Consultants from STRI (Sports Turf Research Institute), the organisation selected to prepare the pitches for Euro 2012, have chosen ProSelect 1 Premium Sport ryegrass seed blend from Everris to overseed four stadium venues.

STRI was appointed by UEFA to advise on the playing surfaces in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Gdansk and Poznan in Poland following international acclaim for its work at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Donbass Arena in Donetsk and The Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

A team led by Head of Stadia Services, Andy Cole, has been working tirelessly to deliver pitches that meet the highest international standards.

“Our confidence is in Everris and the company’s holistic approach to turf management called iTurf,” Andy explains. “It’s the company we selected for fertilizers, grass seed, and plant protection products to get the Poland pitches ready for the tournament.”

“ProSelect 1 Premium Sport was used at the four venues in Poland to supplement existing turf. We were working to tight timescales and needed rapid, problem-free germination, which is what was delivered despite the low light levels created by the stadia environments.”

From pre-seeding at the venues through to the final whistle, the pitches will be maintained with Everris fertilizers, including SierrablenPlus, Greenmaster Pro-Lite and Sportsmaster WSF, as have the pitches at England’s Hutnik training camp.

“I was impressed that Everris pulled out all the stops to deliver a lot of seed in a very short space of time,” Andy added. “When we’re preparing pitches for major tournaments, we depend upon the infrastructure of companies like Everris to help us deliver premium playing surfaces, on spec and on time.”