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SApcA AWARDS
A playing surface described the “biggest breakthrough in hockey since 1976” was among the winners of the 2020 SAPCA Awards 2020
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temporary playing surface,
Hockey is a portable pitch technology,
described as the “biggest
which has been designed to bring hockey
breakthrough in hockey since
back to existing, major venues. It can be
the Montreal Olympic Games”,
installed, used and removed in a short
an innovative piece of testing
space of time on a variety of sub-bases.
equipment and an ambitious sports hub
Stoop in London – home of Harlequins RFC
winners of this year’s SAPCA Awards. The
– into a hockey stadium, hosting England’s
trio beat strong competition from an
home matches against New Zealand.
overall short list of 15 entries. ■■Chris Trickey
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www.sportsmanagement.co.uk
The surface was used to transform The
project have been declared as the tree
The SAPCA Innovation Award was given
“The SAPCA Award tops off the what has been an exciting and at times challenging
to Polytan Sports Surfaces for its Big
process as we worked with colleagues
Stadium Hockey solution. Big Stadium
from across industry pulling in a wide © CYBERTREK 2020 JANUARY 2020
