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• Marlow HC gets Pro Value

  Marlow Sports and Hockey Club's new artificial turf pitch Marlow Sports and Hockey Club recently held the official opening of the very first Evo Pro pitch from UK based manufacturers TigerTurf.  The opening was attended by both England men and women teams coached by Jason Lee and Karen Brown, playing against the Marlow Hockey Club squads.

  
  

  The new pitch was installed by Premier Partner McArdle Sport-Tec Ltd at the Pound Lane site and was project managed by Boddingtons Chartered Planning Consultants.

  
  

  John Fordham, Chairman of the Sports Club, and Graham Sweet, Chairman of Marlow Hockey Club, thanked all concerned for a job well done, and emphasised how this new facility would help the club especially with their junior development programme.

  
  

  The TigerTurf Evo Pro surface has already attracted interest from neighbouring counties who are also looking to produce similar facilities.  The F.I.H. have also issued a press release on how well this surface can also accommodate other sports often making a substantial difference for ongoing commercial viability.

  
  

  Nick Springate, Business Development Manager at TigerTurf confirmed, ‘Evo Pro is the updated version of our best selling Evolution product and we are expecting record sales of this new improved system over the next few years.  Not only does it offer additional durability reflected by an extended guarantee, Evo Pro also offers top performance meeting performance standards in six different sports.’’

• One year on at Stoke City FC

  Third Generation Artificial Turf Pitch at Stoke City FC It’s now been one year since the successful installation of a FIFA 2 Star Third Generation artificial turf pitch at Stoke City’s state-of-the-art training ground.  By all accounts the pitch has performed superbly throughout the year and is an asset to the club.

  
  

  The pitch was designed by the specialist sportsturf consultancy, PSD Synthetics Ltd, using a 40mm monofilament 3G synthetic turf laid upon a 25mm in-situ shockpad.

  
  

  For more information on synthetic turf pitches for football click here.

• Cheriton Road Sports Ground

  Cheriton Road Sports Ground McArdle Sport-Tec Ltd were proud to be involved with the new £7.8m development at the Cheriton Road Sports Ground.  After a competitive tendering process, McArdle Sport Tec Ltd were selected to construct two full-size FIH standard TigerTurf Evolution artificial turf pitches together with a number of netball courts and cricket practice facilities.  The project also involved the re-modelling of the existing natural turf cricket outfield.  The new development will be a centre of excellence for hockey, cricket and netball.

  
  

  In conjunction with a new floodlighting system, one of the new TigerTurf Evolution synthetic turf pitches also benefits from a newly installed irrigation system used to replicate the playing characteristics of a water-based playing surface for top level hockey.

  
  

  The project was funded by a donation from the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust and the land provided by Shepway District Council.  The facility is owned and run by The Cheriton Road Sports Ground Trust made up of volunteers from the local sports clubs.

  
  

  For more information on synthetic turf pitches for hockey click here.

• McArdle Sport-Tec Ltd race straight into the charts with Matt Cardle at The Evelyn Grace Academy

  Evelyn Grace Athletic Track Matt Cardle, the 2010 X Factor winner, was spotted filming for the video to his debut single Run for your life at the award winning Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton. 

  
  

  McArdle Sport-Tec Ltd were appointed  by Mace Plus to construct the five lane polymeric sprint straight featured in the video, and also constructed a Third Generation (3G) synthetic turf pitch for the Academy.

  
  

  The Evelyn Grace Academy’s building was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, and has recently been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize.

• Bath Rugby Club’s New 3G Training Pitch

  Bath Rugby Club's 3G ATP McArdle Sport-Tec Ltd have completed the installation of a Third Generation (3G) synthetic turf pitch for Bath Rugby Club at Farleigh House, Bath Rugby Club's administrative headquarters and training ground.

  
  

  Bath Rugby chose TigerTurf Total Turf 65 for their 3G artificial surface, as used for other top rugby installations, including the WRU headquarters and Twickenham.  TigerTurf stated that together with McArdle Sport-Tec ‘we have delivered one of the best dedicated rugby training facilities in the UK’.

  
  

  David Reid, Estate Manager of Farleigh house commented that ‘We were given the task of creating a 3G pitch to add to the training facilities of Bath Rugby Club here at Farleigh House. McArdle Sport Tec gave us a very competitive quotation and despite challenging terrain and weather conditions completed the job within the agreed time scale.  Everyone agrees that the finished product looks superb!  We were very impressed with the whole team ably led by David Darnell’.

  
  

  The project was overseen by the specialist sports pitch consultants, STRI.
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