Thursday, March 28, 2013

Lowndes’ Martin Stadium receiving new field turf

Richard Montgomery HS Fieldturf was installed at the same time with the same material as Lowndes County HS...

Lowndes’ Martin Stadium receiving new field turf
VALDOSTA — Lowndes’ Martin Stadium is currently unusable, and wil remain that way for the next three weeks, as maintenance crews work to replace what was described as a “bad batch” of field turf.
Installed four years ago, according to Lowndes athletic director Randy McPherson, the current field turf inside Martin Stadium was ruled defective and began to wear down quicker than school officials expected. The field started to become unplayable.
“You could tell it was coming up,” McPherson said. “It doesn’t really look like there is anything wrong with it right now, but the top fibers just weren’t holding up.”
As a result, the school contacted the maker of the field turf, a company known as Field Turf...

1 comment:

  1. Anyone know what the RM warranty is? What it covers or when it runs out? Wheaton HS breaks ground on their new school on top of the old stadium this summer. The new stadium will be built when the school is done (approx. 3 years from now I am guessing). It would be good to know when to catch things before the warranty runs out. I am assuming the warranty will be similar.

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