KI launch is a complete success.

Close to 100 people turned up on Thursday 08th May at Malvern RFC for the official launch of Fleet’s latest innovations, the Ki Spray Machine and the DROO paint.

The day started off with Iain McGuffie, Fleet’s Managing Director, welcoming everyone to the event. Iain also welcomed special guests Liam Killeen and Kevin Duffill. Liam is a 3 times Olympian and a Commonwealth Games Medal winner and Kevin is 1 of the 8 new National Pitch Advisors appointed by the IOG.

Iain Courage, Fleet’s European Sales Manager, then did a presentation on the history of Fleet (Line Markers) Ltd from 1953 to the present day. This was followed by Liam Killeen unveiling 1 of 6 special Golden Ki’s to be produced. This was later to be given away to a lucky prize winner.

After the unveiling, Carl Haffield, Fleet’s Graphic Designer, showed the Ki transforming from transport mode to ready to use mode.  Everyone then filed outside onto the Rugby Club’s training area for hands on experience of the Ki and DROO. Lunch followed in the form of a pig roast, refreshments and Fleet’s famous carrot cake.

Lunch was followed by a short walk to Fleet’s premises for a factory, workshop and laboratory tour along with further demonstrations to show the Ki spraying PMF onto a hard surface. The line achieved was pristine!

Back to the Club afterwards for more demonstrations of the KI along with the Kombi and BeamRider. This was followed by a competition between Iain Courage and Alec Gordon, both of Fleet, to see who could do the fastest, straightest line over 100 metres using the BeamRider RX system mounted on a Kubota RTV900. The RTV900 was kindly loaned to Fleet for the launch day by John Johnson of Kubota at Thame in Oxfordshire.

Iain went first and marked a laser straight 100 metre line in 19.1 seconds. This was followed by Alec achieving 100 metres in 15.6 seconds. There is to be a steward’s enquiry, however,  as there was some dispute whether “Smart” Alec actually achieved 100 metres! If he didn’t, he may be disqualified!!

The day culminated in a competition for the guests to see who could mark the straightest “freehand” line using the new Ki and DROO. There were plenty volunteers. Just before the start it was revealed that contestants had to wear a blindfold. Great fun was had by all! The competition winner was Phil from Parallel Lines who is now the proud owner of 1 of 6 unique Golden Ki’s. When speaking to Dave Mann, owner of Parallel Lines, Dave mentioned that Phil has a dog called Ki – spooky!!

The Ki has many unique features and has 63 bespoke moulds/mouldings, 27 machined components and 5 patents pending. The Ki INNOVATIVE never before seen features such as fully retractable handlebars, stowable line forming guides and Fleet’s revolutionary “NCS” Nozzle Cleaning System.

From transportation to deployment mode in seconds, the Ki uses an ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY lithium ion battery to provide power for a full day’s marking.

The Ki and Droo paint offer a real alternative to transfer wheel machines; no paint mixing, better line definition, faster field marking times and reduced costs ON ALL SURFACES. AS little as 1 litre to mark a football pitch.

DROO is our latest paint designed especially for the KI. An extremely bright marking fluid that produces long lasting rain resistant lines.

No mixing required - just connect the bag and begin marking.

Should you wish to seethe Ki and DROO on demonstration please contact Fleet on 01684 573535.

7.30am Saturday Morning Marking

As things dried up over the last week after the wettest period on record, a decision was made by local Rugby Club, Malvern RFC, to go ahead with last weekends games. 

Malvern RFC is sponsored by Fleet Line Markers Ltd who mark out the pitches at Spring Lane for the Rugby Club. Saturday was a nice sunny day and the pitches were surprisingly firm underfoot. 

Pictures show Chris marking out with the BeamRider and Fleet's Blinder paint.

 

Rochdale AFC

Rochdale AFC have joined the fleet revolution!
As you can see from the picture to the right the lines are crisp and stunning.
Oli and Drew are excited to be involved when result from both parties are this good.

Testimonials
Our Customers speak highly of our Line Marking Paint, Equipment and Customer Service. 

John Edwards Head Groundsman – 

St Helens RLFC

“Since our move over to Fleet kombi is easy to use, very easy to clean. Pitchmarker C strong very visible which is needed due to professional use and regular coverage on TV, including the Rugby League World Cup 2013. Line lasts longer which is a added bonus when we use it down at the training ground. Moving from a transfer wheel to a kombi I was skeptical at first but since have found the Kombi spray machine to give a more efficiency and cost effective mark. Very happy with the switch to Fleet Line Markers. Customer service is very professional and supports my day to day maintenance of 

Langtree Park and the training ground.”

Ian Darler Head Groundsman – 

Cambridge United FC
“With all the recent heavy rain in the area and the country the pitch marker B+ has stood the test of time and done a fantastic job. Even withe 30mm of rain in the space of 3 hrs the lines were still visible as if they had just Been marked out. B+ holding in these conditions and the affordability of the paint makes it the best choice for Cambridge united Fc as the budget is very limited.”

Blue XS shows the grass who's boss!

More initial marking being done for the local council using the BeamRider and Blue Colour XS by Fleet's Alex Jakeman. 

As with all Fleet's coloured paints, the Blue Colour XS is extremely bright and vivid and is ideal for the 9 vs 9 pitches.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all our customers, we hope you enjoyed the festive period and are all set for a year full of new products and exciting developments.

 Our Kombi Saddle Bag is now available to buy online, this allows you to carry 2 x 5lit drums either side of the main paint tank, meaning you can change colour without having to contaminate the main paint tank with small amounts of a different colour. 

Perfect for Hard and Synthetic surfaces.

We will be keeping you posted on our brand new products over the coming months, we think you will all be very excited to see whats around the Fleet corner.

St Albans School saving labour using eROK

St Albans School, recent winners of The IOG School, College, University Sports Club Grounds Team of the Year for 2013 recently trialled Fleet's eROK for  2 weeks. 

The eROK proved to be a massive success and easily halved the amount of man hours spent on line marking at the School's large sports ground. During the  trial, the eROK was mainly used by Darren and Jason, St Albans main line marking staff.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

The time released from line marking by using the eROK enables that labour to be used on other tasks around the School. This means the eROK will quickly cover its cost and save many man hours through the course of a year.  The pictures show Darren Symonds using the eROK.