Comprehensive Drainage Project Continues at Sundridge Park Golf Club

Sundridge Park Golf Club boast two eighteen-hole courses tucked away in a beautiful pocket of greenery in an otherwise bustling and urban part of Kent, and has been offering picturesque and challenging golf to members for over a century. In recent years however, one of the biggest challenges on the course – for both golfers and greenkeepers alike – has been increasingly waterlogged greens, diminishing an otherwise superlative golfing experience.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK CONTINUES INVESTMENT INTO ITS WORLD-CLASS SPORTING HUB WITH NEW PITCH DRAINAGE FROM TURFDRY

Following a competitive tender process, Turfdry were appointed by the University of Warwick to install new drainage systems on a trio of sports pitches as part of the ongoing £49 million investment project in its sporting facilities. This project is driven by the objective of enriching its students’ lives, empowering and inspiring them to embrace the opportunities offered by sport as part of a well-rounded life, to make the University into the country’s “most physically active campus”..

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Repton School's Commitment to Sporting Excellence Continues with the Installation of the Turfdry Drainage System

Located in the historic capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, Repton School has a strong lineage of both academic and sporting excellence, boasting a number of international and Olympic athletes amongst its alumni, as well as internationally renowned figures such as Jeremy Clarkson and Roald Dahl. Taking great pride in not just sporting excellence, but also the integration of sport into a well-rounded and rewarding education, the school has invested over £6 million in its sporting facilities since 2018 to lay the foundations for future generations of budding athletes and sporting stars.

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Enfield Residential Flood Prevention Scheme Activates

The Environment Agency’s Salmons Brook flood prevention scheme – constructed in 2014 in response to dramatic increases in high-volume storm events and residential flooding - was called into action for the first time in early 2021. As per the scheme’s design, this deluged the 1st, 2nd, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th & 18th holes, leaving them flooded up to 3 feet deep in places.

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Rugby Pitch Drainage Project Begins at Exeter Athletic RFC

Turfdry have begun the installation of an extensive drainage system on behalf of Exeter Athletic RFC, covering three pitches at their Bravelands home. Following the announcement of a landmark partnership between the club and Exeter College in August of this year, investment is being made into the pitches to provide top quality pitches that can withstand not only the elements, but also the high volume of rugby they will host: not only the fixtures for the club, but also those for the Exeter Chiefs Rugby Academy as well.

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Turfdry MD Melvyn Taylor Speaks with the Leader's Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

The Leader’s Council of Great Britain & Northern Ireland is chaired by former Home Secretary David Blunkett, and is tasked with both celebrating and empowering business leaders across the country. Turfdry MD Melvyn Taylor was invited onto the most recent episode of the Leader’s Council podcast to share his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities of business in such uncertain times.

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"IF YOU BUILD IT, HE WILL COME"

Though Turfdry’s work constructing the facilities at Hanley Town FC Academy wasn’t inspired by whispered words on the wind, but rather by the firm’s impeccable reputation, the famous phrase from 1989’s Field of Dreams – “Build it, and he will come” – could not have been more fitting given Hanley Town FC’s recent signing of The Greatest Football Player Who Has Ever Lived Or Ever Shall Live: Ricardo Fuller.*

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The Turfdry Drainage System Installed at Sherborne St. John FC

Sherborne St John Football Club, based in Basingstoke, has an excellent reputation for strong youth football development, boasting a dozen teams affiliated to the Hampshire FA. Despite the good reputation of its home ground – at Chute Recreation Ground – as being a good playing surface, it has been suffering in recent seasons with persistent waterlogging that has undermined not only individual fixtures, but also the broader operations and reputation of the club.

With substantial drainage improvements being designed to last around 30 years, a crucial ambition of the waterlogging mitigation project was to maximise the cost-effectiveness of the drainage installation, so that the hard work of the club’s volunteers in organising it would continue to pay off for future generations of the club’s players.

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New Drainage System for Sutton Coldfield Juniors FC

Sutton Coldfield Juniors FC the latest club to embrace the technical superiority of the Turfdry Drainage System using Hydraway Sportsdrain as the long-term solution to pitch waterlogging.

Coming as part of a period of consistent investment, which included the construction of brand-new pavilion facilities, the new drainage system - primarily composed of Hydraway Sportsdrain installed at 3m spacings – also included the installation of a number of additional arterial drains to facilitate more cost-effective drainage improvements to the rest of the site, which is located to the rear of Bishop Walsh School.

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Changing Seasons Bring Challenges to Salesian School Pitch Construction Project

With Turfdry rapidly approaching the 25th anniversary of its first ever project - a football pitch drainage installation at Garth Park for Rhondda Borough Council, when the entire business comprised himself and Stuart Wormleighton, who remains Turfdry’s Site Manger to this day - it is an increasingly rare sight to see MD Melvyn Taylor digging trenches in the rain.

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COVID-19

With the shocking events of the global COVID-19 pandemic throwing much of the world into disarray, there is a dark shadow of uncertainty looming over industry, the economy, and – most significantly – our collective capacity to react to these unprecedented times in a way that minimises the risk to life.

We are pleased that - following consultation with Health & Safety professionals, as well as with the regularly updated government guidelines – Turfdry has integrated ‘COVID-Aware’ practices into every aspect of its workflow, and can confidently deliver projects in a practical, and above-all safe manner.

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Turfdry Greens Drainage Project at Sundridge Park Golf Club Turns to East Course

After the resounding success of the greens drainage works carried out by Turfdry on all 18 greens of Sundridge Park’s West Course in 2015 & 2016, the club had engaged Turfdry to begin two phases of greens drainage to cover all 18 holes of the East Course. However, wet winters have contributed to increased fairway drainage issues on the West Course’s fairways, leaving many of the newly dry greens stranded. Consequently, the club opted to delay the drainage works to the East Course by twelve months in order to focus its efforts on the West Course, installing fairway drainage in key problem areas over four holes. 

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Another Successful SALTEX

It’s been another busy couple of days at the NEC, with the Institute of Groundsmanship’s SALTEX show giving Turfdry an opportunity to talk with visitors from all over the world about our nationally renowned natural pitch construction projects, as well as the revolutionary drainage performance of Hydraway. More than that though, the show represents an excellent time to take the pulse of the industry, with people from every role at every level of grounds management roaming the show floor, each with their unique perspectives.

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Rigorous Pitch Maintenance Pays Off at Kingley Gate

Establishment of the newly constructed pitches at Kingley Gate is progressing nicely, with ongoing maintenance of the project being delivered by Turfdry.

Although a pitch’s construction lays the most fundamental foundation of its quality, the careful, rigorous maintenance required to establish a healthy, durable sward should not be overlooked. Although some of our clients opt to manage this themselves, the majority entrust this process to Turfdry’s nationally recognised expertise in the field.

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Great Harwood - Turfdry Facilities make a 'REAL' Difference at Great Harwood Rovers FC

Turfdry constructed a new pitch for Great Harwood Rovers FC in 2016, on behalf of Reilly Developments had purchased the club’s existing site for commercial development. Having been engaged to undertake a topographical survey once a suitable site had been identified, Turfdry designed a pitch layout to Sport England recommended gradients, and 3D land remodelling using sophisticated LSS software.

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