McArdle Sport Tec carries out indoor 3G pitch refurbishment at Wolves

SAPCA member, McArdle Sport Tec, has completed the refurbishment project of a 3G pitch at the training ground of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The pitch at the club’s Sir Jack Haywards Training Ground and Academy – also known as Compton Park – was originally installed by McArdle in 2014. After being used extensively for coaching and nurturing young footballers at the club’s academy for 10 years, the old TigerTurf Soccer Real Turf was due for resurfacing. It took 18 days for McArdle to undertake the refurbishment, resurfacing the pitch with TigerTurf’s Atomic Pro 50 artificial turf system.

“We were delighted to hand the facility back to the club in June with minimal downtime and disruption to the Academy’s classes and schedule,” McArdle said.

“This was the fourth project we have completed for Wolves, following the original installations of the indoor pitch in 2014 and the outdoor, full-size 3G pitch in 2009. We also refurbished the outdoor pitch in 2020 after it had been used for 11 years.”

The redevelopment follows the Wolves Academy being awarded the Category One status, the highest distinction in the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) which is extremely hard to achieve. Academies are independently audited and given a Category status of 1 to 4, with 1 being the most elite.

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