Artificial Pitch


polytan sports surfaces is a global company specializing in artificial turf sports surfaces. Polytan sports surfaces are the most visible component of Polytan GmbH, a German-based manufacturer and installer of synthetic sports surfaces. Polytan sports surfaces have been in use for almost four decades. More than 25 million square meters of Polytan sports surfaces are [...]...View Post


Artificial Turf: A generation ago, a popular TV commercial favorably compared the convincing qualities of a margarine and butter, telling viewers: “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” The modern artificial turf industry can market products with a similar refrain: “As good as grass.” Claiming that synthetic lawns are as good as natural grass is [...]...View Post


sport pitches: If you’re British, chances are you don’t say “sport field” – you say “sports pitch.” It’s a unique colloquial term; the comparable words to sport pitches in American English would be sport field. Technically the official term for pitch in most varieties of sport is known as field of play. But that term for [...]...View Post


The term “sport surfacing specialist” encompasses a lot of territory.  Technically, the person who pilots the riding lawn mower on a natural grass baseball field can be considered a sport surfacing specialist, although it may appear he has no special skills or abilities beyond that of a backyard gardener.  Sport surfacing specialist, however, artificial turf [...]...View Post


artificial Sports pitches are a colloquial term that is somewhat unique to the British form of the English language. The comparable words equivalent to sports pitches in American English would be sports field. The official technical term for pitches in most sports would be considered field of play. However, that term for sports pitches outside [...]...View Post


Sportexe turf is a Artificial Turf found in select athletic field applications. The company’s principle was purchased in 2009 by Shaw Industries Group, Inc., the largest carpet manufacturer in the world and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Sportexe turf has been installed for more than two decades. Such high-profile organizations as the New York [...]...View Post


History shows that hockey dates from the earliest of civilizations; Arabs, Greeks, Persians, and Romans had their own versions, and evidence of a stick game played on pitches by the Aztecs of South America has been unearthed.  (Not to be confused with ice hockey, although some make the pitches that the games have more similarities [...]...View Post


Ask a fan for an opinion on the ideal sports surfaces for athletic fields, and you’re likely to start up a healthy debate. Athletic fields sports surfaces include infilled artificial turf, which has been around for about 15 years; artificial turf (aka AstroTurf) with or without an underpadding, which originated in the Astrodome stadium in [...]...View Post


Sports has become the ultimate reality show – staged by, choreographed for, and performed on television. A major objective for greenskeepers is what are regarded as forever green athletic fields, which have to look their best on TV. To keep athletic fields forever green is their ongoing challenge. Whether they are natural grass or synthetic [...]...View Post


San Diego Artificial Turf installs various varieties of artificial turf (also know as synthetic or artificial grass) for commercial and residential and sports field applications. Our goal is to allow you to enjoy a substantial savings on your water bill, while providing you with an attractive landscape design, and, at the same time enable you [...]...View Post