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When it comes to sports in the state of Pennsylvania, there is arguably no better fan base on the planet. Whether vehemently cheering for the Eagles, Phillies or Flyers in the eastern portion of the state or the Penguins, Steelers and Pirates in the east, Pennsylvania has plenty to offer.

Add in premiere collegiate and high school sports and you’ve got a state that truly never stops producing. As part of that, we’ve had a long-standing relationship with the Keystone state and their athletic programming over the years. Having performed a number of projects with our former partners, Pennsylvania is one of those places that produced projects that we still talk about to this day.

Founded in 1972 under another name, what is now known as Omaha Christian Academy began by serving 30 elementary school students with a faculty of only four teachers. Changing to its current name in 1988 and transferring to the former General Motors training facility three years later, the Academy then occupied two other spaces before settling into its permanent location.

In 2009, classes kicked off in the academy’s current location after a $1.7 million capital campaign and after many years of growth.

Today, Omaha Christian Academy services students from pre-kindergarten all the way up to high school, preparing the next generation for post-secondary education and beyond into their professional lives. In addition to educational excellence, the school is also home to a robust athletics program which includes teams in sports such as football, cheerleading, volleyball, basketball, soccer, baseball and more.

We’ve spent a number of years working on our esteemed dealer system and have forged some of the strongest partnerships in our industry today. By combining our 40+ years of experience with established organizations around the world, we are able to create a comprehensive network of the highest quality services and products.

As the old saying goes, we are only as strong as our weakest link and trust us, there is nothing weak about this network of stellar businesses and the good people who run them. So what does this network have to offer your business, organization or municipality? Well, let’s go over a few of the main benefits of being backed by the strongest network in the athletic equipment and infrastructure industry.

The strength forged between our organization and those involved in our extensive dealer network is formidable. Selecting from the very best organizations around the world, we have the ability to form partnerships with key industry representatives and pass the benefits along to our growing customer base.

As such, we proudly share our internal leads garnered through our extensive offline and online properties with those selected for our dealer program and one of our recent projects is the perfect example of that synergy at work.

It’s been over 35 years since we started designing basketball hoops in the  “friendly” town of Almonte, Ontario.  Those humble roots have helped keep us grounded and focused over the years as we continued our perpetual growth, first growing across Canada, then into the United States and now at an international level.

Serving clientele in the lower 48 and Canada on a regular basis, we have since expanded into the far reaches of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.  In addition to Ireland, Uganda, Kuwait among many others, we continue to focus on growing here on our own turf and on a global scale.

In tandem with low oil prices, the U.S. dollar has strengthened as of late. While there are many speculative theories on the connection between the two, most believe the connection lies in the fact that when crude prices increase, more U.S. dollars head out of the country, while the opposite typically exists when crude prices are low.

No matter which way you slice it, or which theory you subscribe to, there is no denying the strength of the greenback, especially when compared to the Canadian dollar. The chart below illustrates the growth of the U.S. dollar over the past three years in comparison with the Canadian dollar.

As you can see, the American dollar has experienced a 43% increase since 2013, as compared to the Canadian ‘loonie’. Our American customers have not been in this powerful a position from a buyer’s standpoint since May 1, 2003; the last time the American dollar was at this level.

The sports equipment and infrastructure business is growing at a rapid pace with help from the development of new programming at educational, athletic and municipal organizations around the world. Technology has aided in this expansion as well, allowing companies like ours to build our truly customizable products and solutions for our end users.

We have spent over 35 years fine-tuning our business and growing it across North America and around the world. Over the course of the past two years, Sport Systems has been named to PROFIT magazine’s list of fastest growing companies in Canada.

Achieving this type of growth is not exclusive to our management’s growth strategy or expanding product lines. Rather, the growth in our company comes from years upon years of providing our customers and clientele with premium-quality products, customized solutions using state-of-the-art technology and most importantly, the very best in customer service and experience.