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Indoor Install with Genesis Turf Keeps Kids Active in Any Weather!

In 2012 an old abandoned warehouse with unlimited potential was discovered and its future owners envisioned both the services they could provide and what the building could become. In January 2013, LAB Sports Performance — Roanoke’s premier workout and training facility — was founded. Since its opening, LAB Sports Performance has been training athletes of all ages, and walks of life, to help them reach their training goals. LabSports decided to partner with Sporturf dealer Genesis Turf to install a top-quality...
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Trimming Selvedge from Foam Backed Product

When trimming the selvedge on a foam backed product you will need some tools to help you complete this.  You will need a: carpet knife or slide knife. replaceable blades. T-shaped Hex key (3/32” or 6 mm) Unroll the foam backed synthetic turf face up.  Starting at the edge of the roll at the selvedge you will find the stitch rows.  From the selvedge, count in 2 stitch rows.  Starting at the edge of the roll, take your T-shaped hex...
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Sporturf™ Partners With Major Arena Soccer League

Sporturf™ and Sporturf International are pleased to announce our newest partnership with the Major Arena Soccer League becoming  the official turf provider of the MASL. “We are thrilled to provide the MASL with most advanced indoor artificial turf system available. The indoor product FastGrass™ allows athletes to showcase their skills without worrying about the surface they are playing on” said Kevin Barker Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

The MASL wanted a quality product and brand that they knew would be durable and high quality, which is why they chose Sporturf™ and Sporturf International as their official provider. In fact, the MASL includes many fields that already have Sporturf™ FastGrass™ product on it, Including Milwaukee Wave, San Diego Sockers,  Ontario Fury, Mississauga MetroStars, Upcoming: Kansas City Comets, and Dallas Sidekicks.

According to Joshua Schaub, MASL Commissioner, “As the highest level of arena soccer in the world, the playing surface is vitally important to the very nature of our game. As the MASL continues to grow, we are excited to have Sporturf as our preferred partner.”

Sporturf International President agreed stating, “I’m very excited that Sporturf International has been selected as the official Turf supplier for the Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) and that we are able to continue producing and installing great fields for the league’s teams and its subsidiaries. We are very much looking forward to a long and lasting partnership and we wish the league long lasting and continued success.”

The 2017-2018 MASL season marks the second for Joshua Schaub as Commissioner. Prior to his arrival to the MASL, Mr. Schaub was a minor league baseball team owner/CEO, a co-founder of Da Beauty League, an adjunct law school professor (sports law), and an Associate Scout for the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Major Arena Soccer League represents the highest level of professional arena soccer in the world. The MASL features teams across North America, with teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The MASL is currently incorporated as a 501(c)6 not for profit corporation formed to promote the business and sport of arena soccer.

About Controlled Products and Sporturf™:

Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Controlled Products (www.cpturf.com) produces the highest quality synthetic turf in the industry for every possible application. Sustainability, innovation, research, the ability to customize deliverables and the use of advanced, state-of-the art technology are key priorities for the organization. Established in 1989, Controlled Products is an ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 company. As a founding member of the Synthetic Turf Council (STC), and a STC Certified Manufacturer/Supplier, their expertise is unmatched in the industry. Their synthetic turf products are currently in use in thousands of athletic fields, playgrounds, landscape projects, golf courses and indoor sport facilities throughout the world.

 

Sporturf™ is leading the way in the synthetic turf industry with Game Ready, an entirely new product line up that allows owners, coaches and players to focus  on the training, speed of the game and safety, all the things that matter. Game Ready is a no-nonsense product that was developed with all the performance characteristics players, coaches and owners demand. Game Ready is designed to provide facilities a premium and hassle free solution.  The product installs in days and has no infill requirements making the product sand and rubber free.

 

Controlled Products is the parent company of Sporturf™  (www.sporturf.com) which supplies large athletic facility customers and sells and installs athletic fields through preferred partners;  Synthetic Turf International™ (www.synthetic-turf.com),  whose network of distributors installs synthetic turf for golf, landscape, playground, pet turf and indoor sporting facilities;  GrassTex™ (www.grass-tex.com), which distributes products through retailers, carpet stores and rock yards; Grass Turf Mills (www.grassturfmills.com), manufacturer of private label brands for dealers and resellers and Aqua-Fab, designer of custom logos and images for synthetic turf projects. To learn more, visit www.cpturf.com, call (800) 562-4492 or contact the company at Controlled Products, LLC, 200 Howell Drive, Dalton, Georgia 30721

Sporturf Dealer Worldwide Turf Canda Dominates with FIFA Field in Aurora

Building upon the theme of sport tourism and sport development, the Town of Aurora now has its first FIFA Certified artificial turf soccer pitch at Stewart Burnett Park completed this fall, by Worldwide Turf Inc, from Barrie, ON.   Contributing to the town’s plan to become “Canada’s most active community, it will also facilitate the needs of the soccer community as well as the Aurora FC Semi-Professional league. The 84,000 sq ft soccer pitch was manufactured at the Sporturf facility in...
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SCG Fields Installs Multipurpose Soccer and Football Field in North Miami

Recently SCG Fields, LLC worked with North Miami Athletics to install a Sporturf™ multipurpose soccer and football field in Miami, Florida.  Officials from North Miami Athletics worked the SCG and Sporturf team to choose a color for the coaches’ boxes that would very closely match the newly resurfaced track. The turf system that was selected consisted of Sporturf™ GameChanger paired with an alternative infill called Envirofill from US Greentech and a ProPlay shock pad from Schmitz Foam Products.  The entire...
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Grants Pass All-Sports Park Soccer Field

Sporturf™ dealer Dale Collett of Synthetic Turf Consulting installed this soccer field for Grants Pass High School in Grants Pass, OR in 2017.  Dale and his crew utilized over 100,000 square feet of PowerHouse synthetic turf to complete this project, including prefabricated lines. In the United States, Soccer is one of the most rapidly growing sports and around the world it is by far the most popular sport surpassing basketball and football. This is where the need for synthetic turf...
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PowerHouse is the Chosen Turf at The Inn at Saint Mary’s

  Recently Sporturf dealer Genesis Turf installed Sporturf's PowerHouse at the Inn at Saint Mary's in South Bend, IN. They needed a durable multipurpose product that they could rely on. PowerHouse was a perfect choice. Extreme durability is essential in delivering the highest standard of play and longer useful life. Designed to withstand the rigors that you throw at it, the PowerHouse Series meets those standards and rises to the challenge. From football, soccer, lacrosse, and even band practice, your...
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All-Star Team Grows; Matt Riggs named Business Director of Sporturf™

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dalton, GA September 9th – Controlled Products Vice President of Sales and Marketing Kevin Barker is pleased to announce that Matt Riggs has joined Controlled Products as Business Director for Sporturf™.  “I am excited to have Matt join Controlled Products. He brings exceptional leadership, experience and market knowledge to our Sporturf™ team,”

Download the full press release here (PDF)

PLAYRITE Installs Sporturf™ at Bob Leonard Park

The project began on May 2nd and completed on July 1st and it was a really smooth installation from the base preparation to the installation of the turf. The Bob Leonard Park project was a public bid. PLAYRITE had previously built another soccer field in the same park for the Town of Farragut in 2013 so the staff knew about the company and their quality of work really well.  They appreciated PLAYRITE’s quality of work and product so much that...
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Worldwide Canada McChord Air Force Base Progress

As of Monday May 25th Worldwide Turf Canada has finished all of the base work on all the fields as well as turf installation on both multipurpose fields. They plan to have the turf complete on 2 of the 4 ball fields by Friday and anticipate being complete in 3 weeks from Monday May 25th. The top image is an aerial shot of the progress thus far. To give you an idea of where we started take a look below....
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