Women’s World Cup Canada 2015: With Synthetic Turf, Quality Counts

Women’s World Cup Canada 2015: With Synthetic Turf, Quality Counts

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Xtreme Turf at Montreal Olympic Stadium
Photo credit: Tamsin Bussières © 2015 Carpell Surfaces

Demonstrated by the growth of synthetic turf in elite football, alongside numerous studies, high quality artificial turf provides performance and safety advantages for both training and tournaments.

For years, synthetic turf has had a place in both male and female elite football. Last year’s U-20 Women’s World Cup, 2007’s U-20 Men’s World Cup, FA Cup, Champions League and other top clubs across Europe have progressed to synthetic turf as the surface’s popularity continues to grow. Today’s synthetic turf, used by the NFL, FIFA, World Rugby, the International Hockey Federation, and other international sports groups, combines the playing characteristics, look and feel of natural turf, with the advantages of increased frequency of usage, extra revenue generation, less maintenance and water usage, better climatic resistance and fewer canceled games.

As the established surface for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015, synthetic turf provides a consistent and equal playing surface across all tournament venues, while offering performance and safety characteristics benchmarked to the best natural grass.

While previous generations of artificial turf felt abrasive and hard, the synthetic turf industry has heavily invested in research, technology and testing to improve performance and safety features. Extensive research has benchmarked natural grass for qualities such as traction, slip resistance, ball behavior, surface abrasion and foot stability. By choosing high quality synthetic yarns and turf systems from a FIFA Preferred Producer for Football Turf, customers are reassured that the product is engineered, installed and tested to match, if not beat, these benchmarks.

Act Global recognizes the need for a safe, durable, and high-performing playing surface for all men’s and women’s sporting events – which is why we prioritize quality in every single detail involved in doing so. From raw materials, to quality control, to installation partners, we ensure best-in-class performance is consistently delivered to end users. Synthetic turf fibres from Bonar Yarns feature the highest-grade polymers, which undergo stringent quality checks before, during and after the production process. World-class synthetic turf manufacturing from Act Global and professional installation ensures the pitch is executed to the highest international standards of play.

For the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup an independent consultant has tested all six host stadiums to ensure the playing surfaces meet stringent performance criteria. Each pitch is FIFA Certified, meaning it is benchmarked against natural grass characteristics in terms of ball bounce, ball roll, skin abrasion and shock absorption.

The Montreal Olympic Stadium Xtreme Turf pitch, installed by Carpell Surfaces, passed stringent field testing to be certified to FIFA Two Star elite level.

Synthetic turf provides a reliable, all-weather surface that is fit for training, games, elite sporting competitions, tournaments, community events and much more. With an emphasis on synthetic turf quality and performance, players, coaches and fans can focus on the game at hand, not the surface.

Let the World Cup games continue!

** The Montreal Olympic Stadium will showcase Act Global’s highly durable Xtreme Turf DX system, which contains an exclusive fibre blend from Bonar Yarns. The artificial turf has been expertly installed by Carpell Surfaces over a Schmitz Foam ProPlay shock pad and finished with eco-friendly infill.

Women’s World Cup Canada 2015: With Synthetic Turf, Quality Counts

Football Champions on Xtreme Turf

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A reliable, high-quality playing surface performs an important part in the making of a successful team. It keeps athletes safe and training year round, with consistent practice conditions to allow athletes to play their best and hardest at game time.

Congratulations to these 2015 teams playing on Xtreme Turf for their hard work, training, dedication and wins!

Merthyr Town FC, synthetic turf by Act GlobalMERTHYR TOWN FC

With the motto “Progress Through Stability”, Merthyr Town FC is a genuine example of a winning team. Following several years of financial hardship, they have steadily climbed ranks after an outpouring of fan support, and the subsequent installation of a new synthetic turf field. Merthyr Town FC were crowned Champions of the Evostik Southern League South and West Division, and have secured their place in the Southern League Premier Division for next season.

 LLANDUDNO FC

After a memorable season for Llandudno Football Club, the team was declared Champions of the Huws Gray Alliance and clinched promotion to the Welsh Premier League! Team Captain Tom Dix gives his review of the new synthetic turf pitch as “brilliant” in a recent interview. “It’s so much better turning up to games knowing that the surface is going to be nice and allow you to play football,” said Dix.

Crusaders FC, synthetic turf by Act GlobalCRUSADERS FC

Well done to Crusaders Football Club on winning Danske Bank Premiership! Crusaders are a Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premiership.

NEWTON STEWART FC

Newton Stewart FC are in the South of Scotland League, playing out of Blairmount Park on their new 3G synthetic turf pitch. The Club finished 3rd in the league in 2014, and after a great season they were unlucky to finish the 2015 season in 2nd.

Queen of the South FCQUEEN OF THE SOUTH FC

The Doonhamers have had another very positive season in the Scottish Championship, with a new woven pitch installed last August, they will finish in the play-offs. With Rangers and Hearts in the Division it was always going to be a tough hill to climb but once again they have given themselves a chance of reaching the Scottish Premiership. Keep watching for further news…!

 AFC BOURNEMOUTH

The Cherries play in the English Championship and have a chance to secure a place in the richest league in the world, The Premiership, alongside Chelsea, Manchester Utd and City, Arsenal and Liverpool. While they play their matches on a natural surface, their pitch surround is Act Global woven turf.

For those who have completed their seasons we are proud to have played a small part and for those still involved we wish them all the best.

Women’s World Cup Canada 2015: With Synthetic Turf, Quality Counts

Act Global and Carpell Supply Synthetic Turf to Montreal Olympic Stadium

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soccer, football, artificial turfCarpell Surfaces and Act Global will again supply and install the synthetic turf at Montreal Olympic Stadium, which will also be used for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™. This is the first time synthetic turf will be used throughout an entire FIFA senior World Cup. The partners also supplied artificial turf which was used for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2014 with success.

The high-performing FIFA Certified pitch will feature the finest materials for world-class performance. Act Global’s highly durable Xtreme Turf DX system contains an exclusive fibre blend from Bonar Yarns which outperforms other monofilament systems on a variety of measures. The artificial turf will be expertly installed by Carpell over a Schmitz Foam ProPlay shock pad and finished with TPE infill. Following stringent, independent field testing, the pitch will be used throughout the tournament, including the quarter-final and semi-final matches.

The FIFA Testing and Certification criteria are based on the benchmarks of natural grass fields in good condition, to ensure the best playing surface for the elite women’s world cup players. As a FIFA Preferred Producer for Footbal Turf, Act Global has supplied more than 100 FIFA Certified fields around the world.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 will take place from June 6 to July 5.

 

 

 

Women’s World Cup Canada 2015: With Synthetic Turf, Quality Counts

U-20 Women’s World Cup Final Played on Xtreme Turf

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The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup played on Xtreme Turf at the Montreal Olympic Stadium. The artificial turf pitch was built by Carpell Surfaces and achieved FIFA Two Star Certification.

The final matches of the Under-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 commenced this weekend at the Montreal Olympic Stadium. A dramatic finale ended as Germany edged out Nigeria 1-0 in an extra-time goal. In the 3/4 place final, France beat Korea DPR 3-2 to secure the third overall tournament place.

The synthetic turf football pitch at Olympic Stadium was expertly installed by Carpell Surfaces, and features the latest Xtreme Turf artificial turf system from FIFA Preferred Producer Act Global.  This latest technology in artificial sports turf uses an exclusive diamond dual-fiber blend from Bonar Yarns. The Xtreme Turf DX60 system offers the most resilient grass-like fibers, proven by extensive wear testing. The synthetic turf blend provides a natural appearance, while offering optimal performance, comfort and durability. Based on FIFA Laboratory Test results, DX60 achieves high marks on all measures.

The field passed rigorous laboratory and field testing to earn a FIFA Two Star Certification, in which criteria are based on the benchmarks of natural grass fields in good condition. This ensures that artificial turf pitches built to these guidelines will mirror the playing characteristics of natural grass.

The Montreal Olympic Stadium pitch hosted a total of ten tournament games throughout the Women’s Word Cup. Congratulations to the winners and all the players for a fantastic tournament!

Check out video highlights and photos from the final Germany vs. Nigeria match played on Xtreme Turf!

Women’s World Cup Canada 2015: With Synthetic Turf, Quality Counts

Carpell Surfaces and Act Global Supply Synthetic Turf for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

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The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup will be played on Xtreme Turf at the Montreal Olympic Stadium. The artificial turf pitch was built by Carpell Surfaces and achieved FIFA Two Star Certification.

AUSTIN, Texas (July 31, 2014) – Carpell Surfaces and Act Global have been selected to provide a high performance synthetic turf pitch for Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. The stadium will serve for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in August 2014. (more…)