When picking a dividing curtain

17 December, 2021

Hi there, it's Roger here from RMA and just my top five things to think about when you're looking at dividing curtains.

So there's a number of different dividing curtain styles, so that depends on what you're after. There's the most basic ones you can get, which will walk draw. They just follow a track or a cable and draw across the side.

Then you start to get into the roof retractable ones, which are more common. You might have a fold up one, which retracts with a steel bar across the bottom, and some cables coming down. And it folds up as it goes up. Or, the more modern ones which roll up—they're a really good way of doing things, but different…

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5 Tips – Choosing a scoreboard

19 November, 2021

Hi, it's Roger here from RMA. I'm here to give you five quick tips today about what to look for when you're looking for a new scoreboard.

So the first thing is the control console. This is the brains of the system. Back in the 80s, it used to be all the buttons and switches, but that was a really clunky user interface, and prone to breaking down. In the late noughties, we saw so the first of the touchscreen systems. And today we have the most modern capacitative systems that are just like a mobile phone—they're colour, you can swipe on them. And they really give you a very comfortable and engaging user interface to make the scoreboards easier to use.

Of…

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5 Tips — Roof Mounted Basketball

16 November, 2021

Roger here from RMA Sport—just here to give you the top 5 things to look for when specifying roof-mounted basketball.

So the first thing is to make sure there are no obstructions in front of the backboard. That might be some steel structure or a cable which is in front of the backboard. We want to eliminate that so there's nothing there for the ball to hit. We're trying to achieve a minimum clearance above the court of 7m. It's not always possible, but that's what they're trying to achieve with rule 11.4, so if you can eliminate obstructions that's a great start.

The next thing to look for is a locking arm to…

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