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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Baker, S. W.;
Canaway, P. M. |
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| Author Affiliation: | The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Title: | The effect of construction type on the drainage, wear tolerance and playing quality of association football pitches |
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| Meeting Info.: | Abstract of paper given at the Seventh Amenity Grass Research Discussion Meeting held at Queen's University, Belfast 18-21 December 1989. |
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 66, June 1990, p. 182-183. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Athletic fields; Drainage; Vertical drainage; Pipe drainage; Waterlogging; Sports turf construction; Sand-based root zones; Playability
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Techniques of sports turf construction have improved to the extent that waterlogging of pitches in the winter months should not be a problem and that consistent playing quality can be achieved. However, pitches constructed to a high drainage specification are inevitably more expensive and the relative cost-effectiveness of different pitch types needs to be considered. The performance of five pitch constructions was monitored during two seasons of simulated wear. The five construction types were: (a) pipe drained only; (b) slit drained at 600 mm centres; (c) slit drained at 600 mm centres but with a protective layer of 25 mm of sand added before the slits were installed; (d) sand carpet of 100 mm medium-fine sand over an intensive system of slit and pipe drains; (e) sand profile with 250 mm rootzone sand and 50 mm blinding over a gravel carpet. The costs for these types of constructions would range from about 7,500 to 85,000 lbs.. Drainage performance varied considerably with, for example, infiltration rates at the end of the first season of wear being 1 mm h-1 on the pipe drained area, 10 and 12 mm h-1 on the slit drained areas, 53 mm h-1 on the sand carpet and 310 mm h-1 on the sand profile area. Ground cover was lost rapidly on the pipe drained area with the sand top and on the sand carpet area, but with increased rootzone compaction the sand profile area retained the most cover. Improved drainage techniques had a major influence on playing quality, particularly the firmness of the surface, ball rebound and ball roll." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: DRAIN |
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| Note: | This item is an abstract only! |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Baker, S. W., and P. M. Canaway. 1990. The effect of construction type on the drainage, wear tolerance and playing quality of association football pitches. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 66:p. 182-183. |
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