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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Gibbs, R. J.;
Adams, W. A.;
Baker, S. W. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Soil Science Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK; The Sports Turf Research Institute, Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK |
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| Title: | Playing quality, performance, and cost-effectiveness of soccer pitches in the UK |
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| Meeting Info.: | 7th International Turfgrass Society Research Conference, Palm Beach, FL, USA, 18-24 July, 1993 |
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 7, 1993, p. 212-221. |
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| Publishing Information: | Overland Park, KS: INTERTEC Publishing Corp. |
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| # of Pages: | 10 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cost efficiency; Drainage systems; Performance factors; Pipe drainage; Playability; Slit drainage; Soccer fields; Sports turf construction
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| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The performance of five construction types of soccer pitch was analysed over a period of four playing seasons with the objective of providing guidelines for helping select and manage natural turf pitches. A principal component of this analysis was to use playing quality measurements to determine the sustainable carrying capacity of the different pitches in order to make meaningful comparisons of their cost-effectiveness. The types of pitch studied were undrained, pipe drained, slit drained, sand carpet, and suspended water table constructions. Upgrading the construction type increased the carrying capacity of the pitches, from less than 50 adult games of soccer per season (late August to April) for a pipe drained pitch on a naturally poor draining soil, to 125-180 adult games per season for sand carpet and suspended water table constructions. Factors associated with poor playing quality, which limited usage, varied from waterlogging on poorly drained pitches to instability and erosion on pitches with sand rootzones. Although good natural drainage was inevitably shown to be cost-effective, it was the slit drained pitches that were principally the most cost-effective form of provision. The application of these results to situations throughout the United Kingdom is discussed." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 11 |
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| Note: | "Symposium address: Chapter 24"
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Gibbs, R. J., W. A. Adams, and S. W. Baker. 1993. Playing quality, performance, and cost-effectiveness of soccer pitches in the UK. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 7:p. 212-221. |
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