Groundsmen training around the world
As the demand for good quality football surfaces is increasing around the world, so is the number of initiatives to…
FIFA introduces new category
FIFA has announced the establishment of a category that is relevant for football surfaces. In addition to FIFA approved football…
Autonomous mowing robots discussed
Cutting sports fields is one of the most time consuming, uninspiring and repetitive activities one will have at a sports…
App to establish synthetic surface quality
The Spanish Instituto de Biomecánica (IBV) is about to release an app that will help establish the quality of a…
Non-watered hockey turf update
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is pursuing synthetic turf surfaces that have the playing characteristics of wet turf but do…
Belgotex becomes shareholder in the Lano Group
Lano Group has announced Belgotex as a new shareholder in the Lano Group. Lano Group CEO, Joe Lano, says that…
FIFA harmonizes definitions
FIFA has finally adopted definitions for the various types of infill used in long-pile synthetic turf fields. In addition, the…
Synthetic turf quality explained
Polyethylene comes in various qualities, which has encouraged some to start specifying the quality of the raw material in an…
New book on soil
Groundskeepers have the extraordinary task of convincing turf to grow where it otherwise wouldn’t. The sands beneath elite fields, the…
Hockey5s is just an addition
FIH CEO Thierry Weil has dismissed fears that Hockey5s will replace the 11vs11 format, and, as such, force clubs and…