Works, maintenance and inaugurations of football fields
Sports & Landscape faces an autumn full of projects in the area of sports artificial turf, after a summer that was also very intense, as many football teams take advantage of the holiday break to carry out works or maintenance on the fields.
The one in Vilada, in Berguedà, will undergo a great transformation thanks to Sports & Landscape. It is one of the few football fields that are still made of soil in Catalonia, but for a short time. Our CEO, Ignasi Senabre, and Mayor Joaquim Espelt signed the contract a few weeks ago for the installation of sustainable artificial turf on this soccer field. The work will begin soon.
In Odena, in the Anoia region, Sports & Landscape is already installing the new sustainable artificial turf after dismantling the old one. Work began in mid-August on this 59 x 100 meter football field. After removing the old turf, the infrastructure has been installed, the soil has been distributed and compacted and work has been done on the asphalt, and then the rubber has been laid. The ten Odena football teams will be able to enjoy the new state-of-the-art artificial turf in a short time.
At the Agora Barcelona International School in Sant Esteve Ses Rovires, the new 7-a-side soccer field is now ready. We have replaced the old artificial surface with a sustainable model without additional rubber infill or microplastics.
In recent weeks maintenance work has also been intense. We have carried out the tasks of the maintenance program with the autonomous robot TurfRob in La Escala and in Vidreres. This electric robot leaves the surface perfect for use with maximum energy efficiency, in a program that allows the useful life of the field to be extended by a couple of years. In addition, we have carried out conditioning work on the Sant Vicens de Castellet football field, which had been flooded by the intense rains at the end of August. After our intervention, the artificial turf looks perfect again.
In addition to the ongoing works and maintenance tasks, the public relations area of Sports & Landscape has carried out interesting actions. For example, we are sponsors of the first women’s team from Sant Pere de Ribes, in line with our commitment to SDG 5 of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda, which promotes gender equality. We have also installed an advertising billboard on the Escala football field, to support them in their promotion to the Tercera RFEF.
In this same public relations section, Sports & Landscape has attended the latest events of the Cruyff Foundation, of which we are official suppliers of the Cruyff Courts. Thus, the Cruyff Court Aitana Bonmatí has been inaugurated in Sitges, with the presence of this FC Barcelona player and ambassador of the Cruyff Foundation. The Cruyff Court Aitana Bonmatí is part of the project promoted by the Cruyff Foundation, the FC Barcelona Foundation and the “la Caixa” Foundation to create small football fields for free use to promote sport as a way of inclusion, cohesion and social transformation of children and young people.
We have also been at the event organized by Amics del Johan in the municipality of Vallfogona de Riucorb, where Johan Cruyff gives his name to a street, and which now also has its Cruyff Court. We installed the field a few months ago, but the inauguration took place during the month of September, with the attendance of Pati Roura, director of the Cruyff Foundation, and the mayor Francesc Llobet, among others. The Cruyff Foundation Open Day, held at the end of September at the Mar Bella sports center in Barcelona with the participation of hundreds of boys and girls, was the culmination of Sports & Landscape’s representation activities with the Foundation.