‘TestbedNordic’ An Infill Innovation Pilot
TestbedNordic Is an innovation testing ground for artificial football surfaces of tomorrow that will help inform the transition to fossil free materials. The site is being monitored for usage, climatic conditions and maintenance while recording on-field testing data and essential player feedback. The player feedback is tracked with a Sports Labs designed standalone mobile app […]
Tokyo National Stadium: A Track Set for Records
The Tokyo Olympics 2020 is at last upon us, the delay as a result of Covid-19. While the world’s best athletes had extra time to prepare, did you ever stop to wonder about the preparation that went into the track to guarantee all athletes a safe and fair opportunity to break records? Sports Labs was […]
Top 10 Questions for FIFA Football Certification
Here are the answers to the most common questions I receive regarding FIFA certification of Footballs.
1. How much will it cost? Maybe less than you thought, depending on the certification level you want to achieve. The lowest cost option is FIFA’s International Match Standard (IMS) with its administrative fee of 500CHF plus a lab testing fee that is competitively priced.
Evaluation of Athletic Track Products
There are a couple of approaches to the evaluation of athletic track products to approve these for use in the field. World Athletics standard approach The common approach is to evaluate samples of the intended product by using a WA suite of tests. Samples are examined for a variety of properties to index Overall Thickness […]
Can You Take the Heat? Summer Testing Turf Systems
As the season changes across the United States and Europe, thoughts are turning to hot summer days. The heat in some regions can be a problem for artificial turf fields because as temperatures rise, so does the surface temperature of artificial turf. FIFA have a unique test available which classifies turf systems according to an […]
Sports Labs Host Webinar with Governing Bodies: Certification in the US Market
FEATURED GUESTSSports Labs, Chattanooga USA – Kieran O’DonnellFIH – Alastair Cox, Facilities & Quality Programme ManagerFIFA – Mickael Benetti, Quality Programme Manager – Playing SurfacesWorld Rugby – Marc Douglas, Research, Artificial Turf and Equipment Manager General Operations Manager of Sports Labs in North America, Kieran O’Donnell, hosted a live and interactive webinar with representatives from […]
Sports Labs Opens in the United States
Sports Labs is pleased to announce that it has acquired the ongoing business of Sports Laboratories based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Situated in the heart of America, Sports Labs launched in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Thursday, February 27. The grand opening kicked off with an educational seminar which hosted nearly 40 guests and several guest speakers. The […]
Successful Results for Sports Labs Clients in South Africa & Namibia
Windhoek Gymnasium Private School Receives World Rugby Certification Sports Labs Ltd undertook a World Rugby Certification re-test at Windhoek Gymnasium Private School. This was for an international rugby 7s tournament the school was hosting. The field is a Rhino-Turf designed system with World Rugby Preferred Producer CCGrass VT60 turf with a Schmitz shock pad on […]
Sports Labs vs Heineken
The Sports Labs staff football team took on Heineken recently at the Almondvale Stadium, home to Livingston FC. We ran out 6 – 4 winners, with 4 goals coming from our star centre back John McLuckie. Craig Hanna and Craig Melrose were our other scorers. Thanks to Heineken for a great game.
Nicolas Gordon Joins Sports Labs Consult
Sports Labs is pleased to announce Nicolas Gordon recently joined our Consult department. Nicolas graduated in July 2019 with a Meng. in Civil Engineering from Edinburgh Napier University and started working with Sports Labs at the end of July. Nicolas aims to proceed towards his ICE chartership by joining ICE as a graduate engineer. Nicolas […]