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On the 24/07/2010 I took part in a ‘Beat The Goalie’ competition for Queen Mary’s Hospital which is the local children’s hospital. The event took place at my workplace Sutton Arena so I was chomping at the bit when my manager asked me if I was interested!

Martin was able to give me some bits for the day at short notice which gave the event the finishing touches. He and Rinat sponsored me for the event and supplied with a black Rinat top and Rinat’s Gladiator glove.

The gloves were fantastic straight out of the packet; all they needed was a bit of dampening and they were good to go. They gripped very well and the gloves fit well. As with most Rinat gloves they do have internal latex which I’m not a fan of but in this glove is doesn’t have full internal latex, more like positioned nodules. Bearing in mind they were worn for a good 3 and half hours in which many fingertip saves and catches were made they didn’t wear that badly. You also have to remember I am diving on mats and it was a dry hot day.

Although it was tiring and I came away with a few grazes it was a great day and we were able to raise around £160 which will go towards building a children’s playground in the grounds. So it was a great effort to raise money for the Queen Mary’s Hopsital and S.T. Helier Neonatal Unit and I hope they get to do everything they were aiming to do.

Also Martin donated a football as a prize which we put into the children’s raffle draw which was won by a lady called Jackie who will now have a happy child to take the ball back to! This is Nikki below who I presented the ball to as she was picking up on Jackie’s behalf.

Martin donated the adidas champions league finale replica ball which retails at £9.99.

A big thank you to Martin and everyone at Great-Save who helped out and supported me in this at such short notice. I really like the gloves and I hope to see more of Rinat in the UK market.

Great-Save has recently reduced the Kaliaaer XGM GS Edition 2 to from £39.99 to £29.99. Not only that but every £10 from each purchase will go to the charity ‘It’s In The Bag’ which is supporting research into testicular cancer. There are limited amount of sizes left so do not miss out on a bargain but most importantly the chance to donate money to a worthy cause.

We are really pleased to announce that three new brands will soon be available from great-save.com . The first to arrive this week is Rinat (pronounced ree-not), this brand was born in Mexico and the range has been developed by professional goalkeepers. Ever since the first sample arrived we were immediately impressed with their combination of eye catching design, high quality manufacture and great performance. As a launch promotion, we’ve knocked nearly 20% off the price of the Rinat Michel glove, which is one of their best selling gloves. Take a look at the full range of Rinat goalkeeper gloves.

Joining Rinat are two more exciting brands OneSport and WarbyGK. OneSport were launched in 2009 and are stocked in a number of Sports Stores around the UK.  Their founder Paul Hider has created a small range of high quality, high performance gloves at a great price point. We’re looking forward to launching their range in next week or so. As usual we’ll make sure we get a video on to Greatsave.TV as soon as we can.

Last but my no means least is WarbyGK. A brand we’ve been admiring from a far up until now. As soon as we saw their range for the 2010/2011 season we wanted to add them to the great-save.com family of brands. WarbyGK was founded back in 2007 and has a growing reputation amongst grass roots keeper and goalkeeping coaches across the whole of the UK. We’ll have the a number of models from the 2010/2011 range available to buy in the next few weeks.

With all the excitement of these new arrivals, we are disappointed to inform you that we won’t be stocking the Kaliaaer range for the 2010/2011 season. As you’ll see from the announcements above, we love to support new brands and every brand we work with is given as much time and support that we can dedicate to help make them a success. Unfortunately due to a number of delays and delivery issues over the past 12 months we’ve decided to give them a season off. Ultimately delays in a product arriving with us means disappointment and frustration for you (our customers), so hopefully you’ll see why we’ve had to take this difficult decision. Hopefully by giving them a season off they can re-organise themselves and come back big and better in the future.

Please welcome Aaron Alleyne-Wake to our blogging team.

Aaron known to many as Dida from TGB he will be posting over the coming weeks. Arron is a passionate goalkeeper who has been playing in goal for about 5-6 years and aspires to play semi professionaly in the coming season
He have tried a lot of brands and has good knowledge of gloves and equipment

Uhlsport’s 2010/11 glove range is now in store at great-save.com.

The stunning new colection fearures some amazing new gloves, one of the key highlights has to be the Uhlsport Fanghand Absolutgrip Advanced. A Reolutionary and brand new goalkeepers glove.  The Uhlsport Fanghand Absolutgrip Advanced is a stunning new glove which has a pecfect fit, great-save.com staff love this glove. Classic cut which is not too tight and not too loose. ABSOLUTGRIP palm, which covers the finger tips, thumbs, and side of the hand, is part of the new design, resulting in an optimal grip area and maximum ball control. The latex fourchettes on the outside of the index finger and small finger provide additional grip. The two ergonomic embossed lines on the palm permit optimal flexibility when hitting or catching the ball, without affecting the grip. The finger position of  FANGHAND is ergonomically pre-shaped and hence simply comfortable. The breathable 3D mesh textile delivers optimal wearing comfort and additional shock absorption. The fastener? New and highly functional for secure fastening. The closure system is a tunnel design for an extension of the palm, and therefore optimal characteristics. There is a special padded zone on the latex backhand as an ultimate means of hand protection! Madness: The FANGHAND.

For more from the new range visit our Uhlsport glove page by clicking this link