Parade College

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TigerTurf have recently completed a world class soccer field fit for the new Parade College Soccer Academy. This field is more akin to those seen in leading European club fields, and, is unlike anything in Australia.

  • Date Project Completed: January 2020
  • Area: 9,800m2
  • Surface: Greenfields MX Elite
  • Base: Full Build Ecocept Base

Parade College Strikes Ahead of the curve with Elite Soccer Academy.
Parade College selected TigerTurf after two previous large scale projects across their two campuses. The first being another soccer field with surrounding multipurpose courts and athletics track completed in 2010, and, more recently, a hockey field at the newly acquired Preston Campus in 2017. In an Australian first, Parade College selected the Greenfield MX surface and used the more environmentally friendly TPE infill. Additionally the revolutionary EcoCept base forms a sports turf system with better performance and construction than found in most other top-ranking synthetic sports turfs.

The TigerTurf EcoCept Base Has Outstanding Performance And Ecological Qualities.
We started with the specialised base TigerTurf constructed to keep the performance of the synthetic football turf at the top of its game for many years of vigorous daily use.

The Ecocept Base With The MX Elite Football Surface Is A Star Combination.
We installed our preferred multi-functional Tencate EcoCept base product for this project to reduce the need for aggregate, asphalt, extensive drainage, or an extra sports pad beneath the surface.

The EcoCept base provides excellent drainage and cushioning eneath the sports turf with reliable, longlasting  stability, and alleviates damage to the local ecological systems.

We used our Ecocept base system which, apart from providing amazing drainage capabilities, is made from recycled plastics and rubber. In the Parade pitch alone we have used the equivalent of 14.5 million plastic bags and 14,000 car tyres in the Ecocept base layer.

For this state-of-the-art football facility, TigerTurf used the MX Elite woven synthetic football surface with its impressive portfolio of features to give it the feel, look and playing qualities of a well-maintained natural grass pitch.

But this clever synthetic turf retains its safe, non-slip and stable playing surface throughout many games, in all weathers, with only a minimal maintenance schedule. TigerTurf also used Virgin Thermoplastic Elastomers compounds (TPE infill) on the football pitch.

The Elite surface is also 100% recyclable, a feature highly valued by the college. Both Team TigerTurf and Parade College have stated our intention to build the best facilities for the school community with a sincere commitment to the future of our environment and the well-being of later generations.

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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.

NZ’s only synthetic turf manufacturer.
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.

New Zealand’s only synthetic turf manufacturer with a passion for performance.
Performance is everything when it comes to synthetic turf.

You need a surface that will go the distance, with minimal maintenance. We provide dependable, high performance surfaces for:

  • Sports fields, courts, and greens
  • School campuses
  • Playgrounds
  • Residential lawns
  • Commercial landscaping

And more. With our decades of experience, we’ll find a solution that is high quality and high performance, without being high maintenance

- Made in New Zealand
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.

- Experience and Expertise
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.

- Accreditations and Memberships
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.

- Quality and Innovation
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.

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.