Allow us to introduce you to… Softball!

Softball is close relation to Baseball and Rounders, with Softball leagues becoming increasingly popular across the UK. Usually played with ten players per side, and seven innings (in a full game), Softball is a fast paced enjoyable mixed team game suitable for a range of ages.

We know what you’re thinking! Yes, Softball a very similar game to Rounders. The main differences though are the bats are much longer and held with both hands, the pitch layout is different and three balls can be pitched at the batter, as opposed to the single throw per batter found in Rounders. Bases (or plates) are also marked out with mats, rather than the posts.

If you’re looking for a team sport that’s fun, more involved than Rounders but less so than baseball, then you should definitely take a closer look into Softball this summer.

We now offer all the essential Softball equipment to get you started in the game, whether you’re looking for a Softball set for a match in the park, or just bats and balls to get into the ’swing’ of things, we should have a product for you.

Our new KoolPak First Aid Kits include:

• KoolPak Handy First Aid Kit – stocked with all the essential supplies needed to treat minor injuries that occur in everyday sporting activities.

• KoolPak Football First Aid Kit – suitable for football clubs at any level of the game, this kit is approved by several county football associations and contains a range of equipment to treat minor injuries on the pitch.

• KoolPak Multi Purpose First Aid Kit – ideal for clubs or at locations where a variety of sports activities take place, this kit is supplied in a waterproof bag and contains a full range of first aid equipment to cover a wide variety of sports injuries.

You’ll also find Instant Ice Packs, Freeze Sprays, a Sponge Bag and Foil Blankets amongst our new first aid range of products, all available today from stock with fast delivery.

Go on, treat yourself!

Cambridge United's Director of Sport, Jez George (left) with Click Sports Commercial Director, Kevin Horne (right), performing the draw.

Throughout the duration of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, we ran a free prize draw offering a pair of football league tickets to one lucky winner. Thank you to everyone who entered and took part!

To make the draw, we popped along to our local football club, Cambridge United, where Director of Sport Jez George independently picked the winner for us.

…and that person is…

Geraldine Bunting, from Surrey.

Geraldine will be off to see Fulham United play, courtesy of Click Sports. We very much hope you enjoy the match!

Thanks again to everyone who entered the draw, and thank you to Jez and Cambridge United for their assistance!

Keep your eye on the Click Sports blog for more offers, competitions and updates in the future.

Many football fans will undoubtedly wake up tomorrow morning with a renewed sense of hope and optimism that this really will be the year for their team. Others might not feel so positive. Perhaps they feel their team’s summer signings are wrong, or perhaps the new manager just isn’t right for the club.

But that doesn’t really matter.

The great thing about football is that everyone who follows it will have an opinion. They’ll also possess an unexplainable passion for their club that through the good and bad times, they’ll always be committed to following their football team. Any bad times just make the good times that much sweeter and just being part of it is often all the reward you need.

There aren’t many sports that generate as much passion and commitment as football, which is just one of the reasons we love it so much (and that’s just watching it). Sometimes though, watching just isn’t enough. Playing football at any level can be incredibly rewarding. Whether it’s just a kick about with the kids in the back garden, down the local park with your friends or playing for your local team (or even higher), the feeling of scoring that goal or saving that penalty can often be even more satisfying that seeing the professionals do it on TV.

While we can’t promise to make you a better footballer, we can help you out with the equipment to get started.

Plus until the end of August 2010*, if you buy ANY football goal with ANY Mitre football, we’ll include a free pair of Nike T90 Classic Goalkeepers Gloves worth £9.99 with your order. That’s any combination of football goal with any Mitre football – and you’ll get pair of Nike goalkeepers gloves – free of charge.

So that’s the main equipment sorted for the new football season. Now you’ll just need to cross your fingers and pray to the football Gods that your favourite team performs equally well on the pitch!

* or while stocks last.

We already sell a range of incredibly popular Fastime and Quantum stopwatches, and based on customer feedback for even more functionality from our products we’ve added four new Heart Rate Monitors to our range.

The CardioSport Fusion 10 and the GO 15 provide entry level Heart Rate Monitoring functionality. The higher end models, the CardioSport C2 and GT2, both combine extensive heart monitoring and exercise functionality along with stopwatch capabilities, making them extremely versatile watches suitable for use with a range of fitness programmes and sports. Importantly, all models provide ECG accurate level of heart rate monitoring.

All of these CardioSport heart rate monitors are supplied complete with transmitters, are water resistant to 30 metres and are backed with a two year warranty. Prices start from as little as £39.99.

You just can’t beat two weeks of rain and Cliff Richard, can you?

Actually, we love the thrills and spills of tennis’ most prestigious event. The “oooh’s” and “ahhh’s” from the crowd, the grunts from the players and the call for “new balls, please” from the umpire’s.

If you’re looking to recreate that special Wimbledon atmosphere, we can help. Ok, we can’t supply the strawberries and cream, cheering spectators or any sort of Cliff backing track, but we can supply new tennis posts, nets, balls, line marking equipment or even an umpires chair and other accessories for your tennis court.

As a special Wimbledon celebration, if you order a new tennis net between now and the end of the championship (4th July 2010), we’ll give you a free tube of Slazenger Wimbledon Ultra Vis Tennis Balls containing 4 pressurised top quality Slazenger balls, as an added bonus.

So even if your favourite tennis player dramatically “crashes out” of the tournament, at least you can console yourself with some great tennis equipment from Click Sports.

We’re currently offering the Nordic Newton and Nordic Olympic starting blocks with some huge savings (up to 35% off!).

Nordic Newton Starting Blocks – lightweight, aluminium construction with five foot block angle adjustments (35, 45, 55, 60 and 65 degrees). Approx weight: 7kg.

Was £142.99, now only £99.99!

The top of the range, Nordic Olympic Starting Blocks feature four foot block angle adjustments, with a 10cm x 90cm long centre bar. Pedals can be separated from the centre bar during transportation. Approx weight: 11kg.

Was £169.99, now only £109.99!

Both sets of starting blocks above are IAAF certified.

So on your marks, get set…

P. S. Don’t forget your Starting Block Bag!

Here’s your chance to win a pair of football tickets with Click Sports!

World Cup football fever is starting to take over here at Click Sports. So to celebrate football’s biggest event, we’re giving you the chance to win a pair of football tickets to see your favourite team play next season.

When you buy any of our great products during the World Cup in South Africa (between 11th June 2010 and 11th July 2010), make sure you tick the box during checkout to confirm that you wish to be entered into the draw to win two tickets to an FA league match to see your team play during the 2010/11 season. Terms and conditions apply.

So if you’re not lucky enough to attend the World Cup this year, don’t be downhearted, you can still re-create the feeling of scoring that winning goal in your very own back garden… with some of our great football goal posts!

Best of luck!

Terms and conditions:
Competition not open to employees of Click Sports or associated companies.
No purchase necessary – email your full name and contact details to us at footballtickets@clicksports.co.uk with “I want to win some football tickets!” in the subject line and we’ll enter you into the draw.
Winners will be notified by email shortly after the draw and announced as soon as possible on the Click Sports blog.
Your email address may be used for Click Sports marketing purposes, but will not be passed to any third parties.
Closing date for all entries is the 11th July 2010. Draw will take place the following week.

Each Crazy Catch model features a double sided rebound net. On one side is the more traditional net, giving predictable bounce. The other, “insane” side, is essentially made up of three nets at different tensions, giving an erratic rebound when a ball hits it.

The Crazy Catch is an excellent way to improve reaction times, hand/eye co-ordination and best of all, it’s fun!

The smaller model of the two, the Crazy Catch “Wildchild”, measures 930mm x 930mm and the larger “Professional” model measures 1480mm x 910mm. Both are supplied complete with an activity pack, a one minute digital challenge timer, scorecards, re-locatable targets and a “Vision-Ball”.

The Crazy Catch Wildchild is available to pre-order now for £137.99 with delivery starting from the 7th June and the Crazy Catch Professional is also available to pre-order for just £199.99 with delivery from the 19th June.

It’s particularly great news then that as we move into summer (hopefully at least), we’ve managed to reduce the prices of our Match and Tournament tennis nets in plenty of time for Wimbledon. Same great quality, but at a much lower price.

Tournament Tennis Net was £149.99, now only £114.99 (over 20% saving)
Match Tennis Net was £99.99, now only £89.99 (10% saving)

With those savings, you should still have enough left over for strawberries and cream!

Discounts only apply to the UCS Spirit poles that are currently held in stock (ie only certain lengths/weights of pole), but not only can you grab yourself a bargain while stocks last, you can have your new vaulting pole delivered only a few working days after ordering.

Full details of the pole vault poles on sale can be found in our vaulting pole page.

Hurry though – this offer applies to stock items only, so first come, first served!

Update: 21st May 2010 – this offer has now ended.

Hello.

We’re always on the lookout for new products and ways to improve our website. As a result, today we’re excited to launch our new blog.

We’re aiming for this blog to be an efficient way of communicating with our customers of the latest Click Sports news and to provide you an opportunity for you to tell us what you think and to share your feedback and ideas to help make Click Sports even better.

We’ll try and keep you up to date with new products, competitions, special offers and any other sports equipment or industry news that we feel we should share with you, so please stay tuned. Plus, with your help we’d like to think that we can make our new blog both informative and fun.

For instance, have you just set a new personal best (or even a world record) with one of our javelins? Perhaps you’ve just purchased some of our tennis posts and you’re particularly proud of your new court? Maybe you’re just overjoyed with the set of netball posts you bought on behalf of your local club? Whatever your achievement or success, let us know (supply us any pictures or website links if you can) and we’ll share and spread your Click Sports story with the rest of the world.

If you have any comments on anything we have to say, please feel free to use the comment option as we’d love to hear your thoughts. If you have any questions relating to specific orders or you’d just rather not ask in public – please continue to contact us in the normal way, we’re listening.