Oxford City F.C 3G Pitch Testing

Testing the 3G pitch at Oxford City Football Club for The FA 3G Pitch Register.

A lovely morning and a great football club to work with!

Oxford City F.C 3G Pitch Register FA Testing

Oxford City F.C 3G Pitch Register FA Testing

Surface Performance now UKAS accredited to test goalposts

Surface Performance Ltd are accredited by UKAS under ISO 17025 to test to the strength and stability requirements for goalposts. This is an important issue in The UK, with several serious injuries and deaths having been caused by falling and faulty goalposts.

Surface Performance Ltd are currently the only UKAS ISO 17025 accredited company with the capability to perform testing in line with both BS EN 748 & BS 8462.  Our goalpost testing service assists facility operators with ensuring that their goalposts are fit for purpose and do not represent a risk to users.

For further information please contact us directly or visit www.goalposttesting.co.uk

Goalpost testing to BS 8462:2005 strength requirements

Goalpost testing to BS 8462:2005 strength requirements

 

FA 3G pitch testing at Charlton Athletic F.C

We have been testing the 3G pitch at Charlton Athletic F.C in line with The FA guidelines today.

AAA FIFA Test Method 04a

AAA FIFA Test Method 04a

Football goal post risk assessment testing

Carrying out risk assessment testing to a football clubs full size goal posts this morning. The independant testing is performed in line with the requirements of  BS EN 748 for cross bar strength and goal post stability.

 

Goal post testing risk assessment to the strength requirements of BS EN 748.

Goal post testing risk assessment to the strength requirements of BS EN 748.

FA testing of the Tiger Turf 3G pitch at Grantham Grange School, Guildford

We have been testing the Tiger Turf 3G pitch at Grantham Grange School in Guildford today for The FA 3G pitch register.

The pitch is almost 5 years old and is still in great condition! Here is the view from above….

Testing of a 3G pitch for The FA 3G pitch

Testing of a 3G pitch for The FA 3G pitch register

Oldham Athletic aerial photographs taken by Surface Performance Ltd

Here is a link to some aerial photographs taken by Matt Heptonstall from Surface Performance Ltd. Matt is responsible for the testing of 3G pitch artificial surfaces across The UK.

http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/article/20140913-aerial-shots-1911293.aspx

 

Oldham Athletic Aerial Photographs

F.A artificial 3G pitch testing

All artificial pitches of all sizes that are used for competitive play must now be tested and certified in line with the British standard for synthetic sports surfaces by an accredited UKAS ISO 17025 testing laboratory.

F.A 3G synthetic pitch testing laboratory

F.A 3G synthetic pitch testing laboratory

Netball Court Slip Testing

We are slip testing three England netball courts today using our Munro slip resistance tester.

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Surface Performance at the top of Kilimanjaro – well done Louis!

A huge congratulations to Louis Morgan who is our marketing intern for reaching the top of Kilimanjaro last week. Louis trekked for six gruelling days to reach the top of the challenging mountain – and he still had the energy left to take a photograph with the Surface Performance banner!

Well done Louis – an amazing acheivement!!

Louis Morgan at the top of Kilimanjaro

Louis Morgan at the top of Kilimanjaro

FA 3G pitch testing in Essex

3G artificial sports pitch testing today at three schools in Essex.

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