The multi-million pound Julie Rose Athletics Stadium in Ashford, Kent, was a wonderful addition to the sporting facilities of south-east England but when it opened in the mid-1990's it became immediately apparent that the central athletics field had severe waterlogging problems and was unusable during wet weather. Turfdry was asked to design a solution. Site factors dictated that a shallow drainage system with minimal gradients was required and conventional plastic pipes would have been unsuitable in these circumstances. Hydraway Sportsdrain however, can function effectively with little or even no gradient and was therefore the obvious choice. The recommended Turfdry Drainage System was installed in early 1998 with Hydraway Sportsdrain at 2 metre centres across the field and provided an immediate effective solution. Open Trenches Sanded Trenches Field back in use Asked for his comments in 2004, client John Barton from Ashford Borough Council said that the Turfdry Drainage System had "turned a nightmare site into an excellent facility which now provides all-year-round use".