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…
Keeping roots warm affordably
With the current cost of energy, it is going to be expensive to maintain the approximately seven degrees grass pitches…
Autonomous mowing robots discussed
Cutting sports fields is one of the most time consuming, uninspiring and repetitive activities one will have at a sports…
Dutch court rules in favor of SBR
Providing a third-generation synthetic turf field is fitted with risk management measures to prevent the spread of polymeric infill outside…
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…
EC about to throw the baby out with the bathwater
Sportsfields.info has reliably learnt that infills made of 100% biodegradable polymers are awaiting the same fate as traditional polymeric infills,…
Synthetic turf quality explained
Polyethylene comes in various qualities, which has encouraged some to start specifying the quality of the raw material in an…
EU infill decision no done deal yet
The decision by the European Commission to recommend the proposed ban on the future sale of polymeric infill and to…
Why sports fields can help managing the water crisis
If only we had considered storing water underneath the approximately 26,000 synthetic turf football fields in Europe when these fields…
EU promulgates restrictions on PAHs
From today, the concentration limit of eight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in rubber granules and mulches used as infill on…