A CLEAN SWEEP FOR GREENTECH
AND GKB
St Andrew’s’ University Park is A programme of consistent high
renowned for its grass pitches being quality pre-season maintenance is
among the finest in Scotland, winning essential and Greentech undertook
high praise from visiting professionals. decompaction and deep cleaning
With such a reputation to live up to it’s of the surfaces using a GKB Quick
important the synthetic pitches are Clean for powerful in-depth cleaning
maintained to equally high standards. and removal of coarse dirt, small
University Park called on the specialist
services of Throsk based Greentech
Sportsturf and their GKB equipment
for that purpose.
The 3G rubbercrumb pitch,
constructed in 2012, is a full size,
floodlit, FIFA 2 Star World Rugby
approved Third Generation synthetic
pitch, used for rugby, football, ultimate
Frisbee and lacrosse as well as a venue
for regular club fixtures.
The Park’s sand dressed pitch is used
as a training and match venue for
a number of sports clubs, including
hockey and football, and is home
to a number of community sports
programes and weekly sports leagues.
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stone particles and loose fibres.
The synthetic turf brush casts
contaminated infill material onto
a vibrating screen for removal to a
collection container, while dust and
fibres are absorbed by a suction unit to
a dust bag.
“We use, in conjunction with the Quick
Clean, a GKB Rotobrush with its extra
rigid bristles for deep compaction and
that loosens up the infill for us.” Says
Ewan Peddie, Greentech Synthetic
Turf Manager. “Then we run our Quick
Clean over the surface, taking out
any contamination from the playing
surface, as well as extracting any loose
These pose the danger of a slippery
surface for players and the Rotobrush
also tackles the problem extremely
effectively.
“We were pleased to be called in by
St Andrews for their maintenance
programme,” add Ewan, “and equally
so for Dundee United FC, where we
carried out similar treatment for their
3G rubber crumb training pitch in
October, to get it to a standard ready
for FIFA approval.”
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