Photo credit: Prestige
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<p>The Christchurch City Council began its significant task to reconstruct fallen buildings, including many sports facilities. The idea was not to simply replace the previous ones, but to develop a bigger and better central hub that catered to several sports, such as hockey, tennis, and athletics.</p>
<figure id="attachment_17222" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-17222" style="width: 680px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-17222" src="https://www.schoolnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/HEB_Nga-Puna-Wai_14-March-2019_15.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="453" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-17222" class="wp-caption-text">Photo credit: Prestige</figcaption></figure>
<p>The council employed several contractors including Rod Armstrong from Prestige Sports Surfaces to complete the new <em>Ngā Puna Wai Sports Precinct</em>. Rod was responsible for installing the 12 <em>International Tennis Federation</em>-certified tennis courts using APT Asia Pacific’s <em>Laykold® Masters </em>system.</p>
<p>“For this project, <em>Laykold Masters</em> was selected as the preferred surface due to its ability to withstand high usage over a long period of time, its multi-use applications including netball and basketball, and its range of long-lasting colours,” explains Rod.</p>
<p><em>Laykold Masters</em> is part of APT’s wider Laykold family of acrylic sports surfaces that can be customised to achieve the desired performance, playability and appearance. Specifically, the <em>Laykold Masters Float</em> system is a great option for schools as it includes a prefabricated shock pad layer, made from recycled tennis balls, for added comfort and 21 percent force reduction. It is an incredibly cost-effective way to breathe new life into asphalt or concrete surfaces, is low maintenance, and comes in a huge range of colours to encourage student play and participation.</p>
<figure id="attachment_17224" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-17224" style="width: 680px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-17224 size-full" src="https://www.schoolnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/HEB_Nga-Puna-Wai_14-March-2019_23.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="453" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-17224" class="wp-caption-text">Photo credit: Prestige</figcaption></figure>
<p><em>Laykold</em> is also the official court surface of the <em>Miami Open</em>, <em>New York Open</em> and now the <em>US Open</em> – the world’s biggest tennis <em>Grand Slam</em>.</p>
<p>The<em> Ngā Puna Wai Sports Precinct</em> was completed in March 2019 and has proven to be an incredibly popular hub for community and elite tennis, hockey and athletics events.</p>
<p>Christchurch has certainly endured several tragedies in the past several years; however, facilities like <em>Ngā Puna Wai</em> continue to bring hope and togetherness to the community.</p>

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