St. Olave’s Grammar School
Sand-dressed pitch construction
Sand-Dressed Pitches
There are three main types of synthetic 2G sports carpets, often known as ‘astroturf’:
- Sand-filled
- Sand-dressed
- Water-based
A Sand-dressed playing surface is now the most popular and widely used artificial turf for hockey pitches and MUGAs, offering very quality play characteristics.
Sand-dressed artificial turf is a high specification synthetic sports surface designed for fast paced hockey. Unlike sand-filled (traditional astroturf) pitches, the playing surface is only partially filled with sand so the game is played on the sports carpet, not the sand infill.
A sand-dressed surface meets FIH Category 3 specification.
FIH Quality Categorisation
Category 1 – Global Elite
Non-filled water based surfaces that are primarily used for FIH World Level International Competitions.
Category 2 – Global
Non-filled water-based surfaces that are primarily used for lower level international and top level national competitions.
Category 3 – National
Normally sand dressed or sand filled surfaces designed primarily for hockey. This category of surface is normally used for lower level national, regional and club play.
Category 4 – Multi-Sport
Surfaces designed for a number of sports and on which basic community and development level hockey can be played.
Our Recent Projects
Sand-dressed pitch construction
Taunton School
Hockey facilities construction
St Nicholas’ School
Hockey Pitch Construction
St. Augustine of Canterbury Catholic School
Sand-dressed MUGA construction
