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Product Manager Anjo van der Wende is obsessed. Everywhere he encounters artificial turf, he concentrates his attention downwards, into the fibres. For a year now he has been following the evolution of the Desso football pitches in Utrecht: Lunetten and Vechtzoom. This pitch monitoring is something that Desso does systematically. > Van der Wende : We look at both the general state of the pitch and the condition of the fibres and the infill. We do that visually and repeatedly over time, using the same checklists every time. This makes it possible to make objective comparisons and track the evolution....

DESSO CHALLENGE PRO 2 PITCH IN HARMONY WITH THE LANDSCAPE The focus of the sports centre is the new Desso Challenge Pro > 2 pitch, infilled with sand and green rubber. ItŒs perfectly playable in summer and winter. Its also resistant to the corroding effect of the sea air. ItҒs multifunctional, having lines for both football and handball. And its extremely well suited to years of intensive use by the school students and other members of the community. > 2 The community and the sports association are proud of their Desso Challenge Pro > 2 pitch. So proud in fact that a very large (9m x 14m) Desso...

DE FACTO Desso GrassMaster : combin e > CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIXTURE ARSENAL-AC MILAN ON DESSO GRASSMASTER PITCH Do you have to choose between the playing quality of natural grass and the durability of artificial turf? No, you dont: you donҒt have to make concessions. Desso researchers set themselves the challenge of combining the unique benefits of artificial turf with natural grass. They came up with the Desso GrassMaster system - a high-tech system that has been gaining ground all over the world. With Desso GrassMaster, you get the best of both worlds. A sports field of 100% natural grass is reinforced...

THE DENVER BRONCOS, A TOP TEAM FROM THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, HAVE BEEN PLAYING ON A DESSO GRASSMASTER PITCH SINCE 2001 John Beattie, Stadium Manager Emirates Stadium (Arsenal FC) > that effortlessly matches the playing capacity of three natural grass fields. > Trainers and players on more than 250 installed pitches have long since stopped asking questions about theirђ Desso GrassMaster. It is the ideal sports grass for both mid-week training sessions and for championship games. Groundsmen too, soon have no interest in returning to the pre-GrassMaster era. With a maintenance programme that...

2 ARTIFICIAL TURF AT FC ARPE/WORMACH CHRISTOPH HEIDENESCHER (DESSO), RAINER SCHMIDT, PAUL PIEPER, THOMAS HOCHSTEIN AND HERIBERT STҖRMANNDESSO CHALLENGE PRO Paul Pieper, chairman FC Arpe ӓThe players are very enthusiastic about the pitch. It has outstanding playing characteristics and emulates natural grass very, very closely, ԓWe and the club looked at different types of artificial turf. After doing a lot of checking and getting a lot of advice, we ultimately opted for the quality of Challenge Pro > says first chairman Paul Pieper. ԓVisiting teams are green with envy at our new grass surface....

THE REACTION OF SWANSEA SUPPORTER ALEX CUNNINGHAM ON THE DESSO GRASSMASTER PITCH IN THE LIBERTY STADIUM OF SWANSEA FC, E-MAILED TO US VIA [email protected] > SO SAYS HEAD COACH JOE GLENN , FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, ABOUT THE NEW INDOOR FULL-SIZE DESSO FOOT-BALL FIELD. IT WAS INSTALLED FOLLOWING THE GOOD EXPERI- ENCE THEY HAD USING A DESSO OUTSIDE FIELD F RO M T H E U NIVE R S IT Y O F OR F UL L - SI Z E D E SS O F O O T - O WIN G T H E G OO D E XP E R I - UTSIDE FIELD > GENERAL MANAGER HERMAN VAN HOLSBEECK ER AL M ANA G ERHE COMMENTING ON RSC ANDERLECHTԒS HIGH-TECH AND AMBITIOUS VISION...

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