Kings’ School Winchester – Velocity Sports

Kings’ School Winchester Refurbishment of the school’s sand-dressed hockey pitch

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Winchester Hockey Club had a long history of playing at Kings School, but after problems with their ageing pitch the club had to relocate elsewhere.

In a bid to reestablish the relationship as well as creating a fantastic facility for the school, Kings’ decided to invest in a new, elite level all weather hockey surface in the summer of 2023.

Working closely with the school and club, TigerTurf Evo Pro was selected as the surface of choice, with the upgraded and very striking blue playing surface and green surround.

Significant base repairs were also carried out along with a new in-situ shockpad which ensures great stability and a true level to the playing surface, two very important components in a hockey specific surface.

The overall scope involved:

  • Removal and recycling of the old sand-dressed carpet and shockpad.
  • Base remediation to bring the pitch within the tolerances of FIH standards.
  • Installation of new wet pour rubber shockpad.
  • Installation of bespoke sand-dressed carpet.
  • Testing to FIH National

Services

  • Construction
  • Ancillary Services
  • Performance Testing
  • Maintenance

Maggi Edwards, the schools Senior Operations Manager commented

“everyone is really happy with the new pitch and I would fully recommend Velocity Sports”

The successfully refurbished facility was completed in the summer of 2023, amazingly under the allocated budget and completed in under 4 weeks.

Winchester Hockey Club have also now returned to the site and have been very complimentary about the new pitch.

A win for all!

Below please view a selection of images which summarise the progression of the project

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