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Sports pitches and tracks STADIAWORLD GER LICHE AL MA RK Q IN N E U G ÜBER A I W L R D I O T N Ä Quality has tradition and that for generations! A T H MÜNSTER N 55 I JAHRE Q T S U I L 0 With our equipment you always have a reason to cheer! AL BU E 6 I TY I T 1 9 SOCCER HOCKEY HANDBALL BASKETBALL VOLLEYBALL TENNIS FOOTBALL RUGBY ICH ICH ICH ICH KL E Q KL E Q KL E Q KL E Q ER U ER U ER U ER U ÜBER A ÜBER A ÜBER A ÜBER A W L W L W L W L D I D I D I D I T T T T N N N N Ä Ä Ä Ä A A A A T T T Wir haben schon Sportgeräte gebaut, T Wir haben schon Sportgeräte gebaut, Wir haben schon Sportgeräte gebaut, Wir haben schon Sportgeräte gebaut, H H H H 55JAHRE 55JAHRE 55JAHRE 55JAHRE S 0 S 0 S 0 S 0 E 6 E 6 E 6 E 6 I T 1 9 da haben andere noch damit gespielt! I T 1 9 da haben andere noch damit gespielt! I T 1 9 da haben andere noch damit gespielt! I T 1 9 da haben andere noch damit gespielt! 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Schäper Sportgerätebau GmbH Telefon: +49 (25 34) 62 17 - 10 E-Mail: [email protected] Nottulner Landweg 107, 48161 Münster Telefax: +49 (25 34) 62 17 - 20 Web: www.sportschaeper.de CONTENTS NATURAL TURF, ARTIFCIAL TURF, CARE & MAINTENANCE 4 CARE & MAINTENANCE 18 INTERVIEW: RUNNING TRACKS & TIM VANLOO (STMA) 26 CLEANING 28 Natural turf: All you need to know at a glance 6 The highest altitude ProPlay® field completed in Bolivia 22 Sports grounds care and maintenance 10 Artificial turf: Cleaning and maintenance 24 World class turf thanks to top overseeders 13 Tim VanLoo: “Controlling water is the most important part” 26 Providing safer playing surfaces 14 Running track and playing field surfaces 28 Dr. Brad Fresenburg: “Excellent statistical analysis” 15 IAAF certificates: Utmost precision for the elite 32 Hybrid turf: Synthetic support for the natural product 16 StadiaPitch powered by Bosch Rexroth 34 Artificial turf: Complex systems for the football pitch 18 Sports Venues Construction 2018/19 36 IMPRINT Stadionwelt/STADIAWORLD Marketing/Cooperations: Schloßstraße 23 Julian Biermann 50321 Brühl Melanie Diekmann Germany Carsten Ponsar René Simon Phone: +49 2232 5772–20 Fax: +49 2232 5772–11 Print: [email protected] Onlineprinters GmbH www.stadionwelt.de www.stadiaworld.com Copyright © Stadionwelt 2018 All content (Texts, photos etc.) of SPORTS Layout: PITCHES AND TRACKS is protected by cop- Ayman Almzayek yright. 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SPORTS PITCHES AND TRACKS TIMELINE Milestones in the development of playing fields 1968 1958 Artificial track The first ‘tartan track’ at a major Under-soil heating event in a stadium was the track First under-soil heating in a used during the 1968 Olympic football stadium in Goodison Park Games in Mexico. Tartan was for Everton FC. The system proved a brand of 3M; Berleburger to be effective as just two years Schaumstoffwerk/BSW (Germa- later the pitch had to be re-laid – ny) acquired the rights for the this time with high-performance brand name Regupol tartan® drainage. in 2009. 1958 1966 Artificial turf The Astrodome in Houston contin- ues as a pioneer of multipurpose, roofed stadiums with the first artificial pitch using the product ‘ChemGrass’ from the manufac- turer Monsanto. From this project the brand ‘Astroturf’ develops. 4 www.stadiaworld.com SPORTS PITCHES AND TRACKS 1996 Hybrid turf In the formerly McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield the first installation of the pioneer product ‘Desso GrassMaster’ of the Dutch manufacturer Desso was completed. A year later Aston Villa and Chelsea FC followed. The pitch in Huddersfield was also the first that was completely renewed in 2011. 2018 1981 1998 2018 Artificial turf Moveable pitch Piled up pitches The first artificial pitch in pro- The first ‘grass drawer’ opened After numerous stadiums have fessional football, Omniturf, was in 1998 in the GelreDome in meanwhile been bult with installed by Queens Park Rangers Arnhem, Netherlands which also retractable roofs and sliding/ in the Loftus Road Stadium, has a sliding roof. The Arena auf configurable pitches, Tottenham London. In 1988 it was replaced Schalke (today VELTINS-arena) in Hotspur present their new stadi- with grass. Germany followed this model in um which features two piled up 2001 while the Sapporo Dome playing fields: Above the artifcial in Osaka, Japan also opened in turf (an NFL appproved field) the 2001 and has natural turf that natural turf field will be rolled out can be driven outside the building on trays. and laid over an artificial pitch. www.stadiaworld.com 5 SPORTS PITCHES AND TRACKS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW AT A GLANCE TYPES OF TURF install, and can be played on after a few days. Under favour- In gardening and landscaping, there are four different types able conditions (the period from around November to March of turf. One of these is heavy wear turf, and sports turf also should not be planned in), seeding takes several weeks. In falls into this category. Other types, for example decorative comparison, rolled turf is more expensive. Over-seeding is lawn turf, are not suitable for sport. Which type of turf or also carried out to revitalise rolled turf. seed mixture is used specifically will depend on the type of sport, the intensity of use and the climatic conditions. As a THE SUBSTRUCTURE rough guide, different seed mixtures are assigned to a wide The turf comprises – with the exception of the extremely simple variety of applications. native soil playing field – only the top layer of a layer struc- ture. According to standardised types of construction, there ROLLED TURF OR SEED are model solutions for different requirements. The retention of Only a short time after it has been laid, rolled turf looks nutrients and moisture is always an important factor. However, no different to a sown playing field. It is simply quicker to above all, the system must be able to drain off excess water. 6 www.stadiaworld.com Picture: STADIAWORLD PRICE COMPARISON FOR ROLLED TURF AND SEED The classic method of sowing grass is considerably cheaper than laying rolled turf, especially when thick sod is used. This means there is a price range which starts at less than € 7,000 for seed with starter fertilisa- tion and follow-up maintenance, and goes up to over € 120,000 for laying thick sod which can be played on al- most immediately. In all cases this requires that the ground has to be prepared flawlessly This is mechanically assisted in some types costs, undersoil heat- of construction by drainage pipes. ing systems are almost AVERAGE VALUES PER TURFED SPORTS GROUND exclusively built into (8,163 m² = 105 m x 68 m plus run-off areas) MAINTENANCE professional stadiums Seeding € 10,000 Without correct maintenance and pro- or training grounds for Thick sod rolled turf € 100,000 fessional staff, sports turf has no chance professional sport. of surviving for its theoretically unlimited lifetime. A series of regular maintenance PROFESSIONAL STAFF & by professionals. In the case of seed- procedures has to be carried out contin- MACHINES ing, these are sports grounds built to uously. In addition, more intensive tasks A greenkeeper – head greenkeepers industry standards. In professional have to be carried out on a seasonal ba- occupy key functions at golf clubs and stadiums special solutions are em- sis, e.g.