Tuesday 15 June 2021

The Silicon Valley of Turf (2021)


A delightful piece HERE in The Guardian about the role the UK has played in recent decades revolutionising the quality of the World's football pitches. The top groundsmen are British, the best place to study 'turf science' is at Myerscough College in Preston, and the reserach knowledge base is centred at STRI (the Sports Turf Research Institute) in Bingley West Yorkshire, close to Bradford.