Finding the perfect sports surfaces

If you’re looking for the perfect surface for your sports ground, whether it’s a running track, a football pitch or even a tennis court, look no further than Cloburn Red Granite Cresta™. Produced from granite, it’s a hardy, cost-effective, attractive and very low maintenance solution to your sporting surface needs, and might even improve your game!

There are so many reasons why Cloburn Red Granite Cresta™ works well on a tennis court. When laid, the surface is comfortable to use, with just the right amount of grip and friction to make it ideal for a fast-paced, high speed tennis match.

Tennis is one of the few games in the world that’s played on a variety of surfaces, each of them with their own characteristics which can affect foot grip, comfort, ball bounce and surface speed. Red Granite Cresta™ is perfect for tennis courts because the added binder gives courts a permeable surface, which helps to slow the ball down and bounce it higher, in a similar way to the clay courts at the French Open.

Another distinct advantage of using Cloburn Red Granite Cresta™ on a tennis court (see what we did there?) is that it’s exceedingly strong and durable, but doesn’t require much in the way of maintenance once it’s been laid. It lasts well, whatever environmental conditions might throw at it, and unlike burnt colliery waste, which was sometimes used to surface tennis courts in Scotland in the past, it certainly won’t turn into mud over the years. Maintenance of tennis courts surfaced with Red Granite Cresta is usually just a case of carrying out occasional rolling.

It’s not just tennis courts that can benefit from surfacing with Red Granite Cresta - it’s an excellent choice for use on running tracks and football pitches too. The surface feels light under foot and has a great texture that’s comfortable to run on, with great grip.  It also looks really good, and lasts longer than some other commercial surfaces.

Performance-wise, Cloburn Red Granite Cresta™ is great for athletes who want to practice and compete on a surface that’s well-suited to their particular sport, and for designers and planners, the surface is visually appealing, long lasting and doesn’t need much in the way of maintenance.

All very good reasons to look at using it for your next sports or leisure project.

Cloburn are one of Scotland’s TOP exporting companies!

There was good news for Scotland at the end of January, when the Global Connections Survey revealed that Scotland’s exports totalled £26 billion in 2012 a rise of £1.4bn, or 5.9 per cent, on 2011.

The survey, published by the Scottish Government, which doesn’t include oil and gas exports in the total, showed that  shows that £15.4bn of overseas sales in 2012 were attributable to manufacturing companies, and that manufacturing sector exports were up by £1.1bn, or 7.9 per cent.

We’d like to think that we have been doing our bit towards increasing Scottish exports here at Cloburn, because we’re proud to say that we’re actually one of the top companies in Scotland for export, due to the uniqueness of the products we supply and their reputation for quality around the globe. The reputation of our aggregate has even travelled as far as Japan, where our bright red granite was used to add a touch of style to Tokyo’s bus lanes.

We proudly export our fine Scottish granite wherever it’s needed, whether it’s shopping malls or cycle lanes, Holland, Japan or America, and we have many satisfied clients in the UK, Europe and the Far East. There really is nothing else quite like our red granite – how many other types of aggregate actually intensify in colour with time rather than fade?

Scottish Enterprise are encouraging Scottish businesses to export even more of their products – and so Business Quarterly (BQ) Scotland, in association with Scottish Enterprise, have announced the first ever Scottish Export Awards on 28 May at the Glasgow Science Centre to celebrate the best Scottish exporters.
The judges are looking for businesses who can show they’ve used innovative ways of reaching international customers, along with strong business growth through exports.

Scottish Enterprise said,

"With ongoing economic challenges, the importance of trading internationally has never been so in focus for Scotland's economic success.

"By recognising successful Scottish exporters and highlighting the significant benefits international trade can bring, this prestigious event and its accompanying programme will play a key role in helping to inspire many more companies to realise their global ambitions and act on opportunities in overseas markets."

At Cloburn we’re planning to carry on exporting throughout 2014 and beyond, so here’s to Scottish exports!