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Guy Oldenkotte

Guy Oldenkotte is senior editor of sportsfields.info and has been covering the outdoor sportssurfaces market and industry since 2003
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Money on sport well spent

The Sport Industry Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University has calculated that every GBP 1 spent on community sport and…

TPE infill from salvaged ocean plastics

The new Act Global synthetic turf for Ranney School and Princeton Soccer Academy in Tinton Falls (NJ), the US, has…

Hybrid fields discussed

As the list of hybrid fields solutions is growing rapidly, it is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.…

Dutch city experiments with lava

By using lava instead of Grauwacke to build a subbase, the new synthetic turf football field in Lelystad, Netherlands, will…

Sprinturf acquires organic infill company

Sprinturf has announced the acquisition of GreenPlay Organics, a supplier of plant-based organic infill systems. Both companies have extensive installations…

Syngenta turf publishes South African turf disease guide

The latest turf identification disease guide aims for assisting tur professionals in South Africa in particular to help identifying, controlling…

Germany state bans polymeric infill

The German state of North Rine-Westphalia has decided to only support the construction of synthetic turf pitches that use environmentally…

Introduction EU shockpad standard delayed

The European Standards Committee (CEN) has decided to postpone plans for a European standard for shockpads. 

Infill Working Group makes progress on standard

The ESTC has made another step in paving the way for a European standard for infill material for 3G synthetic…

New research project verifies safe artificial turf pitches

The new synthetic turf pitches at Bergavik sports ground in Kalmar, Sweden, have been fitted and are managed according to…