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- sapca.org.uk - 3 March - "all four football league leaders playing on a Desso GrassMaster pitch"
- news.bbc.co.uk - 20 February 2008 - Manager Arsenal FC about the club'sChampions League match against AC Milan
- news.bbc.co.uk - 11 February 2008 - Sepp Blatter: "Artificial turf a 2010 Cup
option" - Press release Esto - 26 September 2007 - Desso Sports member of Esto
The UEFA Cup Final between Zenit Saint Petersburg and Rangers FC will be played on an ingenious Desso GrassMaster pitch at the City of Manchester Stadium, the home base of Manchester City FC. More than 20 million artificial grass fibres will protect the natural grass ensuring that Manchester City's pitch is in perfect shape. (...)
Lee Jackson, Deputy Head Groundsman states “The pitch suffered with the bad weather during the busy winter period but thanks largely to the Desso GrassMaster has recovered quickly. As a Groundsman, it is an honour for the pitch to be used as the venue for the UEFA cup final and it is a chance to prepare a surface that will do justice to such a prestigious event.”
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- RSC Anderlecht-Bayern Munich on Desso GrassMaster
Next Thursday, two matches in the 1/8 finales of the UEFA Cup will take place on a special grass system. RSC Anderlecht plays against Bayern Munich in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium. Tottenham Hotspur hosts PSV Eindhoven.
Despite the winter season and the busy match schedule, both matches can be played on an immaculate pitch. This has been made possible thanks to professional maintenance and the innovative Desso GrassMaster system: a 100 % natural grass pitch reinforced by some 20 million artificial grass fibers. The patented product is engineered by Desso Sports Systems.
Tonight, the UEFA Cup will be played on a pitch in perfect condition despite the
abundant rainfall of the last few days and the busy match schedule. This has been made possible due to the able groundsman with his team and the ingenious Desso GrassMaster system: a natural grass pitch reinforced with 20 million artificial grass fibres. The home advantage for Anderlecht will not be determined by the field during this match. Tottenham Hotspur also plays on the same Desso GrassMaster system at White Hart Lane.
Ghent University and Desso Sports Systems develop artificial grass together
IWT will provide EUR 570,000 innovation support to Desso Sports Systems
The Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT) and Desso Sports Systems have recently signed an agreement for scientific research into a new type of artificial grass. It regards a new follow-up on research that was started in 2004, which was also done with IWT support.
- Chelsea FC - Yet another Premier League Club choosing Desso Sports Systems' artificial grass.
Work is well under way with the latest addition to the state of the art facilities at Chelsea’s Cobham training headquarters.
As part of the new phase of construction at the multi million pound complex, a new full size artificial turf pitch is currently being installed. Following a visit to their London rivals, Tottenham Hotspurs, who installed a Desso Challenge Pro60 pitch in 2006, Chelsea selected Desso as the surface provider for this prestigious project.
From next season, the Belgian national champion RSC Anderlecht will be playing on an exceptional pitch: a natural grass field strengthened with 20 million synthetic grass fibres, known as the Desso GrassMaster system.
This patented product is from Desso Sports Systems. Anderlecht is already familiar with this system on their main training pitch. The management and the coaching staff were encouraged by the positive feedback they received about Desso GrassMaster when they visited Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, who also use this system in their stadiums. (…)
RSC Anderlecht will be investing greatly in its training complex in the coming years.
The ambitious project, which, amongst others, comprises the construction of two indoor football stadiums and six outdoor fields, will secure the future of the club at the top level.
Anderlecht already relied on Desso for the main training pitch. This positive experience convinced Anderlecht to embark on a long-term collaboration with Desso for the match and training pitches.
Desso has supplied over 60 000 m² of synthetic turf for UEFA-funded projects.
Desso is current installing around 65 mini-football fields in Russia, including a large number in Siberia. The assignment comes under the UEFA Hattrick project that promotes football to the young. UEFA is financing the installation of mini-football fields in Europe from the proceeds of Euro 2004. From now on, Russian cities like Samara and the Siberian Novosibirsk and Krasnojarsk will have football pitches that can be played on both in winter and summer.
Arsenal is the seventh Premiership club with a stadium pitch by Desso DLW Sports Systems
Arsenal will play the semi-finals in the UEFA Champions League against the Spanish Villarreal tomorrow. This will also be Arsenal’s last international competition at Highbury. Next season the top English club will swap its home pitch for the new Emirates stadium
The Desso field of the Denver Broncos was declared the best field in America
At the annual conference of the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) in Orlando (USA) the stadium field of the Denver Broncos was declared the best field in America. The Desso GrassMaster field, a combination of natural grass and synthetic grass fibres, is a patented system of Desso DLW Sports Systems.
People are hard at work on the new pitch in the Daknamstadium of Sporting Lokeren OVL. The club has opted for a unique system, made in Belgium: a natural grass field strengthened with 20 million synthetic grass fibres, the so-called Desso GrassMaster-system. Sporting Lokeren OVL is following the example of top clubs like Feyenoord and Liverpool who play on a DD GrassMaster pitch in their stadiums.
The new construction of a training centre will be equipped with synthetic turf from Desso.
Desso DLW Sports Systems, together with its Spanish partner, Opsa, will install all ten football pitches in Real Madrid’s new training centre. The exceptional project comprises five "DD Challenge Pro" synthetic pitches, a reinforced natural grass system (DD GrassMaster system), and four natural grass pitches.
Still haven’t found the press information you were looking for? Searching for a contact for the press and media? Then get in touch with the Desso Sports Systems Marketing Manager Ms Helga Webers (Tel: 0032 52 262 512)
