SPORTSURF 5th Workshop

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The 5^th SportSURF workshop was held on Thursday 24^th 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:

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

• Mike Abbott - SAPCA - Surface Design and Construction
• Eric O'Donnell - Sports Labs - Surface Design and Construction
• Marcel Nieuwenhuizen - Bonar Yarns - Yarns and Carpets
• Gert-Jan Kieft - ISA Sport - An Overview of the Multiturf Project
• James Spurr - International Tennis Federation - Development of a New Ball Interaction Test
• Sharon Dixon - The University of Exeter - Player Movement and Safety (Coming Soon)
• Colin Young - Loughborough University - Measurement Techniques and Surface Materials Behaviour
• Alastair Cox - Labosport - The Influence of the LISport Machine on Long-Term Surface Properties

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