ARTIFICIAL TURF CASE STUDY - Thornton Sports
PROJECT: Full-size sports pitch LOCATION: Bishop Rawstorne school, Lancashire
The school initially approached Thornton Sports for assistance back in 2012. Following a formal tender process and successful planning approval, Bishop Rawstorne elected to proceed with Thornton Sports to provide the 6,235sq m pitch. The surface chosen was Thornton Sports’ UK manufactured SoccerTurf 40M 3G sand/rubber filled synthetic grass. This surface meets the IATS standard and hence is ideal for football, whilst also being FIH-approved for hockey use.
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orks have recently been completed to provide Bishop Rawstorne C of E Academy in Croston, Lancashire with a brand-new 3G sports pitch.
The size of the pitch was also increased to provide a new
facility approximately 1,000sq m larger than the school’s old facility. The full-size pitch was then enclosed with new perimeter fencing and floodlighting and completed with the installation of sports equipment and construction of a new access path. The sports equipment was supplied and installed by GTC Sports. Work took 12 weeks to complete and was undertaken
within a ‘live’ school environment, hence it was important to ensure efficient and safe site access. A traffic management plan was agreed with the school to identify suitable access routes and delivery times. Risk assessments were also in place to prevent unauthorised site access and ensure access was conducted in a safe manner. Paul Cowley, headteacher of the school, said: “Once work
began we weren’t required to do or manage any aspect unless we wanted to. The build went ahead smoothly, without fuss and was on time.”
The school will use the pitch for football and hockey
CASE STUDY - SIS
PROJECT: Full-size rugby pitch LOCATION: Coram’s Fields park, London
in the heart of the city near Russell Square, the seven-acre Coram Fields park was awarded protected status under the Queen Elizabeth II Fields in Trust 2012 scheme. Operated by a charity, the site caters for children and
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young people and offers a range of sports, particularly football and rugby but also tennis, cricket, basketball and netball. Facilities also include youth and children’s centres, a community nursery, a farm and a café. It is the sports programme however, which is set to expand
dramatically, now that the site’s new 3G synthetic surface, installed by manufacturing and installation specialists SIS Pitches, allows Coram’s Fields to cater for sports programming seven days a week. The contract was awarded by sports pitch consultancy MSC for what is a highly strategic site – and one of very few city centre synthetic pitches capable of sustaining intensive community and club use.
prime London community sporting hub has chosen the latest 3G pitch technology as part of legacy plans ahead of the Rugby World Cup in 2015. Tucked away
The pitch markings will allow a number of different sports “This is our first installation contract in central London and
is a particularly prestigious tender to win,” said SIS Pitches director Phil Blackwell. “To my knowledge, Coram’s Fields is the only full-size facility of its kind in the area.” The Supreme 60 sand and rubber crumb infill surface
can be marked out for several modes of football including five- and seven-a-side and rugby and replaces the existing synthetic pitch that was no longer fit for purpose. The surface is manufactured from the same premier
quality yarn SIS used for the Rugger 65 pitch it supplied for Premiership rugby champions Saracens in early 2013. The contract included improvements to the perimeter fencing and SIS Pitches will maintain the pitch for 12 months, including a deep brush every three months.
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