After years of preparation, the Scale Up Future-Proof Synthetic turf Pitches initiative is now truly getting underway. The Dutch municipalities of Haarlem and Amsterdam are aiming, to a certain extent...
The environmental foot printing of products is inevitable, irrespective of the debate which data set should be used to go forward. Lessons learned in the Netherlands highlight the need for doing the g...
The most sustainabile synthetic hockey surface has gone to ground Is Dry turf losing its moment? Where meteorologists fear a super El Niño weather phenomenon later this year which could lead to widesp...
An Indian cricket star has lived up to his promise to acknowledge the commitment of the grounds team that went out of their way to accommodate his rigid training sessions in the run-up to the T20 Worl...
The R&A and New Zealand Sports Turf Institute (NZSTI) are set to host a five-day Intermediate Certificate Introduction Course in Vietnam. The course is part of the Certificate in Greenkeeping (CIG...
FIFA and the LOC for the 2026 Football World Cup recently hosted a two-day pitch management research field day. The event was attended by FIFA personnel, project members, turf specialists and groundsk...
Barely a few weeks after players of Rayo Vallecano went on strike, citing poor pitches amongst its concerns, LaLiga felt a need to shift the match between Real Sociedad B and Málaga from Zubieta to An...
USA Field Hockey, the national governing body for the sport of field hockey in the United States, has made the strategic decision to concentrate efforts and resources on 11-a-side, the primary format ...
The Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI) has released a best practice guide for water management on racecourses. The guide was developed in partnership with the Horse Welfare Board (HWB) and the Race...
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) of India has expressed concerns that many sports facilities in the country are still relying on groundwater despite the availability of treated wastewater. Particular...