Telescopicgoal Adjustable Football Goal by Tom Mackenzie Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design

Tom Mackenzie recognized for sporting goods, fitness and recreation equipment design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Telescopicgoal Adjustable Football Goal by Tom Mackenzie has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design category. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Bronze A' Design Award Explained

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

More About Telescopicgoal Adjustable Football Goal

Telescopicgoal is an adjustable football goal made for players of all ages and skill levels. The goal can be set to 35 sizes, from 2 metres to 5 metres wide and 1 metre to 2 metres high, which answers the inconsistent size guidance given for different age groups. The posts and crossbar are made of weather resistant aluminium tubing for strength and low weight. Height is set with spring clips, while width is set with printed loops and coloured carabiners on the net. The frame folds into four pieces and fits into a wheeled bag. Three models cover soft ground and all surfaces.

About Tom Mackenzie

Tom Mackenzie is an environmental inventor and entrepreneur. Tom has founded a number of companies of which one was New Zealand's fastest growing company in 2007 which listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange saving 2.3 Million tonnes of CO2 equal to removing all New Zealand vehicles off the road for a year. Having made such an important impact on the environment, Tom moved on to his other passion: football. Tom developed an adjustable football (soccer) goal over four years leading to Telescopicgoal. The patented Telescopicgoal ensures an easily assembled, long lasting, portable goal, that can grow alongside your child to save money and maintain value as your child develops.

Award Record

This recognition makes Tom Mackenzie a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design Award

The A' Sporting Goods Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good sports equipment designs by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to sporting goods designers, fitness equipment designers, recreation equipment designers and industrial designers from all countries. Typical entries include basketballs, tennis rackets, yoga mats, running shoes, dumbbells and bicycles. The awarded sports equipment designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/sporting-goods

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/150769
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/150769
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!150769
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/318153
Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.telescopicgoal.com

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Telescopicgoal Adjustable Football Goal
Function: Adjustable Football Goal
Category: Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Sports
Colors: Light Slate Gray, Dark Gray, Gray, Silver and Gainsboro
Images: 5

The Recognition

Laureate: Tom Mackenzie
Country: New Zealand
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #150769

Design Details

Unique Properties: Telescopicgoal is a football goal that can be adjusted to 35 sizes ranging from 2m to 5m wide and 1m to 2m high, making them suitable for players of all ages and skill levels. One of the key strengths of telescopic goals is the meticulous engineering design that gives the goals such versatility, allowing them to be folded down into just 4 pieces and stored in an easily transported wheelie bag. Made from weather resistant aluminium that balances strength and portability while guaranteeing long-lasting life Telescopicgoal come in 1 of 3 models; the T1 and T2 for soft grounds, and the T3 suitable for any surface.
Inspiration: While living in the UK, Tom struggled to find long lasting, easy to assemble goals as well as inconsistency in the recommended goal sizes for different aged children. After 4 years of research, design, development, and testing, Telescopicgoal was created, ensuring a high quality, adjustable goal capable of 35 different sizes and therefore able to adapt to any age or skill level. Designed to utilise space and grow alongside your children, Telescopicgoal’s makes football accessible for everyone.
Research: One of the first steps in researching was to read the international standards BS 8461:2005, BS 8462:2005 and EN16579. Based on these standards the net support was fixed at 800mm from the top post and the base depth at 80% of the height of the goal. To allow the net to be used at different goal sizes the angle of the back stanchion was fixed at 68 degrees and remains at this angle independent of the height. The diameter of the crossbar meets and surpasses the required 300N vertical load test.
Challenge: The initial design used plastic, but after testing the prototype was deemed too weak. Further market research was undertaken resulting in a modular offering all upgradeable parts, giving the consumer the choice of 3 Telescopicgoals T1, T2 and T3 which all can be adjusted to 35 different sizes. The T1 and T2 use a spike in the ground with the T1 having a fabric cross bar and the T2 an aluminium crossbar. With T1 and T2 limited to soft grounds the T3 with full frame can be used on all surfaces.
Realization and Technology: The posts and crossbar are made from aluminium tubing and are circa 68mm in diameter, designed to replicate that match day feel of the ball hitting and bouncing off the frame of the goal. It also increases the strength for both ball impacts and safety with children hanging on the crossbar. The other aluminium tubing has been made smaller which reduces the weight of the goal and minimizes costs. The aluminium extruded tubing has plastic sleeves on the inside to stop the smaller tube extending too far.
Operation and Interaction: The height can be adjusted by a spring clip due to the potential load of the crossbar. As there is less load on the crossbar friction locking clamps were used. The net is in 2 parts with the right side net separate from the main net. The width of the goal is set by loops with printed dimensions on the top of the net which carabiners connect to. The rest of the net is connected to the frame with coloured carabiners that match coloured loops, ensuring the net can be easily connected.
Project Duration and Location: Started the research in October 2018 in the UK and launched the website in New Zealand in November 2022 selling Telescopicgoals.
Specifications: Telescopicgoal can be set up to 35 different sizes. The largest size Width 5000mm x Depth 1600mm x Height 2000mm. The smallest size Width 2000mm x Depth 800mm x Height 1000mm. The Telescopicgoal folds down into a Wheelie Bag size Width 1150mm x Depth 400mm x Height 200mm.
Keywords: Adjustable, Football, Goal, Portable, Soccer