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Cardinal Newman High School Chooses Advanced TigerTurf's ProTrophy Turf for New Baseball Field Designed for Additional Lacrosse and Soccer Use

The baseball field was in dire need of new turf because it is used year-round, seeing action approximately 200+ days out of every calendar year. The outfield was designed to accommodate the school's soccer and lacrosse programs.

After conducting extensive research and considering several artificial turf options, the school chose TigerTurf's ProTrophy Turf system which features a one-of-a kind "S" & "C" monofilament fiber combination. Developed by worldwide artificial turf manufacturer TigerTurf, the exclusive ProTrophy Turf system features superior yarn engineering with "Springback" and "Capsulate" profiles for heightened athletic field performance, better field longevity, and faster fiber recovery. For high school sports fields with extremely heavy use, it's the perfect choice.

Mike Truesdell, president of Cardinal Newman High School, explained that the other turf systems that he and his team evaluated were 2, 2-1/4 or 2-1/2 inches tall - which would not work for their purposes.

"The ProTrophy Turf product could be made a shorter length with rows of fibers closer together, which is more appropriate for baseball," said Truesdell. "This was important to our baseball kids. It is closer to the beautiful natural grass fields you see at baseball diamonds in Phoenix during spring training."

The 1.75-inch pile height, tight 3/8-inch tuft gauge, sand/rubber infill, and mixture of the two unique monofilament fibers make for a more natural product.

"We listened to what our client needed, how they wanted the field to perform for the various sport activities and designed it according to their specifications," noted Doug Coulter, founder and chief executive officer of California Ultimate Turf (www.calultimateturf.com.) "We have an excellent relationship with TigerTurf and TenCate (TigerTurf affiliate). They manufacture great products, and our clients recognize and appreciate this."

Since Cardinal Newman also has a natural turf football field on its 41-acre campus, Truesdell said the school made the decision to focus on just one sport for the new field. Although baseball is the athletic field's primary sport, its versatile design allows the school's soccer and lacrosse teams to use the field, as well as neighboring Ursuline High School, which also shares the fields with Cardinal Newman.

Cardinal Newman's soccer team had an opportunity to practice on the field when it was completed during Fall 2009. The students noticed that the look of the field was not only different, but the play of the field was also much faster and far more realistic as compared with other artificial turf fields in the area.

"The feedback we've gotten has been very positive," Truesdell commented. "Our baseball players have been out on the field for batting practice, and they're very excited for their season to start."

About TigerTurf

TigerTurf International is one of the world's largest synthetic turf manufacturers, with headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand, and wholly-owned subsidiaries in Australia, the United Kingdom and the Americas. The company owns and operates a global network of manufacturing facilities, most with ISO 9001 certification, serving customers in over 85 countries.

TigerTurf develops customized and standard turf solutions for soccer, American football, field hockey, lacrosse, tennis, golf and numerous other sport and landscaping surfaces. TigerTurf is affiliated with Royal Ten Cate NV (TenCate), a multinational company that combines textile technology, chemical processes and material technology in the development and production of functional materials, including high quality, high technology components for synthetic turf systems.

ProTrophy Turf is a registered trademark of TigerTurf Americas. TigerTurf Americas is a registered trademark of TigerTurf International.

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