A range of Metamark materials were used for a sports club project, including MG-F Floor Graphic material, MetaGuard 206, MD5 and MetaGuard 700.
PNE, or Preston North End football club’s executive recently decided it needed to up its game – not on the pitch, but behind the scenes in the changing rooms where the team prepares for battle and gets its tactics prescribed come Match Day. The existing fabric of the rooms had begun to tire and, by the club’s own admission, lacked a bit of the sparkle needed to get its men in the right, winning frame of mind.
A complete, ‘back-to-the-bricks’ reconstruction of the changing facility would have unacceptably exercised the budget available. The PNE management instead approached Matt Rutlidge and his team at Signs Express in Preston to explore options for some basic graphics to lift the mood.
Sign Express Preston was able to propose an affordable programme of renovations for the PNE changing rooms that provided both graphics and attention, addressing the need for improving the surrounding infrastructure too.
The result is an absolute transformation that really elevates the status and quality of the players’ changing environment. The new space radiates a sense of the team’s colours and mission while acknowledging a legacy that traces to the 1800s. Every player is accorded his space and the room has a very business-like feel dominated by a couple of boards teaching tactics.
Metamark materials feature extensively. MG-F Floor Graphic material was used for the club’s badge that dominates the room’s floor like a rallying point. All eyes are on the tactics boards, which are made from MetaGuard 206. Elsewhere, MD5 made the starting squad and it’s worth adding that MD5A and MetaGuard 700 feature pitch-side on the advertising hoarding at the ground too.
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