W educational institution located in the United Kingdom , offering a wide range of academic and sporting programs to its students .
PITCH & LINE MARKERS
Worksop College Boosts Sports Pitch Operations with the Turf Tank Line Marking Robot
orksop College is a leading
W educational institution located in the United Kingdom , offering a wide range of academic and sporting programs to its students .
CHALLENGES Like many schools and universities , maintaining well-marked sports pitches is an important part of ensuring that their athletes can compete at their best . However , manually line marking these large outdoor surfaces can be time-consuming and labor-intensive , presenting a significant challenge for the college ’ s groundskeeping staff .
SOLUTION In order to improve their operations and provide their athletes with top-quality playing fields , Worksop College recently invested in a Turf Tank line marking robot . This cutting-edge technology allows the college to quickly and accurately mark their pitches , saving time and effort while maintaining the high standards that their athletes and coaches ’ demand .
MORE OPPORTUNITIES In addition to serving the needs of the college ’ s own athletic programs , Worksop College also rents out its sports pitches to outside organizations , which became an important source of revenue . Chris explains that without the Turf Tank line marking robot , it would be difficult for the college to accommodate these external bookings , as the time and effort required to manually mark the pitches would be prohibitive .
“ If we just did it with string lines and a roller , you know , it ’ s probably two to three hours . With the robot - it ’ s 20 minutes . It ’ s done . It ’ s always programmed in . So now when they tell us that they ’ re coming up this weekend , we just send the robot down and get him to mark that pitch whenever it is needed . No problem .”
“ If we get requested on a Monday morning at nine o ’ clock we ’ ll have a pitch there for Monday morning at 11 o ’ clock .” - Matthew Binns , Grounds Foreman
Apart from making the line marking process hassle-free and allowing the college to fulfill these requests , the robot also has another great advantage over its manual counterpart - the accuracy .
20 GroundskeepingJournal . co . uk | May / June 2023