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• 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.