A1 Rubber and JL Turf Group

When it comes to big projects, providing the synthetic surface for FIFA- quality soccer field must be right up there. JL Turf Group has taken up the challenge of installing a FIFA-accredited pitch at Marrickville in Sydney, and A1 Rubber's AeroRoll is a critical component of the finished product.

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The numbers stack up fast when it comes to measuring up a football pitch. For the Fraser Park playing surface at Marrickville in Sydney, installer JL Turf Group ran the measuring tape around, did the figures, and worked out it needed to cover over 9000m2.

And it's not just a matter of rolling out the synthetic turf, as owner Luke Packham explained to Landscape Contractor's goggle-eyed editor.

“With a football pitch, for FIFA regulations, you need an underlay...a pad under the pitch surface,” explained the Sydneysider, clearly fully appraised of the project's requirements and equally confident of his ability to supply them. “We install a drainage-cell layer, then a pad, then synthetic grass on top. In the synthetic grass we have sand infill and performance infill.”

Luke went on to explain the importance of the pad or underlay, outlining its function in absorbing the shock of diving or falling players, and pointing to two crucial parameters.