STRI was appointed by Leeds United Football Club to deliver comprehensive pitch testing and agronomic consultancy throughout the 2024/25 season. As a FIFA-accredited organisation for natural grass surfaces and fully qualified BASIS and FACTS consultants, STRI’s technical expertise were engaged to help ensure the pitch met elite performance standards.

Regular quantitative pitch performance testing was carried out with the results being used to inform the club’s agronomic maintenance strategy. This included full FIFA quality testing as well as bespoke assessments tailored to Leeds United’s specific needs. Additional tests included water infiltration rate analysis, compaction severity measurements using a long-stem French penetrometer, and chemical analysis of the rootzone to evaluate soil nutrient availability.

Monthly matchday testing took place at Elland Road, with detailed reports delivered to the grounds team. These reports helped assess how match week/day maintenance inputs affected pitch characteristics and playing performance. The data collected throughout the season was also shared with player performance staff ahead of fixtures and used to guide long-term decision-making.

Tenby golf club is an 18-hole course on the southwest coast of Wales. Due to its location, the course is frequently subjected to storm damage and coastal weather, and the club realised they needed to take rapid action before losing parts of the course to the elements.

Aspire Sports Turf, a joint venture between STRI and Aspire Zone Foundation was launched in 2015 to bolster the sports turf expertise in Qatar. In the months following the launch, AST were awarded the design, construction supervision and maintenance supervision of all pitches for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

The aim of this initiative was to develop a modular pitch solution which included large moveable trays, an automated movement system and a bespoke turf storage facility. This was to allow teams to hold events with ease and facilitate a multievent operation model, thereby maximising revenue potential from stadium facilities.