SPORTS SURFACES SISIS SISIS delivers ‘best pitch for 27 years’
SISIS equipment has helped Brentwood Rugby Club in Essex achieve what the club described as its “best playing surface for nearly 30 years”. The recent purchase of a SISIS
Quadraplay and Multitiner drum type aerator – along with a compact tractor – was made possible through an RFU Get Fit for Rugby World Cup 2015 grant to help deliver a high quality natural grass pitch maintenance programme for the club. It follows on from the club taking a
The new surface at the Forest academy TIGER TURF
New surface for Forest academy
Faced with the challenge of attracting and developing the region’s most talented young footballers, Nottingham Forest FC took the decision to install a new outdoor 3G playing surface at its Nigel Doughty Academy. The club contacted TigerTurf, which manufactured and supplied a 7,094sq m Soccer Real 60XQ surface, which was installed by Smith Construction. At the request of the academy coaching staff, the surface was manufactured with markings giving it the versatility to be divided from an FA regulation 11-a-side pitch into four smaller pitches to be used by younger academy age groups. Boasting FIFA 1 and 2 star accreditation, the Soccer Real 60XQ utilises polymer processing which eradicates weak points which may occur in the yarns as a result of the shape, therefore producing excellent split resistance. Gary Brazil, academy manager at
Nottingham Forest, said: “As we aim to achieve Category One status for our academy as soon as possible, it is essential that we offer a top-class facility with top-class surfaces. The new pitch enhances our grass pitches and indoor surfaces.”
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bold step in taking the responsibility to maintain the council-owned pitches it plays its games on. Peter Watson, the club’s treasurer said:
“We approached Brentwood Council to ask for their support in improving the rugby pitches which are in a public park, administered by the council under King
The SISIS Quadraplay and Multitiner drum type aerator in action
Georges Trust. The council were very supportive but pointed out, that like most local authorities, there were constraints in terms of the upkeep of their facilities. “They offered us the innovative solution of the rugby club taking a lease of the pitches over a period of 25 years, thus making Brentwood Rugby Club responsible for the upkeep of the pitches. “That coincided with the RFU launching
two grants for funding leading up to RWC 2015 – one to improve social spaces and one to provide maintenance equipment in partnership with Iseki for the tractor and SISIS for the maintenance equipment.”
SMITH CONSTRUCTION New joint venture completes Marford project
Limonta Smith JV has completed a £185,000 project at Marford Playing Fields, funded by the Football Foundation’s Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund. Marford Playing Fields in Wheathampstead had an existing large playing field, with a small children’s play area and tennis courts, but with no clear access to the playing field, especially for wheelchair users. The new facility provides the community with a seven-a-side 3G football pitch with associated fencing and floodlighting to ensure maximum and safe play, and also a tarmac pathway to allow much needed access across the playing field. The pathway was a key element in the contract to assist disabled users accessing the facility. Julia Warren, from the Parish Council
said: “It’s a fantastic facility, a great asset to the community and we are absolutely delighted with Limonta Smith JV’s professionalism in delivering the project”.
The new facility will provide the community with a seven-a-side pitch
Limonta Smith JV is a new partnership
formed by contractor Smith Construction and Limonta Sport, a FIFA-preferred producer of artificial football turf. The two combined their skills and expertise to form Limonta Smith JV to provide specialist design, build and maintenance services for artificial pitches.
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