What links Sutton United, Harrogate Town AFC, Slough Town FC and Haringey Borough FC?
Answer. All have reached the promotion play-offs in their respective leagues AND all play their home games on FieldTurf 3G football turf pitches built by sports construction specialists S&C Slatter.
It’s no coincidence they chose the S&C Slatter/FieldTurf partnership to deliver their football turf systems. All wanted a facility which delivered the highest play performance quality for league football at the same time as providing a valuable resource for the wider community.
Combining the surfacing development & manufacturing excellence of FieldTurf, the World’s leading manufacturer of artificial sports turf, with the design, construction and project management skills of S&C Slatter has proven to be a winning team.
The results speak for themselves.
So, it’s best of luck to Sutton United who are contesting the National League Play Off Semi-Final, to Harrogate Town AFC in the National League North Play Off Semi-Final, to Slough Town FC in the Evo-Stik Premier Play Off Final and to Haringey Borough FC in the Bostik North Division Play Off Final.
If your club or community is considering a 3G football turf pitch and would like to learn more of the work we did for these and other clients please call the S&C Slatter team on 01635 345210 or email info@sandcslatter.com
A Bursars Golf Day took place last week at the East Sussex National Gold Club. Organised and presented by S&C Slatter, some twenty-five Bursars from the independent schools sector played the challenging West Course, in an event which was scheduled to coincide with the ISBA Annual Conference in Brighton of which S&C Slatter was a sponsor.
As a prelude to the golf, Roedean School very kindly invited everyone to take breakfast at the school, including the opportunity to see their outstanding new range of external sports facilities – constructed by S&C Slatter.
The picturesque setting of ESNC was enhanced by warm, sunny weather and supported by the excellent facilities provided by one of the South’s premier leisure venues. This was all very much appreciated by the guests.
‘It was such an enjoyable occasion and very well organised, meaning the tone of the day was spot on and I hope this will be an annual event.’ Richard Poffley, Roedean School.
‘I was great fun. I know the amount of effort that goes into arranging such an event and it really is much appreciated.’ Paddy Jackman, Ardingly College.
After play, dinner was taken in the Club’s Hunningtons Restaurant and everyone took the opportunity to relax and take in the fabulous views of the Sussex countryside. This was also the occasion to present the competition prizes.
S&C Slatter is grateful to Richard Poffley, Roedean School, and Mark Suddaby, Millfield School, for their invaluable assistance in preparing the day, and Chris Marriott for co-ordinating team selection, tee timings, scoring and lots more.
Determined to uphold and extend the very highest standards of customer service and delivery within a strongly growing business, S&C Slatter has increased its estimating resources with the appointment of Nick Seymour.
With a BA (HONS) first class degree in Business Management & Communications, Nick has developed his career as a results-driven business professional, specialising in estimating, sales and client relationships within the highly competitive construction and property industries.
Nick joins the Pre-Construction Team at the Company’s Newbury Head Office where he will be working closely with the in-house project managers and designers in evaluating and preparing client project specifications and costings.
This will include a good deal of on-site pre-submission assessment, considering the proposed works environment and logistics; while verifying customer objectives against the practicalities of the location. In doing so he will be focussed on S&C Slatter’s inclusive sports construction portfolio with its extensive national customer reach to Independent Schools, Leisure Operators, Main Contractors and Sports Clubs.
Project size and complexity extends from small size sports areas and MUGAs, through full size artificial turf and natural pitches to athletics tracks and on to highly developed integrated sports-hubs. These can include significant support infrastructure such as changing and spectator facilities, car parking and access roads – all of which are managed through the company’s own project teams.
Throughout his career to date Nick has enjoyed positions of significant responsibility with an accent on the bespoke design and delivery of quality-based project solutions. Such experience is highly relevant to the S&C Slatter brand and client offer, and immediately equips Nick with the business culture necessary to be a highly successful member of the S&C Slatter team.
Away from the busy working week, Nick makes the most of his family-time and a range of personal interests. These include home improvement projects, going to the gym, gardening, walking. cycling and skiing. However, Nick still looks for opportunities to continue his personal and professional development studies.
Yes, it’s true – four 3G football turf stadium pitches installed by S&C Slatter have been selected to host matches in the tournament which takes place from 31 May until 9 June. That’s the 3rd CONIFA Paddy Power World Football Cup being played in the London region by sixteen members of the federation.
Sutton United, Slough Town FC, Haringey Borough FC and Bedfont Sports FC are among the ten venues that will see a total of forty matches. All four have FIFA-certified 3G football turf playing surfaces produced by our manufacturing partner FieldTurf with S&C Slatter responsible in each case for the whole specialist design and build process.
The Gander Green Lane pitch at Sutton has received high profile national attention and praise during the club’s fabulous FA Cup and National League exploits. However, all these stadiums have been recognised for their consistently high standards of play performance. At the same time, their accessibility and value as a wider community resource is now well proven and a fundamental asset in building stronger local relationships.
CONIFA is the football federation for teams outside of FIFA. It’s volunteer-run and committed to the highest ethical standards. As an international NGO it supports the football associations of states, de facto territories, regions, ethnic minority groups and sports isolated territories.
It is expected that some eighty thousand spectators will attend the tournament over the nine days.
Quality is what S&C Slatter is all about. Quality in construction, quality in product performance, quality in service delivery. And that extends to building and developing our in-house team of specialists in surfacing and civil engineering, design and planning, maintenance and project management.
Now we’re pleased to welcome Nick Talton to our Pre-Construction team as Quantity Surveyor.
Nick is a highly qualified surveying professional with over ten years’ experience in the construction sector. Having secured a BSc Upper Second-Class degree in Quantity Surveying and Construction Commercial Management from Nottingham Trent University, Nick worked with a floodlighting specialist on projects across commercial, retail and transport industries. Most recently he has been engaged in project development with a national sports pitch consultant.
At S&C Slatter, Nick is undertaking a key role in managing costs and creating enhanced value for money from initial feasibility throughout the entire project life cycle. As such, particular emphasis is placed on assessing material, time and labour inputs – creating plans which advance genuine quality and generate a significant and meaningful client legacy.
Of course quality doesn’t just happen. It’s the product of a structured, planned and managed strategy and process that delivers agreed objectives to target. With Nick joining our team we’re even better equipped to provide a truly inclusive end to end solution for the development of outstanding sports facilities and estate-wide infrastructure via new build, refurbishment or enhancement schemes.
Our project reach beyond the immediate sports area takes in such elements as spectator and user amenities, car parks, access routes and general leisure zones, so Nick’s multi-sector experience will be a strong asset.
Work is progressing to plan on the exciting but complex sports development project we’re undertaking for the University of Cambridge at its Wilberforce Road Sports Ground. This features the design and construction of two full size floodlit sand-dressed hockey turf pitches to International Hockey Federation (FIH) National Performance Standard. S&C Slatter is of course an FIH Certified Field Builder.
The University is acknowledged for its excellence in education, learning and research. However, it also has an illustrious sporting tradition with some of the World’s leading sports stars having studied and played at what is a leading national centre for student sport. These include Michael Atherton, Emma Pooley and many Olympians and Paralympians.
Part of our initial brief was to facilitate an intensive archaeological investigation of a Roman Farmstead believed to be present within the site. With this successfully completed and a good deal of useful information secured by the researchers, we have now moved onto creating the construction formation level and introducing the drainage systems.
A Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) is part of the drainage solution; designed to store below ground a 100-year return period storm event with an allowance of 40% for climate change impact within a slender permeable sub-layer.
The sports ground is actually within an established residential area creating limitations on access, with our works entry point frequently crossed by high density cycle traffic. It’s therefore been essential for us to develop and implement a comprehensive and effective traffic management plan. For example, a significant reduction in the number of necessary vehicle movements has resulted from the construction design solution created by us to maximise the amount of excavated materials retained on site and not requiring off-site transportation and disposal.
This necessitates us engaging in a major on-site earth modelling and profiling process, together with the introduction of ground stabilisation techniques and applications. However, this is well within the competency of our in-house civil engineering team who are highly experienced in meeting such challenges and well-resourced with our own fleet of advanced specification construction equipment.
Our project team is led by Pre-Construction Manager Ben O’Connor and Contracts Manager Peter Fowler. Dave Wills is the Site Supervisor. Together they are responsible for delivering this high profile, full design & construction project which in addition to the sports pitches and immediate infrastructure also includes the provision of car parking and a new electrical supply and sub-station.
That’s the strong recommendation of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) if you are considering a new artificial turf hockey pitch. They believe this will help protect your school or club’s investment by introducing a contractor who has a proven ability to consistently build to the FIH Hockey Turf and Field Standards.
As you would of course expect S&C Slatter is such an FIH Certified Field Builder.
In fact, we were the first company to receive this prestigious endorsement and certification back in 2016 and since then have installed many pitches which have been awarded an FIH Certificate of Field Performance.
These have included new hockey facilities for Eton College, Roedean School, Benenden School, Yateley Hockey Club, Warwick University.
Among the qualities and capabilities sought by the FIH a field builder must consistently prove to be and or possess:
The FIH Certified Field Builder designation is an important part of the FIH Quality Programme for Hockey Turf, which is designed to ensure the sustainability, affordability and accessibility of hockey turf worldwide.
S&C Slatter has a substantial heritage in the design, build & maintenance of sports facilities and estate infrastructure. Our one stop service reach embraces all elements of project development and delivery for new build, refurbishment or replacement programmes.
Five specialist in-house divisions – Sports Construction, Surfacing & Civils, Design & Planning, Sports Maintain and Smart Pitches – provide a group of focussed, customer-centric, in-house resources highly tuned to specific project works and specifications.
Our commitment to in-house resourcing gives us direct and full control over quality assurance and works programming, both of which contribute to a higher standard of finished product.
In addition to its FIH Certified Field Builder status, S&C Slatter is recognised, accredited and certified by a number of governing and advisory bodies. These embrace quality management systems (QMS), procurement, supply chain management and risk management as well as sports and construction-specific performance standards.
Even the best artificial turf systems need to be regularly maintained to retain their optimum condition and performance. And maintenance should follow a planned programme of specialist care to ensure your pitches are going to play as they should.
But if you’ve concerns about the condition of your facility now is the time to act – before we’re too far into the football, rugby or hockey seasons. Don’t wait until play is underway to find your pitch is causing problems:
Slatter Sports Maintain are experts in maintenance and aftercare and offer a National specialist works service with highly trained mobile technicians.
Preventative Maintenance
We’re resourced to deliver projects of all sizes and complexity so call us today on 01635 34521 to arrange for your FREE on-site consultation and quotation. One call. One solution. Job done.
