{"id":6905,"date":"2017-06-01T12:56:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T11:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=6905"},"modified":"2022-01-06T15:35:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T15:35:58","slug":"security-fencing-public-sports-facilities","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/security-fencing-public-sports-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Why security fencing is essential for public sports facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security fencing is often used to protect high-profile, professional sporting arenas, such as the tennis courts at Wimbledon or football pitches used by major teams. However, it\u2019s important to realise that ordinary, public sports areas can also benefit from <a data-wpil=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/our-products\/\">security fencing<\/a>. So if you\u2019re in charge of a public sports facility (such as a free basketball court or football pitch), you should consider putting up security fencing to protect it. It may seem strange, but there are several ways in which public sports facilities can benefit from protective perimeter fencing, as we\u2019ll demonstrate in today\u2019s blog.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Protecting the area at night<\/h2>\n<p>Public <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/sports-fencing\/\"  title=\"sports\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">sports<\/a> areas may be targeted by vandals during the night when they are not in use. Obviously, you can\u2019t lock up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/new-sports-facilities\/\" title=\"New Sports Facilities for Birchwood Community High School\">sporting facility<\/a> during the day because that\u2019s when people will want to use it legitimately. However, installing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/port-security-fencing\/\" title=\"Is your port security fencing up to the job?\">security fencing<\/a> (along with a lockable gate) means that you can lock it up overnight, thereby protecting it from vandals and other prospective miscreants. If you want to keep a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/football-facilities-fencing\/\" title=\"Zaun Sports Fencing Used to Provide Football Facilities to 350 Children\">sports facility<\/a> in good condition for ordinary people, you need to protect it from ne\u2019er-do-wells.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Preventing people from wandering into the area<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/keeping-access-gates-secure\/\" title=\"Keeping your access gates secure\">Security fencing doesn\u2019t just keep<\/a> out vandals and miscreants: it also prevents less ill-intentioned people from wandering into an area by mistake. Obviously, you don\u2019t want people to wander through a sports area while it\u2019s being used, as this is likely to disrupt the game and put off the players. Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/sectors\/hockey-fencing\/\" title=\"Hockey Pitch Fencing\">fencing can stop non-players from wandering onto a pitch<\/a> or court accidentally. However, an entry can still be left open for people who actively wish to participate in sporting activities.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Creating a safe environment<\/h2>\n<p>Installing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/asset-protection-fencing\/\" title=\"Nuclear resurgence demands secure asset protection\">security fencing around public sports facilities obviously helps to protect<\/a> those facilities. More importantly, however, it also protects the people who use them. Therefore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/fencing-for-netball-court\/\" title=\"How security fencing can keep your outdoor netball courts safe\">security fencing can help to provide a safe<\/a>, secure environment for anyone who wants to use the sporting area.<\/p>\n<p>Here at <a data-wpil=\"url\" data-wpil=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/\">Zaun<\/a>, we offer a wide range of security fencing options suitable for public sports facilities. So if you\u2019re in charge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/security-fencing-for-mental-health\/\" title=\"Why is security fencing essential for any mental health facility?\">securing one of these facilities<\/a>, check out our range today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security fencing is often used to protect high-profile, professional sporting arenas, such as the tennis courts at Wimbledon or football pitches used by major teams. However, it\u2019s important to realise that ordinary, public sports areas can also benefit from security fencing. So if you\u2019re in charge of a public sports facility (such as a free&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6906,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1571],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6905","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why security fencing is essential for public sports facilities | Zaun<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why security fencing is essential for public sports facilities. 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