Reading FC partners with Vestel Visual Solutions
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The new Bearwood Park facility is home to Reading FC’s men’s and women’s first teams, young professionals (Under-23s and Under-18s) and Academy players from ages 8 to 18. It also houses the coaching staff and management team, alongside a significant proportion of the club’s administrative staff.
Reading FC has now equipped the facility with Vestel’s screens to digitally enhance areas such as the yoga room and first team gym, the media room - which includes an interactive screen that uses touch screen technology to support both interviews and analysis - the Academy and the women’s Academy, the manager’s office, the parent’s room, reception areas, the medical room and multiple classrooms. These solutions will support the education, training, rehabilitation and performance of the club’s players, as well as its corporate activities.
“Our commitment to the elite performance of our players meant we outgrew our old training facility, Hogwood Park, and as a result we’ve spent a number of years designing and building Bearwood Park,” said Tim Kilpatrick, head of sales and partnerships at Reading Football Club. “We chose Vestel to support our vision for the facility, both because of the quality of its screens and for the dedicated support provided by its team, who truly understand our needs.
“Vestel’s solutions will play an integral role in the daily training programmes followed by our first team, women’s team and the next generation of Reading players, whilst also supporting the club’s corporate ambitions.”
“From a playing perspective, Vestel’s technology will play a significant part in the training and development of players across every age group,” said manager Veljko Paunović. “Both our men’s and women’s first team operate at an elite level and being able to constantly communicate key information to players throughout every day spent at the training ground - whether that is providing tactical analysis in training areas, or rehabilitation information in the physio room - can make the difference and help us gain a competitive edge.”
“AV solutions are an extremely effective tool to help football clubs achieve their core objectives - whether in terms of training, marketing, corporate activity or purely for entertainment value,” said David Flintoft, sales and marketing director, Vestel Visual Solutions. “Reading FC has an impressive training programme and Bearwood Park has been intuitively designed to support this. We are thrilled to have played a part in bringing the facility to life with our technology, and are looking forward to continuing our partnership with the Club.”
