*photo from dailymail.co.uk
Our European Sales Manager recently attended a match between Annan Athletic and the Rangers at the Galabank Stadium, Scotland, with installation partner WH Malcoms. This link will take you to the match report. The game drew a record crowd to Galabank Stadium, and was one of the biggest and the most significant days in the Club’s history.
The Annan Club is run by volunteers from top to bottom. Their delight at having these new facilities and the bonus of having Rangers visit was plain to see. This is a perfect example of what a football club at this level should be about. Quality facilities that meet the needs of the local community and that can provide an income that is sustainable.
Act Global is proud to have been a part of this project. With our installation partner, we took on a site that was run down—the pitch was around 2m higher from one end to the other and had a hump all the way down the middle! Act Global supplied the turf, and Malcolms put in the pitch and some small concrete terraces. They did this in less than 10 weeks from the end of the old season and the start of the new.
As we carry on our business, we perhaps don’t often get an appreciation of what impact our work has on real people. For many of the people at Annan Athletic, Saturday was a day they will never forget, primarily because they were playing Rangers, but a big part of their pride was tied up in the facilities that they were able to offer. The directors made it quite clear that the pitch was an important part of that.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
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