THE HARROD SPORT TIMELINE

Sole Supplier of the Paris 2024 Olympic Hockey with our world-class hockey goals, shelters and more. Thrilled to be part of such a momentous event and see our products on display to the world!

In May 2024, we celebrated our 70th year of manufacturing excellence and remembered our Founder Ron Harrod and all that has been achieved over the last 7 decades. The success would not have been possible without all the hard work and expertise of our team and the enduring support from our valued customers.

Supplier of Football Goals and equipment to the FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia. Fantastic to see our goals in the impressive King Abdullah Sports City Stadium and Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium

Proud suppliers of Football Goals and equipment to our first FIFA Women's World Cup hosted by Australia & New Zealand in 2023. An amazing tournament across 2 countries with 10 stadiums hosting matches Supplying the goals to 10 stadiums for the competition in both Australia and New Zealand.

Supplying the Santiago Pan American Games with Hockey Goals, Team Shelters, Technical Shelters, Stick Racks and Bag Trolleys.

Supplied Football Goals and Team Shelters to the new Paris St Germain multi-million, state-of-the-art training campus

Sole supplier of football goals across all 8 stadiums and 41 training grounds in Qatar.

Supplier of rugby posts, protection pads and flags to the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England - played in 2022 due to Australia and New Zealand pulling out of the tournament in 2021 during the covid pandemic. 

Official suppliers of Hockey Goals, Shelters and Netball Posts to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Suppliers of Football Goals to the UEFA Women's Euros across select stadiums in England. 

The Stadium Pro Goal has been approved in the FIFA Quality Programme for Football Goals, making it the first ever goal to be officially FIFA accredited.

Suppliers of football goals and flags for the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in the UAE. 

Supplier of Hockey Goals and Shelters to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 

Harrod Sport was thrilled to be involved in the European Championships returning to the UK for the first time since 1996. In total, Harrod Sport's goals were used for 31 matches across the tournament (more than half of the 51 fixtures) including the opening game, the semi-finals and the final, as well as England v Scotland and Italy v Wales.

Supplier of Rugby Posts to the Rugby World Cup in Japan. 

The Ron Harrod Foundation won the 'Outstanding Sporting Achievement of the Year' award at the Stars of Suffolk Awards.

Due to our strong relationship with England Netball which has spanned over 20 years, we were asked to supply Netball Posts, Rings and branded Post Protectors to the Vitality Netball World Cup 2019 in Liverpool. As England Netball's official post suppliers, our long running association has allowed us at Harrod Sport to support Netball in the UK, by providing products built with quality, strength, safety and performance in mind for every level of play. We were honoured to be involved in the biggest Netball Event that will happen in the UK for a very long time.

Suppliers of hockey equipment & team shelters to the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Official football goal suppliers to the UEFA Champions League Final in Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid.

Harrod Sport goals were used for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup in Odisha, India. 

Suppliers of hockey goals and equipment to the the Vitality Women's Hockey World Cup at Lee Valley in London. 

In 2018 we welcomed our new and exciting division to the company – Innovative Sports Products! At ISP we aim to continuously design and develop innovative equipment and technology within the sports industry. Our Research and Design department is second to none in the field of sports equipment manufacturing. We are excited to channel the team's knowledge and ideas and combine these with the latest trends in innovation and technology. ISP is ready for the future of sport – technology.

Supplier of hockey equipment to the Hockey World League 2017 at the Olympic legacy venue Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford.

The latest evolution in goal posts which allows for precision height adjustment. The new patent pending technology is a development in design development and manufacturing that will greatly aid grounds professionals.

Supplier of Hockey Goals to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The first ever NFL posts arrive at Twickenham Stadium. 

Suppliers of Hockey Goals, Nets and Team Shelters to England Hockey and as used at the 2016 FIH Champions Trophy.

As official goal suppliers to England Hockey, we were delighted to supply the Indoor Super 6s match goals and sponsor the ‘HARROD UK GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT’.

Proud suppliers of bespoke netball post protectors to all of the Vitality Netball Superleague matches. 

We were pleased to see that Harrod UK was introduced onto Wikipedia in 2015.

Proud suppliers of Hockey goals and nets to the Rio 2016 Olympics field of play. The test event took place on Deodoro Olympic Park from Tuesday 24th to Saturday 28th of November. 

Following previous experience, we were awarded the contract to proudly supply our rugby posts to all 13 venues chosen to host matches in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

The Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park plays host to the Euro Hockey Championships. As official suppliers to the event Harrod UK is proud to be supplying our integral weighted Hockey goals, nets, team shelters and technical dugouts to the venue.

Proud suppliers of equipment to the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Proud suppliers of equipment to the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Australia.

We successfully sent a ful-to-capacity container containing football goals and nets destined for use at the FIFA U20 World Cup, New Zealand. Supplying the international event marked another fantastic achievement for the company.

October saw another container full of sports equipment leave the Harrod UK loading bay, this time destined for Bhubaneswar, India and the Hero Hockey Champions Trophy 2014! We were extremely delighted to support the event after being chosen to supply our world renowned London 2012 Hockey goals and nets following their successful recent appearance at Glasgow 2014. 8 of the top nations in the world competed in 2 groups of 4.

We were proud suppliers of hockey goals and nets, netball and rugby posts to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

We were delighted to be awarded the prestigious Investors In People (IIP) Gold award. The gold award is the highest standard available and is achieved by less than 1% of all companies striving to achieve the IIP status.

Company celebrated its 60th year in business.

Harrod UK play their part in creating a netball legacy overseas. We felt privileged to continue our support of The Netball Development Trusts (NDT) voluntary netball and volleyball coaching programme, by donating 50 pairs of nets for use on their annual tour of the least developed regions of the world.

Suppliers of our international rugby posts to the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow.

Suppliers of football goals to the UEFA Champions League Final, Wembley Stadium.

Sole Suppliers to the London 2012 Olympic Games for goals, nets and shelters for football, hockey, Paralympic football and wheelchair rugby.

We were proud suppliers of football goals to the final of the UEFA European Championships in Ukraine.

We achieved Investors In People bronze award on our first attempt. 

Suppliers of football goals to the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.

Signed sole supplier agreement for London 2012 Olympic Games to supply hockey and football goals. 

Official Suppliers of Rugby Goals and Netball Posts to the Delhi Commonwealth Games in India. 

Winner of the Waveney Chamber's Business of the Year award.

Supplier of American Football post for the first NFL International Series games at Wembley.

Following the success of the 2007/08 catalogue, Harrod UK was inspired to reinvent its website with its continually evolving brand design.

Harrod UK achieved the 'Recognised for Excellence 3 Star' Award from the British Quality Foundation.

Harrod UK celebrates its 50th year in business!

After the factory was hit by fire, our disaster recovery plan ensured we were fully operational within 48 hours. Thankfully this guaranteed minimal customer service disruption.

"As a successful, family owned British business, Harrod UK epitomises the company profile which we were aiming for in our suppliers.” Jason Harbrow, Commercial Manager

Suppliers of rugby posts and equipment to the 1999 Rugby World Cup

The company launches its first website for the Sports Division. 

"Behind the scenes of Euro 96, Harrod UK ensured that the teams had excellent training facilities and that every venue had world class goals. Their service and support went beyond expectation and it is fair to say that Harrod UK made a significant contribution to the success of the Championships.” Steve Curnow - Football Association Co-ordinator

Ron Harrod us a co-founding member of the CEN Committee.

Harrod Sport received the EXSL Sports Retailing Best Service Award for the third consecutive year. 

Harrod UK acquire their first Robot Welder.

Harrod UK acquired their first specialist delivery lorry. 

The company needed to expand which is why a 16,000 sq ft factory was built at Cooke Road, Lowestoft. It was opened by Hector Munro, the then Minister for Sport. 

Harrod UK installed their first powder coating line. 

Harrod UK purchased their first netting and steel cutting machine.

Using local tradesmen, Harrod UK produce their first wooden and steel goals selling six sets in the first season.

After a request from a teacher, Ron Harrod produced a pair of football nets for a school. 

R Harrod Ltd set up the business with a £300 investment. The company bought fishing nets, repaired and sold them on as garden netting. The year ended with a successful £5000 turnover.