Workshops

Launch workshop: 17 November 2005

Sportsurf held its launch workshop on Thursday 17th November 2005. Below is a press release from the event, a list of presentations (click on the titles to view PDFs of the presentations) and some pictures taken at the launch.

Colin Walker Presenting Paul Fleming Presenting Iain James Presenting Matt Carre Presenting


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2nd Workshop: 26 April 2006

Sportsurf held its 2nd workshop on Wednesday 26th April 2006 at Cranfield University. Below is a press release from the event, a list of presentations (click on the titles to view PDFs of the presentations) and some pictures taken at the launch.

Please note: these presentations are for information only and the data/information cannot be used without the consent of their authors.

Dr Stuart Miller and Jamie Capel-Davis from the ITF Dr Eric Harrison from FIFA & IRB Dr Iain James Dr Matt Carre


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3rd Workshop: 22 November 2006

Sportsurf held its 3rd workshop on Wednesday 22nd November 2006 at the University of Exeter. Below is a press release from the event, a list of presentations (click on the titles to view PDFs of the presentations) and some pictures taken during the day.

Please note: these presentations are for information only and the data/information cannot be used without the consent of their authors.


Pictures taken by Laurence Gale from Pitchcare.com
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4th Workshop: 3 April 2007

How to measure the appropriate characteristics of sport surfaces?

The 4th SportSURF workshop was held in Sheffield (UK) on the 3rd April 2007 at Bramall Lane, Sheffield United Football Club Stadium.

Click on each presentation below to download.

Please note: these presentations are for information only and the data/information cannot be used without the consent of their authors.


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5th Workshop: 24 April 2008

The 5th SportSURF workshop was held on Thursday 24th April 2008 at Loughborough University Sport Technology Institute, Loughborough, UK. The focus of the workshop was ‘Sport Surfaces and Interactions’.

This one day event comprised an industry focussed seminar describing technical aspects of sport surfaces, explaining behaviour and raising issues for discussion and debate. The workshop was supported by SAPCA.

Approximately 70 delegates attended the workshop from a wide variety of backgrounds. Below are copies of the presentations given at the workshop: click on the titles to download.

Please note: these presentations are for information only and the data/information cannot be used without the consent of their authors.

If you would like any other information from the workshop please contact the network coordinator on sportsurf@lboro.ac.uk.

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6th Workshop: 16-17 April 2008

The SportSURF workshop calendar was given a boost by collaborating with the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) for their Spring 2008 meeting, and incorporated talks and debate on sport surface interactions that were very interesting. However, please note it is the policy of BASEM that presentations are not published so there are none to view on the SportSURF website.

For more details of the programme that occurred please view the flyer here.

The event was hosted at Loughborough University on the 16th and 17th April 2008.

The BASEM website is at: http://www.basem.co.uk/

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7th Workshop: 4 March 2009

The 7th SportSURF workshop was held on Wednesday 4th March 2009 at Loughborough University Sport Technology Institute, Loughborough, UK. The focus of the seminar was ‘Maintaining Performance of Synthetic Surfaces’.

This one day event comprised an industry focussed seminar describing best practice and technical aspects of the maintenance of synthetic sport surfaces, explaining case studies and raising issues for discussion and debate. The workshop was supported by SAPCA.

Approximately 45 delegates attended the workshop from a wide variety of backgrounds, and several attendees from Europe. Below are copies of the presentations given at the workshop: click on the titles to download.

Please note: these presentations are for information only and the data/information cannot be used without the consent of their authors.

If you would like any other information from the workshop please contact the network coordinator on sportsurf@lboro.ac.uk

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8th Workshop: 15 June 2011

The 8th SportSURF workshop was held on Wednesday 15th June 2011 at Halifax Conference Venue, University of Sheffield, UK. The focus of the workshop was to ‘Bridging the gap between human loading and mechanical test methods’.

This one day event comprised a focused seminar aiming to bridge the gap between our current knowledge of human loading on sport surfaces and the mechanical test methods for sport surfaces. Current practice and recent research findings were presented, as indicated in the programme, regarding primarily tennis and soccer, and including natural and artificial turf. The panel discussion at the end raised many interesting questions and both the challenges of human testing and the need for careful consideration of the aims of mechanical testing (e.g. for compliance, safety, performance…). There was a positive discussion on the progress made in more recent collaborations between biomechanical researchers and sport surface engineers/scientists. Key outcomes of this discussion included:

  • Biomechanical testing can be used effectively to provide boundary conditions for mechanical testing
  • The practical feasibility of any mechanical tests needs to be considered (repeatability, cost, equipment size, testing time)
  • Detailed mechanical characterisation of surfaces will allow the influence of systematic changes in properties to be studied in human testing, increasing knowledge of human adaptation to different surface conditions
  • The different requirements of elite and lower level performers should be considered (performance, health, etc)
  • Communication of research to industry in an appropriate manner is critical
  • There is a need to consider the role of sports governing bodies in the development of test methods and the enforcement of these.

25 delegates attended the workshop from both industry and academic backgrounds. The presentations given at the workshop are accessed from the link below.

Please note: these presentations are for viewing only, the data/figures/information remain the copyright of the authors. In some cases the content has been modified, and no presentations are available from Professor Len Nokes for confidentiality reasons.

If you would like any other information from the workshop please contact the network manager on sportsurf@lboro.ac.uk.

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9th Workshop: 12 October 2016

The 9th SportSURF workshop was held in October 2016 at the Sports Technology Institute at Loughborough University, UK. The focus of the day was to have a mix of research and industry presentations on the theme of ‘Current Research and Challenges for Sport Surfaces’.

This one-day event attracted 25 delegates, from both industry and academic backgrounds. The presentations given at the workshop can be accessed from the links below: click on the titles to download.

Please note: these presentations are for viewing only, the data/figures/information remain the copyright of the authors. In some cases, the content has been modified.

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