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TARAFLEX SPORTS FLOORING TO APPEAR AT
PAT KNIGHT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
MARCH 28, 2008 - When Texas Tech Coach Pat Knight speaks at the Brownsville Events Center one of the backdrops will be a basketball key sized area with sports flooring that has appeared at the Olympic Games. The section of portable flooring is being provided by Vector Concepts, Inc. of Irving, Texas, one of the event’s co-sponsors. The basketball key will give attendees a chance to experience Taraflex Sports Flooring while making foul shots to raise money for charity.
Taraflex flooring has a worldwide reputation for performance. Taraflex Sports Flooring manufactured by Gerflor has been selected for nine consecutive Olympic Games from Montreal in 1976 to Beijing this summer. Gerflor, through ITTF and FIVB agreements, will supply courts for Volleyball and Table Tennis tournaments during the next Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.
More than 325 million square feet of Taraflex flooring has been installed around the world in 100 plus countries and in more than 50,000 gymnasiums, sports, fitness, recreational and multipurpose facilities.
Locally, Vector Concepts has installed Taraflex flooring in two facilities for the Brownsville Parks and Recreation Department, the Gonzalez Boys and Girls Club and Oliveira Gym. Vector with offices in Fort Worth and Dallas serves as the exclusive Taraflex Sports Flooring distributor in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico with premier installations including the Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, nine Gold’s Gyms throughout the state of Texas, AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City and Oral Roberts University in Tulsa.
Taraflex floors can be found in leading institutions across the country including the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Great Lakes, IL and Clemson University in Clemson, SC.
The performance and shock absorption qualities of Taraflex flooring led former NBA player Dee Brown to install it in his Orlando, FL-based “The EDGE,” a basketball training and development facility. Brown, a former NBA player with the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors and Orlando Magic, opened The EDGE to teach youths the fundamentals of the game. Some NBA teams visiting the Orlando area also have taken advantage of the outstanding facility and practiced there. Brown is the 1991 NBA All-Star Dunk Contest winner for a no-look slam dunk, an ESPN NBA analyst and former WNBA coach.
INSEP, the National Institute for Sports & Physical Education, in France is a world renowned training facility for young elite athletes preparing to become professional athletes. Taraflex flooring is an important part of the institute’s program to provide the best facilities for its athletes. Several current NBA players trained there.
Taraflex indoor synthetic flooring by Gerflor has proven to be well suited for permanent and/or portable installations. Taraflex floors are approved and recognized for official use by many international sports governing bodies such as the FIBA (International Basketball Federation), FIVB (International Volleyball Federation), ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation), FISU (International University Sports Federation) and CEV (European Volleyball Confederation).