A word class playing surface - Croke Park
The Croke Park pitch covers an area 145m long by 88m wide with full grass cover and stability all year round. At ground level the drainage system installed is connected to huge suction fans which allow us to blow air through the pitch and suck water out.
Croke Park Farm - Croke Park
Get a piece of Croke Park turf for your club! If your club is in need of turf for pitches and goalmouths, hybrid turf from our dedicated farm is now available to purchase. Why Hybrid Turf? The turf suits a variety of sports including Gaelic Games, Soccer and Golf.
OUR WORLD How Croker turf is a grass apart - PressReader
Nov 7, 2022 · THE grass in Croke Park is a strain of high-traction turf to accommodate fast-turning players in some of one the fastest field sports on the planet. The stadium uniquely grows its own turf around 20 miles away in Croke Park’s 67-acre farm in the Naul in north Co Dublin.
Down on the Croke Park turf farm | Pitchcare
Jan 25, 2025 · The introduction of a Turf Farm has revolutionised maintenance and renovations at the Croke Park stadium.
Groundcare: caring for Croker - Free - Irish Farmers Journal
Mar 18, 2020 · Croke Park is always seen with its short green grass and crisp, straight white lines. Pitch manager Stuart Wilson and the excellent team around him ensure it’s in tip-top shape day in, day out. Although part of it, it’s so much more than running the lawnmower over the pitch and painting a few lines.
Croke Park - Wikipedia
In 1917, a grassy hill was constructed on the railway end of Croke Park to afford patrons a better view of the pitch. This terrace was known originally as Hill 60, after a battle in the Gallipoli Campaign, in which The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Munster Fusiliers and Connaught Rangers fought.
GAA invest in growing the grass roots after buying Dublin farm
Jan 31, 2018 · Pitch removal work at Croke Park in 2011. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho. The GAA has acquired a farm in north county Dublin to grow grass for pitch replacement. Initially it will...
IRFU not worried about Croke Park pitch – The Irish Times
Jan 11, 2007 · The IRFU and GAA stadium director Peter McKenna yesterday reiterated that the mixed synthetic and real grass surface at Croke Park is not a safety concern for rugby players despite some...
Making Croke Park 'Pitch Perfect' - gaa.ie
May 25, 2018 · Croke Park Pitch Manager Stuart Wilson stands beside one of the stadium’s lighting rigs which help promote grass growth. Given the height of its stands the Jones’ Road venue is shady in spots and this inhibits grass growths.
Croke Park - Pitch - LiquiSearch
The pitch in Croke Park is a Desso GrassMaster pitch which was laid in 2002 replacing the existing grass pitch. This is a modern development in pitch design which couples natural grass with a stitching of synthetic fibres.