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Floodlit sports pitch at dusk

ISLAND BAY FOOTBALL CLUB

Floodlight upgrade for winter football

We replaced the club's ageing metal-halide floods with LED towers built for Wellington weather. Instant-on, even coverage across both pitches, and a power bill that finally makes sense for a community club.

THE BRIEF

Why the old floods had to go

Island Bay Football Club runs training four nights a week through winter and hosts weekend night matches. The old metal-halide floods were no longer up to it: patchy coverage across the far pitch, a slow warm-up every time they switched on, and a running cost the club could not keep absorbing.

Half the heads had drifted out of aim over the years, leaving dark patches near the wings where most of the play happens. Replacing lamps one at a time had become a recurring cost with no lasting fix.

Sports ground lighting tower

THE NUMBERS

What the upgrade delivers

  • 70%
    LOWER POWER DRAW — Versus the old metal-halide heads
  • Instant
    ON AT THE SWITCH — Full output immediately, no warm-up
  • 2 pitches
    EVEN COVERAGE — Training and match pitches both lit to spec
  • Zero
    FIXTURES MISSED — Work staged around the club calendar

HOW IT RAN

Four stages, no disruption to training

Each tower went in, got aimed, and was tested before the next one started.

Lighting tower being installed on site
  • Before
    01
    Survey and light plan

    We mapped the existing light levels across both pitches and modelled the LED layout to hit even coverage with no dark wings.

  • On site
    02
    Tower by tower

    Each LED flood tower was installed and brought online one at a time, so the club kept training right through the works.

  • Per tower
    03
    Aim and test

    Every head aimed to the plan and tested under match conditions, not just switched on and left to guesswork.

  • Final
    04
    Handover

    Controls handed over with a simple on/off schedule and a clear rundown of the new running costs for the committee.

Harbour Paint crew on a residential project

COMMUNITY CLUB OR FACILITY?

Get a lighting upgrade quote

Sports field, clubrooms or carpark. We will survey the site and send a fixed-price plan.