The 2G Flicx Pitch launch at Cricket Club Expo 2014

Richard Beghin, Flicx UK

• Background to Flicx UK • The 2G Flicx Pitch Range (2014-15)• The product benefits and applications… why

your club should buy a 2G Flicx pitch?• Installation and Maintenance tips• Coaching young players on 2G

Presentation overview…

Company Background

• Lack of facilities in post apartheid South Africa – so the Flicx Pitch was developed in 1997

• UK launch in 1999 with the ECB ordering 800• Crazy Catch & Responseball brands in the UK• Sold throughout the world taking cricket to

places it has never been played before ….

The Flicx Pitch in picx

The NEW 2G Flicx Pitch range

The benefits of 2G

• Improved ball bounce• Suitable for both hard and soft ball• Improved seam and spin performance• New designs to support coaching of batting and bowling• Improved surface traction• Made in Britain

ECB appointed test house…

Case Studies

• Convert a sports field into a Cricket venue• Increasing junior capacity• Indoor cricket• Coaching aid – later slide• Upgrade an existing “worn” or damaged synthetic • Extreme cricket!

Installation and Maintenance tips

• The Flicx Pitch was designed to be laid on a prepared level surface.

• A Flicx Pitch should be rolled up and stored on it’s end or alternatively can be rolled into the ground.

• Correctly maintained will last 15-18 years• PDF guides and advice available from Flicx UK

More Information…

• Try the pitch out for yourself in our Bowling, Batting and Fielding challenge – win a bottle of champagne

• Speak to us here at Cricket Club Expo• Connect with us online www.flicx.co.uk and on

social media FlicxPitch on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Discussion

• 2G Skills Pitch and 2G Eagle-eyed Pitch ?• Batting and bowling targets ?• Element of fun and realism?• Use with hard and soft balls?• Pitching target game – Chris Rogers (ECB

young Coach of the Year)

Perfect Pitching game

6 Balls… 1 over

Land 2 balls in each coloured section at 10points each

Double your points for any balls pitched in line

50 points if you pitch the ball in line and it goes onto hit the stumps

Maximum score - 300

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