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.
Read MoreTurfdry 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.
Read MoreNew Rugby Pitch Drainage at Melbourne Sporting Partnership
Melbourne Rugby Club, in Derbyshire, is looking forward to the welcome winter sound of cash registers ringing in the bar, now that its 1st and 2nd Team rugby pitches have had new Hydraway Drainage systems installed by Turfdry.
Read More"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.*
Read MoreOrleton Lane Sports Pitch Construction Phase Complete
As though to mock Turfdry’s efforts to combat the spongey, saturated ground conditions that plagued their pitch construction site at Orleton Lane, Telford, the record-breakingly wet autumn weather was so dramatic that it necessitated the temporary suspension of operations due to the impossibility of construction work on the sodden ground conditions.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreNew 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.
Read MoreChanging 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.
Read MoreCOVID-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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