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The town of North Bay, Ontario was selected by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as the Ontario Regional Office for the construction of emergency landing fields in 1933. This base closed at the end of World War II, but was reopened in 1951, originally as a flying school and then as a fighter base. It was not until 1966 that this station was officially designated a Canadian Forces Base (CFB) and was known as CFB North Bay.

The Air Command was restructured in the early 1990’s and was renamed 22 Wing, as it is known as today. Today, this facility is responsible for providing surveillance, identification, control and warning for the aerospace defence of Canada and North America at the Sector Air Operations Centre.

As with any equipment or technology, after any given number of years of repeated use it can either become worn out, out of date, obsolete or downright unsafe. Gym dividers and partitions that are out of date can quickly become an area of concern for facility managers and operators, and maintenance or replacement should be considered as your divider or partition gets older.

This was true of our latest project we completed for Holy Trinity High School in the Ottawa Catholic School Board. We were commissioned to remove and dispose of their existing folding partition and supply and install a new state-of-the-art gym divider curtain for the local high school.

Our team quickly and safely removed the old partition and began preparing the space for the new divider curtain to be installed. Once the removal was completed, we were to supply and install our highly-popular top roll gym divider curtain, with a touch of customization.

As facility managers, operators and business owners, we all know the importance of a strong brand image to represent your company, sports team or both. Your logo and associated colour scheme is a symbol that provides instant and powerful brand recognition and in some cases portrays organizational values and goals without saying a word.

As more and more facilities and athletic institutions grow their user and fan bases, the need for unique customization of their athletic equipment becomes very important. Logo screening was perhaps at one point thought of as a luxury, but is now becoming more a necessity for a large portion of our clientele.

It began when organizations started requesting team colour-coded removable and permanent wall padding for their gymnasiums, along with customized colour schemes and lettering for their telescopic bleachers and fixed seating in lecture halls and auditoriums.

A big part of some of the projects we undertake here at Sport Systems is retrofitting existing facilities with both equipment and programs that aid in ensuring future safety for both facility operational staff and participants. A large area of concern for many schools and facilities is aging equipment like gym dividers and partitions that can easily become quite dangerous if not serviced properly.

We recently were commissioned to remove and dispose of an aging and non-functioning folding hard gym partition for St. Joseph’s High School in Renfrew, Ontario. In its place we supplied and installed a brand new top-roll gym divider curtain complete with electric operation and key switch.

An efficient and economical option of separating or dividing a room or gym is the installation of one of our durable and easy to use gym divider curtains.  We manufacture and supply a variety of gym divider curtains that can be custom designed and installed for added versatility in your gym or facility.  Whether you are looking to more effectively utilize your space or simply add a visual barrier, we have the right gym divider for every budget.

We were recently commission by the Boys & Girls Club of Kingston and Area to successfully renovate a new facility they recently acquired. What was once a workout facility is now home to the Boys & Girls Club, a facility that aims to provide a safe, supportive place where children and youth can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships and develop confidence and skills for life. 

Converting the existing facility to a new Boys & Girls Club obviously came with a variety of alterations and required a number of products to properly separate the space into the needed areas to support the ongoing user groups and events often held at Boys & Girls Clubs.

The Industry's Most Aesthetically Pleasing & Compact Storing Curtain

The unique concept of this revolutionary style top-roll or centre-drive curtain completely eliminates cables, belts and straps for easy maintenance-free operation. When the support structure allows, this curtain will roll up through a 12" wide opening, storing above the ceiling area to further enhance the aesthetics of your installation. This curtain is ideal for low ceiling height applications as it requires only 14" of vertical storage space.

When considering divider curtains, different facilities have various requirements that need to be addressed. Whether it is a simple walk-draw divider curtain or a custom designed peak-fold divider curtain, have a divider solution that will fit the specific situation and needs of your gymnasium.

When it comes to speed, strength and durability, our 4050 Centre Drive Gym Divider Curtain is second to none, with one of the most innovative designs on the market today.  This gym divider system utilizes internal tubular motors along with a counterweight, operating without belts, cables, wires or guide systems, fully eliminating the need for large rollers requiring extensive overhead structure attachment.

This summer, the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario and St. Gregory Catholic School called upon Sport Systems to help them with the design and installation of a new Gym Divider Curtain to give their gymnasium another level of versatility.

The product installed ended up being our 4050 Centre Drive Gym Curtain, an industry leading product that travels at roughly twice the speed of other typical gym divider curtains. This product bears some similarities to that of our Top-Roll design curtains, but rather than the drive pipe being located at the top of the curtain, it is located in the centre. This innovative design is what gives the curtain it’s unbeatable speed, allowing both the top and the bottom half of the curtain to roll up at the very same time.

This spring we were approached by the Islamic Institute of Toronto, and tasked with making some great improvements to the gymnasium in their beautiful facility located in Scarborough.

The Islamic Institute of Toronto (IIT) was established back in 1996 and has grown into one of the premier Islamic Educational Institutions in Canada.  Today the educational center offers courses in Arabic Language, Islamic Jurisprudence, Ethics, Spirituality and much more in their Toronto location.  The institute now resides on an 8 acre piece of property and contains a school, bookstore, administrative offices and obviously, a gymnasium.

The good people at the IIT opted for six new ceiling suspended basketball systems for their gymnasium, and ended up going with the popular 3103 Forward Folding / Rear Braced System from us.  This system is a perfect fit as it is designed for areas allowing sufficient space behind the backboard for a rear brace and unobstructed room to the front to fold up.