Presentation by Richard Beghin, managing director of Flicx UK created for the launch of the new 2G Flicx Pitch range at Cricket Club Expo 2014.

1. The 2G Flicx Pitch launch
at Cricket Club Expo 2014
Richard Beghin, Flicx UK

2. Presentation overview…
• Background to Flicx UK
• The 2G Flicx Pitch Range (2014-15)
• The product benefits and applications… why
your club should buy a 2G Flicx pitch?
• Installation and Maintenance tips
• Coaching young players on 2G

3. Company Background
• Lack of facilities in post apartheid South Africa
– so the Flicx Pitch was developed in 1997
• UK launch in 1999 with the ECB ordering 800
• Crazy Catch & Responseball brands in the UK
• Sold throughout the world taking cricket to
places it has never been played before ….

4. The Flicx Pitch in picx

5. The NEW 2G Flicx Pitch range

6. The benefits of 2G
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Improved ball bounce
Suitable for both hard and soft ball
Improved seam and spin performance
New designs to support coaching of
ECB appointed test house…
batting and bowling
• Improved surface traction
• Made in Britain

7. Case Studies
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Convert a sports field into a Cricket venue
Increasing junior capacity
Indoor cricket
Coaching aid – later slide
Upgrade an existing “worn”
or damaged synthetic
• Extreme cricket!

8. Installation and Maintenance tips
• The Flicx Pitch was designed to be laid on a
prepared level surface.
• A Flicx Pitch should be rolled up and stored on
it’s end or alternatively can be rolled into the
ground.
• Correctly maintained will last 15-18 years
• PDF guides and advice available from Flicx UK

9. More Information…
• Try the pitch out for yourself in our Bowling,
Batting and Fielding challenge – win a bottle
of champagne
• Speak to us here at Cricket Club Expo
• Connect with us online www.flicx.co.uk and
on social media FlicxPitch on Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram

10. Discussion
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2G Skills Pitch and 2G Eagle-eyed Pitch ?
Batting and bowling targets ?
Element of fun and realism?
Use with hard and soft balls?
Pitching target game – Chris Rogers (ECB
young Coach of the Year)

11. Perfect Pitching game
6 Balls… 1 over
10 points
10 points
10 points
10 points
10 points
10 points
Land 2 balls in each
coloured section at 10
points each
Double your points for
any balls pitched in line
50 points if you pitch
the ball in line and it
goes onto hit the stumps
50 points
Maximum score - 300