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harrod uk rugby posts are used in top level venues such as twickenham, murrayfield and the aviva stadium. all rugby posts are manufactured in the uk and are available in aluminium or steel. rugby post protectors also available .
harrod sport ltd is the uk' s leading manufacturer of football goal posts, hockey goals, tennis posts and general sports ground equipment .
harrod uk started back in 1954 with a £300 investment to buy old fishing nets, repair them and sell them on as garden netting .
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harrod uk football goals are manufactured in the uk and available in a multitude of designs and sizes, ranging from full size, 9v9, small sided to 5 aside and futsal. netting, corner poles, flags and various ball stop and crowd protection systems complete the range .
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harrod uk hockey goals are manufactured in the uk and are available in a multitude of designs in aluminium or steel, ranging from the international london 2012 goal to fence folding and freestanding options. hockey nets, technical officials shelters, stick racks, bag trolleys, corner poles and mini target goals also complete the range .
integral weighted goals. harrod were the first company in the uk to design and manufacture a range of integral weighted goals for hockey. this market leading concept is now an industry standard for freestanding aluminium goals .
harrod, from cheltenham, glocs, also discovered that charles harrod started trading in 1824, a decade earlier than previously thought, as a draper in southwark on the south side of the thames under the name charles henry harrod haberdasher and draper .
all harrod football goals are independently certified and apply to bs - en safety standards .
had harrod been deported one can safely assume harrods would have shut down long before his son, charles digby harrod, turned it into the high street superpower it remains to this day .
we are the uk' s leading manufacturer of goals, posts and nets, and supply some of the biggest sporting occasions and venues around the world .
its founder charles henry harrod, dodged being deported to australia for handling stolen goods in 1836 .
under charles harrod and then his ambitious son, charles digby harrod, harrods steadily expanded. by 1880 it was a thriving department store, offering everything from medicines and perfumes to clothing and food .
in 2019, harrod' s millennium posts will be used at the rugby world cup in japan .
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welcome to harrod sport, a company with strong heritage, values and a passion for all things sport .
founder ron harrod, now 83, started the business using skills traditionally associated with the town’s fishing industry .
all harrod hockey goals are independently certified and apply to safety standards. installation is available on all posts .
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charles harrod moved the shop to its present site, brompton road, in 1854 to escape the vice of the inner city .
harrod said his interest in the store and the harrod family began in 1986 when his then 11 year - old daughter came home from school and asked if his wife and him could help to fill in a family tree that she had been studying in class .
members of the harrod family remained in charge of the business until 1889, when it was sold and a limited company was formed .
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currently, harrod supply football goals to clubs of all levels across europe, as well as to over 90% of premier league clubs .
harrod manufactured football posts have been installed in a wide range of venues worldwide including wembley stadium, dubai sports city and the fa' s st. george' s park, the england national team' s training facility. harrod goals have also been supplied for events including the 2015 u20 world cup .
harrod' s professional posts have been supplied for major events including the 2013 rugby sevens world cup and the 2003 and 2015 rugby world cup .
while charles harrod was in prison, his brother william, who ran a jewellery shop in southwark, south london kept an eye on his grocery business .
we are the innovators within our industry. we research, build and deliver ground - breaking products at every turn. it' s what harrod sport stands for .
however, while mr moran ended up on board the transport ship sarah to tasmania, charles harrod, by the skin of his teeth, avoided the same fate .
the petition worked and charles harrod spent a year in prison before another petition secured his release. from that day forward, he gained a reputation for honest dealing .
the knightsbridge store was established in 1849 by charles henry harrod. beginning in a single room and employing two assistants and a messenger boy, it mainly sold tea and groceries .
court records show harrod’s accomplice richard moran, who was a porter at fellow grocers messrs booth, ingledew & co, stole 112lb of currants and passed them on to him .
the company’s main business is now manufacturing goalposts and is a pioneer in goalpost safety, with chief executive chris harrod representing the united kingdom on the european standards committee for goalpost safety .
harrod produce a wide range of hockey goals and equipment for all age groups and conditions. take a look at our range to find the right type for your school or club .
harrod produce a wide range of rugby posts and equipment for all age groups and conditions. take a look at our range to find the right type for your school or club .
harrod manufactured hockey goals have been used in a major range of events worldwide including the fih champions trophy, the 2014 commonwealth games, london 2012 and the rio 2016 olympic games .
his great - great - grandson robin harrod, a 71 - year - old retired gp, unearthed the information while researching his book the jewel of knightsbridge, the origins of the harrods empire .
its sister company, harrod horticultural, was set up in 1998. it has been exhibiting at the chelsea flower show for 11 years and this year won best chelsea garden product of the year 2014 .
harrod manufactured rugby posts are designed, developed and built in lowestoft and have been installed in a wide range of world - class rugby venues including twickenham, dublin' s aviva stadium, cardiff' s millennium stadium and murrayfield .
it is now run by mr harrod’s children, chris and stephanie, with support from sales and marketing director les saunders and manufacturing director david bowling – and employs 125 people at its site in pinbush road on the south lowestoft industrial estate .
with 15 per cent of the company’s turnover coming from specified and bespoke products, particularly from the horticulture side of the business, harrod uk looks set to enjoy continued growth over the coming years as it seeks to continues to invest in training, technology and product development: “investment in products and people is key; our training plan is top heavy, but remains an integral part of the business as we start with appraisals and lead up to the development of new machining and technology, which then needs to be handled. we also have three brand new pieces of kit coming to our facility in the first quarter of 2017, which will enable us to further diversify our manufacturing capability, ” says david .
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goals are available in a wide variety of sizes and constructions. these include aluminium, steel and pvc posts, permanent fittings for posts in parks or schools and freestanding posts to allow greater flexibility of use. by identifying the needs of different groups, harrod is able to supply posts in a wide range of designs and sizes for all levels and age groups .
ms harrod said it was a fantastic achievement for “a little company from lowestoft” to be competing on the world stage. she added: “our motto is ‘whatever it takes’. it came from the staff but that is also my dad’s mentality. it is still true. it is the way we treat people and we like to think it is the way people treat us as well. ”
the foldaway euro portagoal is an excellent example of harrod' s innovation. designed as an effective pre - match solution for professional clubs, the goal is quick to assemble and demount, making it ideal for warm - ups. this goal' s combination of professional build quality and practical design have seen it used at world - class stadiums including wembley, aviva stadium and the santiago bernabéu in madrid .
known for embracing, driving and delivering a policy of continual improvement, not only for the products supplies but the services offered, harrod uk places innovation at the heart of its operations. as such, ongoing investment is placed in customer focused research, internal process improvements and research and design departments. “we have been building year - on - year on our land, and, with the last bit of land we had we made the strategic decision to open a centre of innovation; this development is in line with our plans for the company’s future, to diversify further and develop many new products. it is here that our team of 11 designers will operate in a larger design office with cad and other design technology as well as a workshop to put things into practice. we previously had designers in different locations, however, they can now all brainstorm together and share best practice; sport and horticulture are now also together in this state - of - the - art building, so the future is looking rosy thanks to our cutting edge facilities and fantastic team of employees .
the company started in horn hill, producing its first wooden and steel goals in 1959. the business expanded further in 1963 with its first netting machine, steel cutting machine and a larger workforce. additional factory space was created in 1976 and the company built its factory in pinbush road in 1979 with the office accommodation coming later. in 1980, harrod achieved its first £1m annual turnover, acquired its first lorry and launched its now ceased body bild fitness equipment range .
while innovation, quality and reliability are strengths that are key to the company’s success, so too is safety, which the company has been an advocate of since its establishment. “we definitely lead the way for safety, ” confirms david. “in fact, ron harrod was on that’s life with esther rantzen calling for standards for goals to be introduced as sadly children were getting injured and even killed by sub - standard goals; he was a huge advocate of british standards on football goals and there are now standards for these. today his son chris is on the bsi committee, so yes, we remain very safety conscious, even if a feature won’t add value to a product, we add it for safety. ”
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our 120, 000 sq. ft factory in lowestoft, suffolk is the hub of innovative design and product development .
our dedicated research and design team continuously strive to improve and develop our product ranges .
the hallmark of our quality is driven by our attention to safety, quality and service .
utilising over 60 years of experience our highly skilled net makers produce the widest range of netting available within the industry .
our dedicated team of drivers and installation engineers ensure all of our customers receive a first class service .
we are proud of our history and how we have grown. however, where we have consistently and continually succeeded is how we tackle the future .
our research and design department is second to none in the field of sports equipment manufacturing. it continues to grow because we invest in it. we know how important it is to solve problems for our customers, and we enjoy doing it .
all of our equipment is made on our site in lowestoft, in suffolk. we are a british manufacturer through and through and, rightly so, we are very proud of this fact. our customers can always be confident of the quality of our products .
we are proud suppliers to the 2015 rugby world cup, 2014 glasgow commonwealth games and the london 2012 olympic and paralympic games .
our portfolio includes national stadiums across the world including wembley, twickenham, millennium, aviva, hampden park, murrayfield, croke park and the ethiad as well as st george' s park, the football association' s national football centre .
we are also proud partners of england hockey, england netball and badminton england .
our products can be seen at a multitude of prestigious events and venues worldwide. we are trusted because of our knowledge and our commitment to quality and customer satisfaction .
a company which has marked 60 years in business has shown no signs of slowing down as it continues to make its name on the world stage .
six decades down the line, the lowestoft - based company has become recognised as a market leader in the sports industry and boasts a multi - million pound turnover .
a few years down the line, the company started to produce football nets, and later goal posts – and its sport division was born. since then, it has gone on to supply goals and nets for the euro 96 football tournament, rugby world cups, commonwealth games and the 2012 olympics in london .
the company is now seen as an industry leader and is often heavily involved with the planning stages of sporting events, including the 2014 commonwealth games in glasgow .
the man charged with murdering lowestoft man scotty tarrant has been named as stephen butcher .
high - flying flags of st george, a possible big screen for the final and even a pledge to name new roads after players .
the remarkable achievement of a community group has been recognised with an invitation to parliament .
a symbolic milestone was reached as french and english towns celebrated the 40th anniversary of their twinning .
the man who was killed during a fatal stabbing in lowestoft has been named as scotty tarrant .
firefighters cut off the roof of a car to free a person trapped inside after two cars crashed during rush - hour .
detectives are continuing to quiz a 23 - year - old suspect after a man was stabbed to death in lowestoft .
the mayor of lowestoft has spoken out about the “shocking” increase in knife crime following the fatal stabbing of scotty tarrant .
a 54 - year - old woman walked into the sea at an east norfolk beach and drowned at a place where she had “treasured memories” of holidays, an inquest has heard .
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lightweight and portable freestanding aluminium folding goals for use on grass, synthetic ...
fence folding goals use hinged supports to easily fold flush against a fence, creating space for other sports when not in use .
integrated weight goals provide strength and safety in addition to manoeuvrability on synthetic surfaces .
while full size goal posts are designed for adults, fa guidelines advise that they are also suitable for 11v11 format matches at u17 and u18 level .
this size of posts can also be used for u15 and u16 level in 11v11 formats .
below are the size specifications for full - sized professional goal and pitch markings. these formats and guides are outlined by the fa :
full - sized football pitches can vary dramatically in size. the length must be between 100 and 130 yards, with a width no less than 50 yards and no more than 100. the fa recommended the following dimensions :
for more details on goal and pitch sizes for your age group, please contact your local county fa .
if properly maintained, posts can last 10 years, but general wear and tear or rust could reduce the life of your posts .
to protect against this, regular maintenance is essential. this includes regular checks for fixtures and fittings and using maintenance paint to help prevent rust spots on steel posts .
football goal posts come in a variety of sizes and fittings for different needs. take a look at our range to find the right type for your school or club .
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all of our posts are prototyped, developed and built in lowestoft. we supply a wide range of hockey equipment including target boards, indoor pitch perimeter boards and target goals to help with training at all levels of the sport .
fence folding goals are designed for synthetic surfaces and use hinged supports to easily fold flush against a fence, creating space for other sports when not in use .
standard posts will take between 2 and 3 weeks to be delivered, with bespoke posts featuring team colours and branding taking between 4 and 6 weeks .
if properly maintained, posts can last 10 years, but general wear and tear and rust could reduce the life of your posts .
to protect against this, regular maintenance is essential. this includes checks for fixtures and fittings and the use of maintenance paint when required .
suppliers of hockey goals and pitch equipment to the women' s hockey world cup .
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13. 5m hinged millennium - two piece upright bottom & middle sections only .
making the posts easier to set up and remove, hinged post assembly rollers simply need to be attached to a tractor' s roll bar. by allowing the vehicle to take the weight of the posts, they are quicker to put up and easier to bring down for maintenance .
socketed posts are securely fitted into the ground using cement. while moving the posts will be more challenging, the stability and safety make these an excellent option for clubs and schools .
for both rugby league and rugby union, the posts should be 5. 5m apart and connected by a crossbar 3m from the ground. the height of posts can vary depending on the age and level of the players .
it is recommended that pvc post protectors are added to the lower section of the posts to help protect players .
one of the most common causes of damage to rugby posts are strong winds. for this reason, it is recommended to take down posts in these conditions .
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the football association has provided the following guidance on pitch and goal post dimensions .
london department store harrods has been sold by its owner mohammed al fayed to the qatari royal family for £1. 5bn .
recognised for its celebrity - endorsed sales, food hall and signature green bags, harrods is one of the world' s largest and most famous department stores .
with more than a million square feet (90, 000 sq m) of space, harrods sells luxury and everyday items across seven floors and 330 departments .
its motto is omnia omnibus ubique - all things for all people, everywhere - and the store attracts 15 million customers each year .
harrods steadily expanded, and by 1880 was a thriving department store, offering everything from medicines and perfumes to clothing and food and attracted wealthy customers .
its expansion suffered a knock in 1883 when a fire destroyed the store. this did not halt the owners, however, who duly rebuilt the store, with the help of architect charles william stephens, into what it is today .
known for its grandeur, when the store reopened it had a palatial style, featuring a frontage clad in terracotta tiles adorned with cherubs, swirling art nouveau windows and was topped with a baroque - style dome .
harrods became a public company in 1889 and by the 1890s it had established a bank and estate agency and a department selling exotic pets that lasted until the 1970s .
during world war ii, the store transformed itself from selling luxury goods to making uniforms, parachutes and parts for lancaster bombers .
in 1985 the store returned to private ownership when egypt - born mr al fayed and his brother ali bought house of fraser for £615m, snatching it from mining conglomerate lonrho .
the takeover bid was bitterly fought as mr al fayed had previously served on lonrho' s board but left nine months later after a disagreement .
lonrho' s director, the late tiny rowland, took his campaign against the takeover to the department of trade who duly held an inquiry .
the subsequent report, issued in 1990, concluded that the al fayeds had lied about their background and their wealth .
we are satisfied that the image they created between november 1984 and march 1985 of their wealthy egyptian ancestors was completely bogus .
the public feud between the businessmen appeared to reach reconciliation in 1993 however mr rowland later accused mr al fayed of breaking into a safety deposit box held at the store .
this dispute was later settled with mr rowland' s wife after his death .
harrods has twice experienced bomb attacks by the ira. in 1983, six people were killed and 75 injured after a car exploded in an adjacent street while in 1993, four were injured when a bomb was placed in a litter bin outside .
the store controversially introduced a dress code in 1989 which included a ban on wearing high - cut, bermuda or beach shorts; swimwear; cycling shorts and flip flops or thong sandals .
in 1994, the al fayed brothers let go of the other house of fraser businesses in a stock market flotation, keeping only harrods .
by 2000, the harrods empire had expanded to take in outlets at airports and on the qe2 cruise ship .
mr al fayed also added his own personal touches to the store, such as the egyptian room, which is adorned with several busts of himself .
following the death of his son, dodi, and diana, princess of wales, in a car crash in august 1997, mr al fayed created a memorial to the couple in the store .
he also made a series of allegations about the circumstances of the death and the british royal family .
in 2000, mr al fayed decided to not renew his royal warrants, saying that since neither the queen, nor prince charles had shopped in harrods for several years, continuing to display the royal crescent would be
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harrods now employs about 4, 000 staff. the sale includes all parts of the group, including harrods estates and the charter aircraft service air harrods .
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he continues: “although the sports market has been positive for us, the growth we want isn’t there, which is why we have diversifiedoperations by expanding into the horticulture segment. we chose this sector as it requires the same skill, materials, machinery and overheads that we have in sports; we began with fruit cages, metal work with nets around them, and now have a vast range, continually introducing new and bespoke products to our range. ”
“to remain at the forefront of our sectors, we have to keep thinking outside the box because you can’t invent a new sport but you can find ways to make a product friendlier for the customer; this could be through making it stronger without making it more expensive, as well as easier to handle and easier to store. making a product better for the customer is what we are number one in the market for, which is why we want these designers to streamline products and enhance them. we may not be the cheapest in the market, but we deliver a quality product and a fantastic allround service; if a customer calls us today saying they want a core product tomorrow, we will get it to them tomorrow, ” says david .
“while brexit has led to uncertainty, we also see a lot of opportunities for growth; we have a business plan in place for the next five years, which includes new products, new technology and progression into new markets, ” he concludes .
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iconic department store harrods was once on the brink of closure because of its owner’s criminal behaviour, a new book has revealed .
he was only saved from his sentence of seven years transportation (deportation) by a petition on his behalf which vowed he would turn his back on crime .
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he said :
while charles was away his brother took over the business but i doubt he would have stuck it out for seven years. he was in ill health anyway and died when charles would have still been away. there was no one else who could have taken on the business .
also, the vast majority of people who went to tasmania didn' t come back. they made their life there as they were made to feel welcome and you had to pay for your own passage back to england .
with this being the case, i believe, had charles been deported, it would have been the end of harrods .
he started a grocery business in upper whitecross street, north of the thames, in 1831 and in 1834 he founded a grocers and tea shop in cable street in london' s east end .
the growth of the grocery business was kick - started by tea. when the east india company monopoly was removed in 1833, harrods' took advantage of the new prospects of trade with china and india .
its expansion suffered a knock in 1883 when a fire destroyed the store, but it was rebuilt with the help of architect charles william stephens into what it is today .
the store was taken over by the burbridge family who ran it until 1959. subsequently harrods has been owned by the house of fraser group, mohammed al fayed and qatar holdings .
harrods was the first store to boast a' moving stair', a primitive form of escalator which was presented to a mistrustful public in 1898 .
its star - studded clientele has included oscar wilde, charlie chaplin, noël coward, laurence olivier and many members of the british royal family .
today, the main building has about a million square feet of sales floor and at night the store' s facade is lit up with 12, 000 light bulbs .
the store makes more money per square metre than any other store in the world and attracts 15 million customers a year .
he said :
although my brothers and i had suspected whether we might be related to the harrods family, we didn' t know anything .
our speculations were fuelled by one of the few facts known by my father - that he had been born in a nursing home in kensington, not very far from brompton road. ”
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harrod uk ltd is a british manufacturer of sporting equipment and netting based in lowestoft , suffolk . it is a family run business founded in 1954 by the current chairman ron harrod , who converted fishing nets in to gardening and agricultural netting . the association with sports began when harrod uk was approached to produce a pair of football nets and the accompanying football posts . the business has expanded to employ over 136 individuals . 
harrod uk ltd is a british manufacturer of sporting equipment and netting based in lowestoft, suffolk. it is a family run business founded in 1954 by the current chairman ron harrod, who converted fishing nets in to gardening and agricultural netting. the association with sports began when harrod uk was approached to produce a pair of football nets and the accompanying football posts. the business has expanded to employ over 136 individuals.
harrod uk ltd is a british manufacturer of sporting equipment and netting based in lowestoft, suffolk. it is a family run business founded in 1954 by the current chairman ron harrod, who converted fishing nets in to gardening and agricultural netting. the association with sports began when harrod uk was approached to produce a pair of football nets and the accompanying football posts. the business has expanded to employ over 136 individuals.