A ‘‘hectic’’ year for Forsyth Barr Stadium has resulted in the re-turfing being brought forward by 12 months. Forsyth Barr Stadium turf manager Michael Watson said the re-turfing had been scheduled for December 2020, but because of the volume of events held at the stadium, repair work was needed earlier. ‘‘It’s been a crazy couple of years for the stadium, which has meant we’ve had to bring forward what we’re doing here.’’Overseeing the biennial re-turfing of the grass is Forsyth Barr Stadium turf manager Michael Watson, who examines the remaining natural grass and synthetic fibres left on the pitch after stripping. The stadium used a stabiliser system called Desso GrassMaster, in which natural turf is reinforced with millions of long artificial fibres that keep everything together, he said. ‘‘Everything on top is natural grass, but in the soil profile we’ve got vertical fibres.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 02, 2019 19:18 UTC