Fernridge School
By TigerTurf
TigerTurf Trophy is a fantastic multi-turf sports surface that solves a problem common to most schools: the need to accommodate growing school rolls and maintain a modern learning environment that meets the national curriculum on a tight budget, with limited space for the necessary facilities.
- Turf: Multisport
- Date Project Completed: April 2019
- Area: 1,101m2
- Surface: TigerTurf Trophy
- Base: Existing asphalt
Increased Structured Learning and Recreational Skills
Fernridge School in the Wairarapa, as are many of our school clients, has been undergoing extensive renovations to keep up with the local population growth and to supply enough sports facilities to encourage its students to extend their structured learning and recreational skills.
Unused areas become the most-used areas with TigerTurf synthetic surfaces.
Redundant classrooms were removed from the school to create an outdoor multi-purpose area that was versatile, didn’t restrict creative play, yet was a low maintenance, quality surface for more structured activities, including hockey. Disconnected services were removed, new drains were installed, and a strong, level, free-draining base was constructed.
TigerTurf Trophy multi-sports surface
The selection of the right surface for Fernridge School was simple – TigerTurf Trophy has been the product of choice by many New Zealand schools since we first introduced it to schools, clubs and residential clients. Its reputation as a top-quality, long-lasting sports turf has been well-proven ever since.
A handsome, costeffective sports surface in appealing clear, bright colours, it is appreciated by its happy users as one of the best sports surfaces on the market.
The olive and emerald green turf colour was chosen to blend in with the rural setting and is used as a functional feature that defines the main playing area. Most multi-sports turf we install are marked for several sports codes in distinguishing colours and often include school emblems on the surface.
However, as Fernridge wanted to encourage its students to choose their activities, minimal lines were used for this open-ended sports area.
This design feature has created a peaceful green space that settles the court naturally into its serene rural setting. Fernridge School students are entirely using their all-weather, low-maintenance TigerTurf Trophy multi-purpose court for sports skills development, PE, recreational play and many other school and curriculum activities.
TigerTurf particularly enjoyed this successful project, and we are happy that the Trophy surface will continue to give Fernridge School and students the excellent performance for which it was designed.
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TigerTurf New Zealand provides synthetic turf surfaces for sports grounds, school campuses, playground, residential lawns and home recreation and commercial landscaping.
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As New Zealand's first and only synthetic turf manufacturer, we've been providing surface solutions to Kiwis since 1981. Discover why TigerTurf is the trusted choice for quality, performance, and expertise.
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We’re one of the largest synthetic turf manufacturers in the world, but we started in Auckland, New Zealand in 1981. We still make almost all of our products in our Auckland factory, with materials manufactured by our parent company, TenCate Grass. Local manufacturing means that we can ensure quality is maintained throughout the process.
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You want to make sure the company you choose to work with knows what they're doing. We've been in the synthetic turf industry for almost 40 years, and have also been instrumental in developing the products and systems that result in world class, top performing surfaces. We design, manufacture, install and maintain our surfaces, applying the innovation and expertise we've gained over the years into every project - large or small.
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Because of the quality, performance and realistic nature of TigerTurf’s artificial grass, TigerTurf is recommended for high level training and competition. Many of our artificial grass turfs have been approved and certified by world sporting bodies, including FIFA, World Rugby, FIH, and ITF. It's also ISO 9001 accredited.
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We control the quality and performance of every synthetic turf system we create, in our own factory, at every step of the production process. We control where and how our yarns are extruded. We control which products go into our fibres. We develop and manufacture our own backing cloths. We develop, manufacture and build the performance bases that we lay our turf systems over. And finally, we can recycle our old, end-of-life products into new, start-of-life products.