Goalfix Sports is a specialist supplier of adaptive sports equipment.
We are committed to providing safe, easy-to-use and long-lasting equipment and accessories for blind participation sports including goalball, torball and blind soccer. Our products are recognized as some of the best on the market, having been designed and made in the United Kingdom to the highest British safety standards. We are proud to supply some of the most high-profile sporting venues and events around the world as well as US schools, academies, universities and local public government recreation departments.
Our products are used or endorsed by bodies including the Paralympics, IBSA (International Blind Sports Federation), USABA (United States Association of Blind Athletes) and the English FA (Soccer Association).
Our commitment to inclusion, safe and fair play for all
At Goalfix we are passionate about ensuring inclusion, safe and fair play for all. That passion comes from the fact that we are a family-run business with a background in education, amateur and professional soccer, safety, design and equality at the highest levels in sport. We understand how players and governing bodies alike require sports equipment that is reliable and robust.
You only have to meet Goalfix owners, father and son, John and Russell Warnock, to know what we are talking about. No one understands the importance of great design more than our Goalfix CEO and Head Product Development and Designer, Russell Warnock. Equality, safety, usability and durability – these key aspects must come together to make products that not only look the part but do their job – time after time.
Having been Director of Football (soccer) and Futsal for the International Federation for University Sport (FISU) for 28 years, Goalfix President, John Warnock MBE has travelled the world promoting equality and opportunity through sport. As Deputy Director of Sport and Recreation at Sheffield Hallam University, for nearly 30 years, he has dedicated his life to sport and education.
Player safety is at the heart of what we do and the design of all our products. That is why all our clips, joints, fixings and materials have been specially designed to minimise risk and ensure safe play. We have an impeccable safety record and are constantly looking at ways to enhance our products and stay at the top of our game when it comes to safe sports equipment and accessories.
Innovation
We invest in research and development and partner with leading sports research organisations to create products that lead the way in safe and fair play:
- We worked with a leading University to improve the design of eyeshades for the partially sighted to ensure fair play for all during blind soccer matches. Our eyeshades were used for the 2017 IBSA Blind Soccer European Championships.
- In goalball, Goalball UK commissioned us to make goalball goals for the IBSA Goalball World Championships 2010.
- The Goalfix Flexiweight was designed to provide a safer anchoring system for goals instead of using the solid block weights that were on the market.
- We designed clear rebound panels, for use in blind soccer, to give unrestricted views of all aspects of the game and provide spectators with a more engaging experience. The panels conform to IBSA standards and are designed to be safe, stable and easy to assemble.
A track record you can trust
2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan
Goalfix Eclipse eyeshades were due to be used by all the teams competing in blind soccer.
2019 IBSA Goalball World Championships in Fort Wayne, United States (USA)
Our lightweight goalball goals and Eclipse eyeshades are used throughout this tournament by all the teams where the finalists qualify for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
2019 IBSA Blind Soccer European Championships Rome, Italy
Goalfix Eclipse eyeshades are used by all the teams competing in the event.
2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru
Goalfix Eclipse eyeshades are used by all the teams competing in goalball and blind soccer.
2018 IBSA Goalball World Championships in Malmö, Sweden
Goalfix Eclipse eyeshades are used by all the teams competing in the event.
2018 IBSA Blind Soccer World Championships in Madrid, Spain
Goalfix Eclipse eyeshades are used by all the teams competing in the event.
2018 IBSA Blind Soccer World Grand Prix in Shinagawa, Japan
Goalfix Eclipse eyeshades are used by all the teams competing in the event.
2017 IBSA Goalball European Championships Pajulaht, Finland
Our international competition goalball goals are used throughout this European tournament.
2017 IBSA Blind Soccer European Championships Berlin, Germany
Goalfix eyeshades are used by all the teams competing in the event. The new regulation-size soccer goals are also supplied by Goalfix which is the first time these size goals have been introduced at a major event.
2017 Goalfix develop the Eclipse eyeshade, the first to be endorsed by IBSA
Working with Sheffield Hallam University, we created the Eclipse eyeshade with innovative new features to enhance comfort, user safety and to ensure fair play for all during goalball, blind soccer matches and other blind sports.
2016 Paralympic Games, Brazil
Our international competition goalball goals and lightweight goalball goals are used at the test events plus the Goalfix eyeshades are used by all the teams competing in Goalball
2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships 2014, Finland
Our international competition goalball goals are used throughout this world tournament.
2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships, UK
Our international competition goalball goals are used for key games. Our lightweight goalball goals are used for training and warming up.
2012 Paralympic Games, UK
Our lightweight goalball goals are used at training venues around the country.
2010 Goalball World Championships, UK
Goalfix creates the free-standing international competition goalball goal specially made for the tournament – a highly portable, easy-to-assemble alternative to other products on the market.
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