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Crisp, accurate line marking is what turns a floor into a court. Courtship Flooring provides sports hall line marking across the UK, from a single badminton court refreshed overnight to a full multi-sport layout designed from scratch, as part of a refurbishment, a new installation or a standalone visit.
Every court is marked to its governing body specification, each sport in its own colour so the busiest halls stay legible, and the lines are sealed to last. School crests and club logos can go in at the same time. Family-run since 1987, with our own team on every job.
Whether this is part of your new installation or refurbishment with us, or you simply wish to restore/replace your current line markings with a new court – we can help.
No matter the court you require, we will have a solution for you. Choose from:
We will carefully plan your court design to make sure that the court fits the sports hall correctly with no overlining issues. We will also make sure that we have incorporated any bespoke designs including your logo (if requested).
To maximise your floor’s performance, we follow updated guidelines from Sport England, making sure your new lines are executed with precision and accuracy. Our experienced team can add line markings to a variety of sports floors and so you can rest assured that your floor will be fit for purpose, visibly clear and aesthetically pleasing.
Netball, basketball, badminton, volleyball, futsal, tennis and pickleball: each sport has its own court dimensions, line widths and colour conventions, and getting them right matters more than people think. Netball is a good example. School courts across the UK are frequently marked to outdated dimensions, an issue we unpacked in our guide to netball court line marking regulations.
We plan multi-sport layouts so the primary sport reads instantly and the rest never clash, and where a hall hosts competition play we mark to the current governing body rulebook, not the one from twenty years ago.
Our paints are specialist proprietary high-traffic line paints that come in a range of colours to suit all sports courts. These paints are specifically designed for floor use, they’re high-quality and durable, lasting between 5 and 7 years.
Each colour has been specifically created to distinguish between sports. The colours are usually:
If you own a school or sports club and would like to incorporate your logo or emblem into your court marking design, this is something that we can offer you. Add that finishing touch to your indoor sports floor with your own logo or bespoke design in your chosen colours.
Marking one sport on a floor is straightforward. Marking five without turning the hall into a plate of spaghetti is where the skill lies. A typical school or leisure hall carries netball, basketball, badminton, volleyball and five-a-side lines at once, each to its own governing body dimensions, and every one of them has to be readable at speed by a player who is not looking for it.
We plan the layout around your primary sport, so those lines read instantly, then work the others in behind them using colour and line weight to create a clear hierarchy. Sports that share a run of the floor are separated deliberately rather than by accident. Where a hall hosts competition play we mark to the current rulebook, not the one that was current when the floor was last done, which is a genuinely common problem in school netball courts.
A school crest or club badge at centre court changes how a hall feels, and it photographs beautifully for prospectuses, websites and open days. We apply logos directly into the floor finish and seal them beneath the final coats, so they wear at exactly the same rate as the surface around them rather than peeling like a sticker.
Artwork is usually straightforward: send us what you have and we will advise on sizing, placement and how it will sit against the court lines. The best moment to do it is during a refurbishment or a new installation when the floor is already open, though we can retrofit into a sound floor as a standalone visit.
Court marking paint is not decorating paint. It has to bond to a sealed sports surface, survive being walked on by hundreds of pairs of trainers a day, resist cleaning chemicals, and do all of that without creating a patch of different grip in the middle of a court, which is a genuine safety issue rather than a cosmetic one.
We use specialist proprietary line marking systems designed for sports floors, applied between coats of seal so the markings sit protected within the finish rather than on top of it. On synthetic and polyurethane surfaces the products differ again, and using the wrong one is a common cause of markings that lift within a season.
Once the lines are down we can carry out slip resistance testing across both the marked and unmarked areas, so you have written evidence that the whole playing surface performs consistently.
Yes! We can sand down your current lines and repaint over the old ones or even create a brand new court. We will then re-seal your entire floor, protecting your lines and the floor itself.
Yes we can. Whether it is your company logo, sports emblem or even school logo, we can create a design that incorporates this. Usually, we will add this to the centre of your court.
Yes we do. If this is something that you require us to carry-out on an existing floor, we can do this. If you have an installation with us or a refurbishment, we will offer this as standard practice. Slip resistance testing is something that is incredibly important for both the performance of a sports floor and also for health and safety reasons.
It depends on how many courts you need and whether the floor is being resealed at the same time. Marking during a refurbishment is far more economical than a standalone visit, because the floor is already prepared. Send us the hall dimensions and the sports you need and we will price it properly.
On timber, yes: old lines come off during sanding and the floor is re-marked from scratch, which is the ideal moment to correct a layout that has drifted out of specification. On synthetic surfaces removal is more limited, so we will assess and advise honestly before promising anything.
Applied properly and sealed within the finish, markings last as long as the seal above them, typically several years of heavy use. They wear fastest along baselines and service areas. When the floor is next recoated the lines are refreshed as part of the job.
For sports hall markings on an existing or as part of a new installation or refurbishment with us, get in touch.