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The next improvement to facilities at Enterprise State Community College will be a new backstop and netting for the college’s baseball field. Expected to be completed in the coming months, officials started “laying the groundwork” for the project around fall of last year after the dugouts were repainted, according to ESCC Athletic Director Kevin Ammons and Coach Samuel “Bubba” Frichter. … Read More

Netting in front of away fans could be a permanent fixture at Manchester Unitedafter a smoke grenade was hurled at disabled supporters. The away section at Old Trafford is directly above the area for disabled fans, who in the past have been struck by a missiles including coins, urine-filled bottles and umbrellas. Now, after a smoke grenade landed next to a number … Read More

The disabled supporters’ section is below where visiting fans are housed. Manchester United Disabled Supporters Association (MUSDA) says flares, bottles filled with urine, coins and pies thrown by travelling supporters have landed in their section. Netting was used for Champions League games against Juventus and Young Boys. Now MUSDA is pressing to make that permanent. A recent fans’ forum meeting … Read More

Selecting, buying and decorating a tree is a magical holiday tradition for many. But it can all go sour if a tree isn’t properly secured when being transported from the tree farm to the living room. According to AAA Northeast, improperly secured Christmas trees can become holiday roadway hazards if they fall from vehicles while on the move. An estimated … Read More

The wind has already had an effect today at Raymond James Stadium before the Bucs face the Carolina Panthers. A stiff 20-mph wind coming through the stadium from the stadium’s south end caused the netting behind the south end zone goalpost to get tangled in the uprights, forcing stadium personnel to make an impromptu fix. Hate it when your headphones … Read More

The city will be installing a spectator safety net at the arena not that they have successfully obtained a grant from the Municipal Insurance Association of BC. “Safety netting has become accepted industry standard and best practice to protect spectators and we’re happy to announce that we have you covered,” said a news release from the city. There are three … Read More

Safety netting designed to protect spectators from flying pucks is coming to the Revelstoke Forum later in November. At the Forum, it’s not uncommon to see errant pucks zip into the crowd and injure spectators. At the Nov. 9 Revelstoke Grizzlies match, a young spectator was struck and injured by a puck, for example. The new netting is a black … Read More

In past the fishermen used those kind of nets which were not dangerous for the lives of fish, but recent time the fishermen use such kinds of nets for catching fish which has small holes and considered to be a dangerous net, for catching any fish when they use it. According to a report these nets are being import from … Read More

Sisters Jayne Upton and Deb Watson have been walking beneath Transfer Bridges every morning to get to work for the best part of 25 years. They say they are sick of the smell and mess left by the nesting pigeons. The problem has been getting worse as a result of people feeding the birds, they claim. Now they have called … Read More

A 2,000-foot-long floating pipe connected to a submerged net arrived Tuesday at its destination in the Pacific Ocean where it will begin collecting massive amounts of plastic. The system belongs to the Ocean Cleanup Foundation, a Dutch environmental startup that’s aiming to remove 90 percent of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—the largest of the world’s five ocean trash patches—by 2040. … Read More