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£2.3 Million Investment Secured to Launch Innovative Vale Park Community Campus

Port Vale Football Club, Port Vale Foundation, and Stoke-on-Trent City Council have secured £2.3 million in Government funding to transform Sproson Park and surrounding areas into a dynamic, multi-purpose Vale Park Community Campus. The project marks a significant milestone in the club’s long-term community facilities strategy and commitment to local regeneration, health, education and community […]

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Premier League and STRI Group document benchmark for pitch quality

The Premier League, widely considered the world’s most competitive football league, understandably put the playing surface at the heart of everything they do. The recently launched Premier League Pitch Standards Framework is a resource that documents the requirements of establishing and maintaining an elite surface, that performs to the highest standards and keeps players safe. […]

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Game, Set, Stats! How the research and data feeds into Wimbledon

With spectators tuning in across the world and over half a million attendees making the pilgrimage to The Championships, Wimbledon every year, the effort required to ensure the grass courts are performing to their highest quality can often be overlooked. Across the two-week tournament, centre court needs to withstand 85 hours of play, so understanding […]

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Yorkshire based business FIFA pitch consultants for World Cups

We have been awarded the role as FIFA pitch management consultant for the 2024-2027 tournament cycle including the FIFA World Cup tournament in 2026.       Often a secondary thought when watching the weekly fixtures, the maintenance and expertise taken to ensure football pitches are kept looking and performing their best, from grassroots to […]