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Paralympic Chief Confident of More GB Athens Success
06 September 2004
Phil Lane, Chef de Mission of the British team for the 2004 Paralympic Games, is confident that there will be more GB success once the Paralympic Games open in Athens on September 17.
Penzance LTC Goes for DD Grand Slam Plus
03 September 2004
Penzance LTC is the first club in the UK to install the latest tennis surface from Desso DLW Sports Systems.
NPFA Chairman Takes Over as Director
02 September 2004
Mrs Alison Moore-Gwyn, Chairman of the National Playing Fields Association for the last four years, is to take over as Director.
New Paralympic Website Launched
02 September 2004
The International Paralympic Committee invites you to "Experience the excitement of the Paralympic Games" at their new ebsite.
TigerTurf Tennis Champs Take Centre Court
01 September 2004
TigerTurf scored an ace as sponsors of a tennis scorcher at the Essex Open Junior Tennis Championship.
Garside Sands Announces new Scholarship for the Sports Surface Technology MSc
27 August 2004
Garside Sands, part of Aggregate Industries, is offering Sports Surface Technology students the unique chance to compete for a new scholarship.
Recycled Glass-Derived Sand Helps Golfers Out of the Bunker
12 August 2004
Recycled glass has proved itself to be an excellent alternative to traditional sand on the golf course.
Desso Surface Achieves FA Certification
12 August 2004
DD SoccerGrass surface, installed at the National Football Centre in Burton-on-Trent, has been issued with its certificate of conformity to the new FA Performance Standard for Artificial Grass Pitches for Community Use.
Musco to Shine at Athens Olympics
10 August 2004
Musco Lighting is gearing up for the biggest temporary lighting project in company history after being named a lighting provider for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Greece.
RFU Funded Artificial Pitch Completed on Time for New Season
09 August 2004
Broughton Park RFC is the proud owner of a new state of the art artificial pitch.
FIFA considers artificial pitches for 2006 World Cup qualifiers
03 August 2004
FIFA is investigating the possibility of allowing artificial-turf pitches to be used for 2006 World Cup qualifiers.
£49 Million Sports Investment Kicks Off
03 August 2004
Millions of pounds are being spent on new sports facilities across Scotland under plans unveiled by ministers.
£12.6m Lottery Cash Boost Gives 40 Communities More Than a Sporting Chance
02 August 2004
Forty Communities in England will be getting more than a sporting chance as new funding totalling more than £12.6 million is announced today by the Big Lottery Fund and Sport England.
Blakedown Sport and Play get the Royal Touch
30 July 2004
Royal Wolverhampton School laid on the red carpet treatment when a royal guest of honour made a spectacular appearance last week to officially open the new all-weather sports facility.
Accies Unveil Synthetic Pitch
27 July 2004
Hamilton Academicals Football Club has completed the installation of a new synthetic playing surface at New Douglas Park.
Rugby - The New Home of Football
23 July 2004
Grassroots football in Rugby has scored an unprecedented £1.5m cash bonanza from the UK’s largest sports charity, the Football Foundation.
Edinburgh Bid To Host 2014 Commonwealth Games
20 July 2004
Edinburgh has submitted a bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games yesterday, and called on the Commonwealth Games Council to consider its proposal as a bid for the whole of Scotland.
Blakedown Sport and Play win Gold at Manchester Stadium
20 July 2004
The Norwich Union Olympic Trials & AAA Championships took place at the new Manchester Regional Arena which Blakedown Sport and Play constructed and is in the shadow of the new City of Manchester stadium.
Kestrel Unveil New Turf Machine
16 July 2004
Kestrel Golf & Sports’ new state-of-the-art turfing machine had a baptism of fire when it was first used to lay a new pitch at the Millennium Stadium for this year’s FA Cup Final.
Active Places!
16 July 2004
Sport England have launched Active Places, with information on 10,000 places to play sport.
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