An Extra Kick For BSH Stand At BTME
British Seed Houses is looking to put an extra ‘kick’ into its stand at BTME by staging a penalty shoot-out competition on a Subbuteo-size soccer pitch made up of real grass!
The UK’s largest privately-owned grass seed company is offering 40 kilos of the Bent grass of their choice to the winner of the competition, which will take place over the three days of the show in January.
The pitch is being grown on one of BSH’s cultivars, with timing critical to have it in best condition for ‘the big kick-off’.
“Visitors to our stand, A45 in Hall A, will be invited to take five penalties against their favourite BSH representative. The highest score over the three days will win,” said Richard Brown, Amenity Sales Manager for BSH.
In the event of a tie the names will be put into the BSH BTME Penalty Shoot-Out trophy and the winner drawn from there.
Richard, who is acting as ‘head groundsman’ for the pitch, said: “It’s a labour of love to get the pitch ready. I’m monitoring it regularly and every few days give it a trim with a pair of clippers.
“In the meantime, my colleagues have been practising being goalkeeper, with varying degrees of success. No-one has yet shown themselves to be the table football equivalent of Peter Schmeichel or Gordon Banks!”