrade worn
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match and practice pitches (or tournaments) on your outfield or underperforming synthetics
This is the most popular application in terms Schools with an active competitions As the 2G Flicx Pitch can be rolled out
of using a grass football or rugby field to structure such as Warwick and Stamford on various surfaces; schools such as
host cricket in the summer. You need to school have been hosting tournaments Bradfield College have been adding
identify a firm, flat area then cut the grass on their outfield with Flicx batting ends. additional net facilities whilst Stockport
down short to 15mm so the pitch doesn’t This allows space to be optimised Grammar have upgraded their worn
float on top of the grass (instead moulding whilst players enjoy a realistic cricket astro strip. This is a great way to get
to the under surface) before rolling the experience, playing on a demarcated further life out of your synthetic without
pitch out and waiting 30-45 minutes to wicket. Performance wise, the 2G Flicx the cost of groundworks.
settle. The 2G Flicx Pitch offers great grip, Pitch is a softer, grippier surface giving
good pace and bounce and an even good purchase off the wicket for spin
contest between bat and ball. Batter will be bowlers whilst batters can play their shots
able to play their shots in confidence whilst in confidence.
seam and spin bowlers will get excellent
purchase and turn off the pitch.
DID YOU
KNOW?
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Train indoors and host a better Synthetic pitches, playgrounds
standard of winter nets (indeed any firm, flat surface!)
The 2G Flicx Pitch is
The 2G Flicx Pitch works very well Schools including Bedford Modern and supplied as two half
indoors* and some of the main issues Cheltenham College roll their 2G Flicx Pitch
with heavy traditional matting such as out of their astro field. Most 3G rubbercrumb pitch batting ends and
waving and high bounce are mitigated. pitches and standard synthetic pitches facilitate with a free Flicx safety
Furthermore, with our coaching designs, great pace and bounce with the Flicx Pitch
young players can really hone their again helping schools create additional practice trolley which makes it
technique. facilities for example rolling a batting end out
in the middle of each half of a hockey pitch to
possible for 1 person to
host 2 small sided games.Plus NEW your schools move the pitch.
logo on a cricket pitch.
UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE
SCHOOL (UCS)
CASE STUDY
Versatile – the same 2G Flicx Pitches are
fantastic surfaces for indoor nets
University College School in London is a thriving hub “We just roll the Flicx pitch down onto the outfield and
for cricket with pupils filling 19 teams across age play on it. The kids do their drills in the nets or on the
groups in the 2019 season. We caught up with Head astro and then we’ll incorporate a game using the mats.
of Cricket, Dan Brown to discuss the reasons behind In fact, the set-up at UCS soon got another school curious
purchasing a number of 2G Flicx pitches. as to where we got our artificial pitches from: “Aldenham
School were playing us saw other games going on using
The school’s sports fields are based in nearby the mats and they said, ‘We’d like to do that as well!’ In
Cricklewood and a limitation on space makes it a fact, I see their use becoming more and more popular.”
challenge to cater for the volume of cricket, both
matches and training, that there’s demand for.
For a PE teacher like Dan, there is the management of
So, in 2019, University College School bought two resources with multiple matches happening on one site.
Flicx pitches (1 x Multi Age Pitch 22.12m x 1.8m & 1 Alongside that comes a need to invigorate practice.
x Skills Batting End 10m x 1.8m) to help address that
They also use their Flicx pitches on the hockey astro
conundrum.
with the benefit that it opens up more areas of the
school in which to play cricket. Increasingly, where you
“We’ve only two cricket squares so we use the Flicx can play cricket is a puzzle that schools need to find
mats to give more boys the opportunity to play cricket. creative solutions to. For University College School,
We also have lower-ability, soft ball games on there they can now cater for all of their teams as well as
to get more fixtures in. It’s all helped to increase having the flexibility to encourage pupils less serious
participation.” about cricket to still enjoy it.
Dan’s particularly noticed that their soft ball cricket “The 2G Flicx Pitch will enable us to play
sessions (where the pupils have no need for pads) cricket where we couldn’t before increasing
resulted in confidence of strokes on the artificial our participation greatly” – Paul Harrison,
surface: “If you use a wind ball, it bounces consistently William Perkin C of E School
and allows us to access the game really well.”
Setting up for any cricket session needs to be quick
and easy and the advantage with the 2G Flicx Pitches
is that they can be in placed on different surfaces, to
aid a variety of activities:
These schools have already purchased 2G Flicx Pitch in 2020…
DID YOU
KNOW?
BRILLIANT We can print your logo on any
2G Flicx Pitch?? Improved for
BRANDING FOR
2020, we now have a new 3
stage digital printing process
that gives you stunning logo
YOUR SCHOOL print quality and increased
durability that in turns opens
some amazing benefits
PROMOTE YOUR SCHOOL IN
A TRULY REMARKABLE WAY
One of the biggest benefits of getting a logo printed on your 2G Flicx
Pitch is the brand benefits it can bring.
1. Allow your school corporate brand to impress and inspire
Schools can maintain a strong corporate brand by printing their school
logo in their cricket pitches. As well as keeping a consistent school brand,
this also can impress potential pupils and is very on trend with other items
of sporting facilities such as cricket covers, sports kit, balls all looking
consistent. In addition, it is possible to match the pantone shade of your
school colours onto the pitch itself*.
2. Gain great photography and marketing content
What could be a better advert for cricket at your school that a player hitting
a big 6 of taking a wicket on your branded 2G Flicx Pitch. A branded pitch
looks professional and eye catching in photos and video content which can
be used across your schools marketing and print. How amazing does the
magenta Sydney Sixers throwdowns look for their Beach Blast fan activation
campaigns!
3. Amazing cricketing experiences
If you are looking to attract a new audience to cricket for example cricket
taster events in your local community then a branded pitch is sure to excite
new players. In addition, our colourful designs are very popular with kids
and it makes the game so much more realistic to be bowling or batting on a
real wicket rather than the ground or an area marked out with cones. Great
experiences create an emotional tie with your brand and an experience that
will stand the test of time.
WE CAN CREATE A 2G FLICX PITCH
LOGO MOCKUP FOR YOUR SCHOOL
Want to see what your school logo looks like on a
pitch? Let us mock it up for you so you can share
it to other decision makers such as your head of
department, DOS, bursar or groundsman!! We can
also create the pitch tiles to your school’s corporate
colours to really create a strong visual brand. In
addition, pitches can be created to any size or
design specification as each pitch is hand made
to order in the UK by Rob, our expert pitch maker.
Just get in touch with your requirements by emailing
kate@flicx.com
DID YOU Cricket Australia have a funding pot in place for their clubs to access the 2G Flicx Pitch which is used to
KNOW? host various junior format matches and solve their ground utilisation issues.
PRE-SEASON OFFER
FREE LOGO PRINTING ON ALL 2G FLICX PITCH
PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY WORTH £250 SHOP BY
28.02.21
CREATE EXTRA NETS
Schools are frequently using 2G Flicx Pitches to increase their nets capacity both
indoors and outdoors. Outdoors on grass Flicx provides a true and consistent
bounce with the soft, grippy surface offering spin. The same wicket can be used
indoors for winter nets with no taping required. Its highly durable, quick and easy
to roll out a 2G Flicx Pitch and the performance is top quality with many schools
opting for our bright coaching pitches to also aid rapid skill development.
“Flicx have created a cricket mat truer than any artifical we have played on.
Favouring neither batsmen nor bowlers, this is an excellent piece of kit which
will help youngsters develop their cricket and adults hone their skills – highly
recommended for any club” – Southwold CC
Which is the right pitch for you? Our School Bestsellers…
2G Flicx Multi Age Pitch 2G Flicx Skills Batting End 2G Flicx Match Pitch (MP)
(MAP) (SBE)
The 2G Flicx Match Pitch allows you to host more
The 2G Flicx Multi-Age Pitch or The 10m 2G Flicx Skills Batting age groups matches and cater for more teams at
“MAP” is aimed at schools who End is part of our coaching your school. It comes supplied in two half pitch
need a solution that can caters range and is a great option rolls so gives you the option to use batting ends in
for various age groups. With for nets or to host small sided nets or on the outfield or clipping it together in the
this highly versatile product, games on your outfield. Colourful middle to form your full wicket.
coaches can simply move the bowling targets will help your
stumps along to another colour players achieve a consistent line Standard Colour Options:
coded crease-line demarcated and length whilst developing
Standard Size Options (all 1.8m width):
to quickly change the pitch batter’s decision making and
20.12m, 18.12m, 16.12m, 14.12m
length to cater for all these shot selection skills. A number of
different ages on the same games and challenges can be
pitch as well as being a full- developed around the markings
length senior pitch. Customers by creative coaches add more
can choose which pitch crease
lengths are added in yards
fun. This product can be used CONNECT
with both hard and soft ball
or metres depending on your cricket and rolled out on various WITH US
requirements eg: 14.12, 16.12 under surfaces.
or 18.12 metres OR 15, 17, 19 on social media to see our latest
or 20 yards. customer case studies - @FlicxPitch
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