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• Hugh Robertson, MP officiates Swadelands School Synthetic Turf Pitch Opening

  Hugh Robertson, MP "scoring a goal" Hugh Robertson, MP for Sport and the Olympics “scored a goal” to officially open the new third generation synthetic turf pitch at Swadelands School on Friday 5^th November 2010.  Swadelands School organised a football tournament on the new all weather surface with music, food and dance to entertain local dignitaries and representatives from the community.

  
  

  McArdle Sport-Tec worked closely with the school and consultant Bob Clipston of Clipston Construction Control to ensure that the STP project was completed on time, Richard Baddeley, Headteacher said “I am extremely happy with the new all weather pitch.  Our students and the local community are very impressed with the quality of the facility.  Despite some setbacks that were beyond the control of McArdle Sport-Tec, they still managed to finish the project on time.  They worked closely with the school to ensure health and safety was prioritised and to ensure their construction work was not intrusive to the school day.  An excellent, well-run project from start to finish”. 

  
  

  TigerTurf's star product “Challenger” was installed by McArdle Sport-Tec at Swadelands School.
  

• University of Worcester hold Festival of Football to celebrate pitch opening

  Having worked closely with the University of Worcester on this project for a number of years McArdle Sport-Tec were extremely proud to attend the opening of the universities new all weather pitch facility.

  
  

  A number of events took place on Sunday 3^rd October to celebrate the opening of The University of Worcester’s new third generation synthetic turf pitch including the blind soccer festival and under 10’s mini soccer tournament

  
  

  Craig Williams, Sport & Recreation Facilities Manager said  “we were delighted to award the installation contract of the new 3G to McArdle Sport-Tec as we knew from previous experience that the company was extremely professional and well organised in the installation of artificial sports pitches.   We are delighted with the installation and the new pitch has been a huge hit with our University football and rugby union programs as well as the community sports team that train with us each week. Once again McArdle Sport Tec have demonstrated their professionalism and delivered an excellent project that has greatly enhanced the sporting facilities at the University of Worcester”. 

  
  

  The official opening was attended by England blind player Lee Greatbach, the Mayor of Worcester, Mike Layland, and University vice-chancellor David Green.

  
  

  The university received a £232,000 grant from the Football Foundation towards the new facility, where McArdle Sport-Tec installed TigerTurf’s Total Turf surface.
  

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