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SPORTS&TURF
Sports&Turf is a blend of 90% medium to coarse sub angular sand with 10% British Sugar TOPSOIL. Sports&Turf is ideal for use as a dressing on soil-based winter sports pitches, golf fairways, tee’s and tee construction.
Due to the stringent, fully-audited standards rigorously maintained throughout the TOPSOIL business, Sports&Turf has a dependable quality, assured by regular independent analysis.
As a natural product Sports&Turf does contain annual weed seeds which will emerge. These are easily managed using normal weed-control methods.
Sports&Turf is independently analysed by both STRI and Tim O’Hare Associates.
- Delivery: minimum order of 20-tonne load or 28 bulk bags
- Collection: no minimum order
STRI Statement
"Sports&Turf is suitable for use on natural soil constructions and offers the advantage of providing nutritional benefit to the turf, as evidenced by turf green-up seen on test plots in Autumn 2017"
Soil scientist Dr Christian Spring BSc (Hons), PhD
Features and benefits
| 90% Total sand | Free Draining, Easy to apply |
| Sub-angular Sand | Open and free-draining. Less likely to cap |
| Typically contains 50% coarse and Medium Sand | Free draining, encourages healthy root growth |
| BS3882:2015 added Compliant Topsoil | Promotes and sustains growth, greens up turf Nutrient retentive, assists seed establishment |
| STRI Analysed | Peace of mind |
| Saturated hydraulic conductivity Average 10mm/hr | Water freely moves through the surface |
Typical rates of application
Rugby/Football pitch
50 tonnes to 100 tonnes
Golf Tee
15kg/m2
Fairways and lawns
10kg/m2
Storage
Sports&Turf is stored under cover ensuring it arrives at your project in optimum condition. To maintain the product’s consistency and ensure easy application it is advisable to keep it covered if it is not being used immediately.
Application
Sports&Turf is a specific dressing blending 80% coarse to medium sub angular sand with 20% British Sugar TOPSOIL. This results in a 90% sand free draining fully analysed dressing for use on golf courses (fairways, tees and approaches), winter games pitches and lawns.
Weed control
All British Sugar’s TOPSOIL products are derived from prime arable soils and their natural fertility will encourage good plant growth but this does mean weeds need to be controlled.
Our Sports&Turf accreditations:
