SPORTS SURFACES
LAYING IT DOWN
From Russia's first high-technology natural pitch to rejuvenated tennis courts; a look at recently completed sport surface projects.
TOM WALKER JOHNSONS SPORT SEED
Re-turfing of Ferencvaros pitch
Due to Hungary’s continental climate – with hot summers and bitterly cold winters – pitches there are normally turfed with grass imported from elsewhere in Europe. The Ferencváros Stadium in Budapest is no exception, with a new pitch sown with Johnsons Sports Seed J Premier Pitch. The stadium – home to Ferencvárosi
TC, Hungary’s most successful club – has become the first fibresand and seeded pitch in the country. Premier Pitches KFT has been heavily
involved in the reconstruction. The family- run business, owned by Istvan Bekefi, not only conducts pitch and stadium renovations but has now been appointed
as the Hungarian distributor for UK-based Johnsons Sports Seed. For the re-laying of the pitch, Premier Pitches used Johnsons Sports Seed J Premier Pitch and the turfing project was completed at the end of August 2014, in time for the new season. “I have used other seed in the past,” said Bekefi, “but can comfortably say that
The club is the first in Hungary to have a fibresand and seeded pitch
Johnson’s is the best seed I have ever worked with. I and the whole team are very impressed with the results achieved using J Premier Pitch.”
REPLAY Renewed vision
Sussex County Lawn Tennis Club (SCLTC) has had two of the club’s four artificial tennis courts restored to an ‘as new’ condition. The work, undertaken by Replay Maintenance, included a full site survey, which revealed that the artificial turf courts were of sound construction, but were suffering from the consequences of age, with contaminated materials affecting both the aesthetics and performance. SCLTC opted for the the Replay
Rejuvenation process, which restores sand-filled synthetic surfaces to an 'as
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What once was – before and after shots of the courts, showing the improvements
new' performance and appearance, often doubling the playing life of a pitch or tennis court for a fraction of the cost of replacing the carpet. Unlike replacing the artificial surface, the Replay Rejuvenation
can also be completed in days - saving facilities time and minimising loss of revenue. The system is also effective on long-pile surfaces – extracting the infill to any chosen depth.
sportsmanagement.co.uk issue 3 2014 © Cybertrek 2014
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