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Manchester City’s Grounds Manager, Roy Rigby, talks about his decision to install a Fibrelastic pitch at the club’s training ground
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years researching, observing and testing the Fibrelastic pitches, from Mansfield Sand, that have been installed in other Premier League stadiums and training pitches. He has witnessed, first- hand, the stadium and training ground pitches at Wolverhampton Wanderers, installed in 2010, and recorded their progress throughout the last season. He has also closely studied the performance of Newcastle United’s Fibrelastic pitch at St James Park and their training pitches at Darsley Park, visiting on a regular basis since 2007. As a result he has formed a great relationship with Head Groundsman Michael Curran. The player-friendly and hard-
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wearing nature of Fibrelastic, as well as how players reacted to the surface, prompted Roy to make the decision to install one of their own for the first team at their Carrington training ground. “I saw how the first team at Newcastle
walked across several pitches just to get to the Fibrelastic training area. They realised it was the best surface to play on, which is why they have installed another one. The pitches performed really well last season, despite the extreme weather conditions suffered in the North East, and I’m excited about bringing it to the Man City training ground.” He’s satisfied that the new surface installed on the first team pitch will be well-received: “The players, coaches and physics will love it! It really is at the forefront of pitch technology and will help us to deliver a top-quality pitch for the first team.” Head Groundsman at the
Carrington Training Ground, Lee Metcalfe, agrees with Roy after seeing how well the Fibrelastic training pitch performed during an intensive training session at Wolves. “We were lucky enough to witness the performance for ourselves during a visit to see Wayne Lumbard, Head Groundsman at Wolves. You could just feel the difference when you walked across it. We are all really looking forward to working on the new training pitch and I’m confident the end result will be well worth the hard work we’ve all put in.”
The new pitch has been seeded with a new Barenburg formulation BAR 7 grass seed, to add to the
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