30 | FEATURE: PITCH MAINTENANCE
01 S&C Slatter installed 3G artifi cial pitches at Hampton School
02 Cricket nets at
Sulhamstead & Ufton Nervet School,
refurbished by total-play
03 3G rugby pitches at another
S&C Slatter client school, Shrewsbury House
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he memories of last winter’s atrocious weather still bring out cold sweats in Head Groundsmen up and down the country. Sports masters,
meanwhile, shudder at the thought of another slew of match cancellations. Some are hoping that these weather
events will not be repeated. Others, though, are taking a more pragmatic approach to guaranteeing that training sessions and matches can go ahead whatever the weather. Many independent schools are turning to synthetic turf pitches to guarantee year-round delivery of their sports curriculum. For many years, synthetic turf pitches with sand-fi lled or sand- dressed surfaces have been fairly
PITCH PERFECT
The best synthetic turf pitches can withstand a number of diff erent sports – and even the worst of the British weather. S&C Slatter’s Richard Tigwell outlines the options
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