Go Ahead Eagles future pitch revealed

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October 13, 2023

Dutch premier league football club Go Ahead Eagles will soon start revamping their home ground, including the pitch. What the field will be like was shown at their training ground.

By: Guy Oldenkotte

The plans were revealed by the club’s Operations Supervisor, Ron Janssen, during a joint presentation day GrassMax, Draintalent, Raw Stadia and Covermaster hosted at stadium De Adelaarshorst in Deventer.

“Since our promotion to the Eredivisie in 2013, which happened completely by accident, we have been steadily building our future. This year, we redid our training field. Next year, we will replace the main field before replacing two of our stands,” he explained.

“The training field had become too sandy and had a greasy top layer.” To prevent this from happening in the future, Go Ahead Eagles invested in a Draintalent, a Dutch invention that manages moisture and oxygen levels in the soil. The field is currently being reinforced by GrassMax. Next year, the same combination will be installed inside the stadium.

German solidity

The training field is currently being stitched with 20cm long artificial grass yarn. “18cm of this goes into the soil, leaving 2cm sticking out on the surface. However, our laser-controlled machines are variable and can also handle depths of only 10cm, while we already work on stitching to a depth of up to only 6cm,” explained GrassMax founder Marc Vercammen. Vercammen was once the driving force behind Tarkett’s Grassmaster.

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