Meeting the Growing Demand: Resurfacing Solutions for Aging Synthetic Turf Hockey Pitches
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As the demand for synthetic turf hockey pitches has surged over the past two decades, the number of artificial turf hockey pitches requiring resurfacing has correspondingly increased. With a significant number of artificial turf pitches reaching the end of their lifespan, the need for high-quality resurfacing solutions is on the rise.
Regardless of the playing time and level of maintenance, synthetic hockey pitch surfaces will eventually reach the end of their life, resulting in a significant decrease in pitch performance. PST Sport has extensive experience re-turfing existing synthetic turf hockey pitches.
Does Your Hockey Pitch Need Resurfacing?
How PST Sport Can Help
At PST Sport, we specialise in the design, construction, and resurfacing of artificial turf pitches. With over 12 years of industry expertise, we’ve seen the progression of artificial turf technology and its transformative effect on the sport. Our artificial grass hockey fields are fast and consistent, designed specifically for skilful hockey, offering improved player safety and optimal playing characteristics.
PST Sport’s Unique Approach to Resurfacing a Hockey Pitch
The base is the foundation of field hockey, ensuring quality, safety, and firmness on the playing surface. Given the sport’s reliance on surface conditions for skilful gameplay, the quality of an artificial turf hockey pitch is heavily influenced by its base.
Common Issues with Aging Hockey Pitches
Aging pitches often suffer from subsidence and deformation, posing safety risks and hindering player performance. Whether it’s due to natural wear and tear or inadequate construction, these issues demand prompt attention to maintain the integrity of the playing surface and sustain sports activities.
Our approach is what sets PST Sport apart. We carefully consider your project requirements and tailor a pitch design solution to deliver maximum value for money and return on investment. Utilising our innovative PST Base™ site survey, our team conducts thorough assessments of the ground beneath the old surface, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of its condition prior to resurfacing.
The Importance of Base Assessment in Resurfacing
When resurfacing an existing artificial grass hockey pitch, assessing the base beneath the old surface plays a critical role. The nature of the sport means that precise game play is heavily reliant on surface conditions. Our hockey fields are completely flat, fast and consistent, offering improved player safety and optimal playing characteristics. A slow pitch can hamper game play considerably.
Our Approach
Complete Site Survey: Key to Successful Resurfacing
Prior to works commencing we carry out a complete site survey to assess the condition of the ground underneath the old carpet.
Understanding Subbase Composition and Issues
By scanning the entire surface to determine how a pitch base was constructed, we are able to formulate a cost-effective design to remedy the subbase and provide a long-lasting pitch.
Tailored Solutions Prior to Resurfacing
Leveraging advanced techniques and technologies, we gain valuable insights into the composition of the subbase and the subbase issues. Armed with comprehensive data from our site analysis, we then devise tailored solutions to address the specific challenges facing each pitch. From remedial works to stabilise the subbase to resurfacing with high performance sand dressed hockey carpet and shock pad.
The Surface: FastPro HF Series – Elevating Hockey Gameplay
Engineered for Excellence
The FastPro HF Series is specially designed for hockey, engineered to deliver a first-class playing surface. Featuring strongly tufted turf with PE curly monofilament fibre, a high stitch density, a choice of playing colours and surrounds, it delivers true playing performance and sets a new standard for hockey turf.
Superior Surface Characteristics
FastPro hockey turf is dressed with selected small, rounded, clean sand, to provide a stable, attractive and long lasting hockey surface offering exceptional ball speed and uniformity as well as enhanced durability. The sand layer supports and strengthens the base of the fibres, but no sand is visible on the surface.
Product Features:
✓ Increased roll speed and ball accuracy for flawless ball control
✓ Dense stitch for compact appearance
✓ Optimum ball/surface interaction
✓ Identical unidirectional ball roll
✓ Excellent, consistent foot grip
✓ Low friction in both wet & dry conditions
✓ Superb shock absorbing capabilities
✓ Aesthetic colour innovation
✓ Designed for the highest levels of field hockey play
Get in Touch
At PST Sport, we understand the importance of maintaining top-quality playing surfaces for field hockey. If your synthetic turf hockey pitch is showing signs of wear, or you want to ensure optimal performance for years to come, now is the perfect time to act. Our resurfacing solutions are designed to meet the growing demand for high-performance artificial turf that enhances gameplay and ensures player safety.
If you have a project you would like to discuss we would love the opportunity to meet with you to see how we can help. Contact PST Sport.