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Pauline Johnson Collegiate is a composite high school in Brantford, Ontario with departments specializing in both vocational and collegiate educational strategies. The school’s athletic department offers a variety of teams for competitive play under the Thunderbird mascot.
Kiwanis Field was a dream for the community that was six years in the making at its opening in 2016. The publicly-funded facility features many new amenities to the Brantford community, including a world-class synthetic turf field manufactured by Act Global. Kiwanis Field at Pauline Johnson Collegiate is FIFA 2 star certified, meaning that the pitch provides maximum performance in shock absorption, deformation, ball roll and rebound, and rotational resistance. This means that the student-athletes at Pauline Johnson have access to a field that is certified for world-class safety to minimize the risk of injuries.
The new facility was imagined to provide more access to health and sports opportunities for the community and to meet the requirements for Special Olympics practice and competition. The professional-quality soccer and football synthetic turf system is also used to attract more demanding competition from local Hamilton Tiger-Cats Minor Sports Program.
This installation was possible through the expert work of our partner, Carpell Surfaces. Carpell Surfaces is a leading supplier and installer of synthetic sports surfaces across Canada. The company has an excellent reputation for top-quality installations in sports facilities at major universities, colleges, and schools, as well as high-profile sporting events such as the 2015 Toronto PanAm/ParapanAm games and the 2015 Women’s World Cup at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium.
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Our team couldn’t be more excited to be exhibiting in our headquarters state at the Texas High School Athletic Director’s Association 2018 State Conference. The Act Global booth is officially set up at Waco Convention Center, and the team can’t wait to visit with everyone attending the event over the next two days.
Act Global is joining athletic professionals from across the state to share ideas and experiences of how athletic surfaces can continue to be improved. Act Global is committed to continuously researching technologies to make synthetic turf even safer and more durable so that athletes can perform at their peak. THSADA takes a holistic approach to educating directors of how to fun a successful athletic program that starts with the student-athletes. This aligns with Act Global’s continuing commitment to create synthetic turf systems that maximize safety and performance for players.
The Texas High School Athletic Directors Association champions effective athletic administrations through professional development and leadership and support opportunities. Currently, in its 47th year, THSADA serves more than 850 athletic directors across the state of Texas, in more than 1,800 secondary institutions.
Be sure to speak to a member of our team about our investments into research and development and testing to ensure Act Global artificial grass remains elite-level quality.
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
On a Tuesday evening in the early summer of 2015, the Women’s FIFA World Cup was in full competition with a semi-final match of the United States against Germany. The teams came together at Montreal’s Olympic stadium and drew in a crowd of 51,176 people. Predictions were split on the outcome, each team has an exceptional track-record and are filled with some of the world’s most elite players.
While the best athletes from around the world relied on the performance of the synthetic turf and the eyes of fans back home were watching, it was crucial for the pitch to be perfect.
Precision and a dedication to quality and flawlessness set Act Global synthetic turf systems apart. A singular focus on unparalleled leadership in each step from manufacturing to the installation of our artificial turf is the Act Global commitment. In addition to our own dedication to excellence, Act Global selects only the most highly skilled and devoted installation partners. Installation of this stadium would not have been possible without our Canadian Partner, Carpell Surfaces.
Interested in contacting Carpell Surfaces for a professional synthetic turf field?
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
Act Global has been awarded the FIFA Quality Pro certification for the San Lazaro Leisure complex in Cavite City, near Manila, Philippines. As the country’s first FIFA Goal project, the pitch transformed a previously unused site into a world-class field, meeting the highest international performance and quality standards for elite level football.
The certification is a culmination of efforts that began at the groundbreaking of the facility three years ago. Despite several striking engineering challenges due to topographical and geotechnical issues, our specialist engineer Mr. Bert Hammes utilized his years of experience to offer a design solution that created a stable, permeable base on this challenging site. Previously, the area had been an uncontrolled dumping site for the past ten years and lacked the required stability for sub-base construction. The addition of underground water flows and structures were truly challenging. The site is envisioned to become the training center of the national teams as well as host international competition, friendly matches, and other related events.
“We are delighted to achieve this Quality Pro certificate. FIFA Goal projects are a true challenge in terms of design, civil engineering, installation, and maintenance training, and it is a testament to our engineers and installers that the field has been so well received by the Philippines Football Federation- and most importantly the players,” comments regional manager Daniel Clapham. “It is a privilege to be a part of the Philippine initiative to accelerate the growth of the sport and supply the country with a synthetic turf field that spearheads safety, durability, and performance.”
The turf, using a Mattex fiber manufactured at Act Global’s Asian production facility, offers the Philippine Football Federation a high-performance surface with proven durability. Full maintenance training was given to the local groundskeeping staff by our dedicated installation team to ensure the players will reap the full benefits of the top quality field maintenance equipment supplied by Act Global as part of their FIFA Goal project.
According to feedback from the Philippines Football Federation, there is little doubt that this installation is the paramount football turf field in the country.
For further details of how Act Global solved the above issues and successfully delivered this FIFA Goal Project please contact Act Global at info@actglobal.com
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About Act Global
Act Global is a world leader in synthetic turf technology with an ISO 9001 Quality Certified manufacturing facility in Calhoun, Georgia, and field installations in over 80 countries. Act Global has supplied its Xtreme Turf synthetic turf to over 600 football fields. Act Global is a FIFA Quality Licensee and preferred supplier for World Rugby, the International Hockey Federation, and the United Soccer League. The Act Global UBU Speed Series is the leading brand for NFL & NCAA Division I Football Fields has been featured in the New Orleans Superdome 2013, New York Met Life Stadium 2014, Houston NRG Stadium 2017 and Minneapolis U.S. Bank Stadium 2018. Earlier this year, Act Global also produced and installed the playing surface at the New Orleans Superdome in 2017. For more information, visit http://www.actglobal.com
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
This week Itanagar, India celebrated the opening of the opening of the city’s first synthetic turf pitch at Sangay Lhaden Sports Academy. The inaugural event gathered together Arunachal Pradesh Chief minister Pema Khandu, Sports Parliamentary Secretary Nyamar Karbak, legislator colleagues and officials from the sports department, and the Arunachal Junior (U-19) football team to the state’s capital to commemorate this stride to further advance football within the community. After congratulating the football team for representing the state in the Junior National Football Championship earlier this year, the artificial grass field was utilized for the first time in an inaugural friendly between CM XI and the Arunachal Football Association.
The new artificial grass field stands beautifully, nestled in between the surrounding landscape’s trees and mountains. Itanagar’s humid, subtropic climate can often cause over 20 rainy days per month from April to September, making it difficult for football teams to practice outdoors. Act Global’s Xtreme Turf is durable through all weather conditions and allows athletes to get back on the field quicker after a storm- dramatically increasing the ability to play. The artificial grass field now stands as a prominent facet of the community after the plan for the field was approved back in 2011.
This installation would not have been possible without our exclusive partner, Decor India. The team from Decor India expertly installed the Act Global Xtreme Turf for Sangay Lhaden Sports Academy so that athletes will have access to a field that will allow them to lay longer and harder.
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com