Effective Drainage for Year-Round Playability
Efficient drainage is one of the most important requirements of any sports pitch. Poor drainage can lead to surface degradation, reduced usability and costly maintenance.
Lotrak® nonwoven geotextiles provide excellent filtration and hydraulic performance, allowing water to pass freely through the construction while preventing the migration of fine soil particles into drainage layers. Maintaining this separation is essential for preserving the long-term performance of both natural and artificial sports pitch systems.
By supporting effective drainage, Lotrak® geotextiles help:
• Improve surface usability following rainfall
• Maintain drainage layer performance
• Improved access over weak ground
• Prevent contamination between construction layers
• Extend the service life of the pitch
• Reduce long-term maintenance requirements
Stronger Foundations with Lotrak® Geogrids:
The foundation beneath a sports pitch must provide uniform support while resisting settlement and deformation over time. This is particularly important for artificial turf installations where surface consistency is critical. Lotrak® biaxial geogrids enhance aggregate stability within the foundation structure, helping loads distribute more effectively throughout the sub-base layer. This improved performance can create opportunities to reduce aggregate thicknesses while maintaining the structural requirements of the pitch. Similar reinforcement and stabilisation principles are widely adopted within sports ground construction to improve bearing capacity and foundation performance.
Potential benefits include:
• Reduced aggregate requirements
• Improved foundation stability
• Enhanced surface consistency
• Lower material transportation costs
• Reduced embodied carbon within the construction
Built for Artificial and Natural Sports Facilities
Lotrak® geosynthetics are suitable for a range of sports surface applications, including:
• Artificial football pitches
• Rugby pitches
• Hockey pitches
• Multi-use games areas (MUGAs)
• Training facilities
• Stadium developments
• Community sports grounds
By combining effective drainage with robust foundation support, Lotrak® solutions help create sports surfaces capable of performing under intensive use throughout the year.
A Complete Geosynthetics Solution
Unlike single-product systems, Lotrak® offers a complete geosynthetics portfolio. Our technical team can assess whether a woven geotextile, nonwoven geotextile, biaxial geogrid, or a combination of products will provide the most efficient solution for your project. This ensures designs are based on site requirements rather than product limitations.
This flexibility allows us to develop solutions that balance drainage performance, foundation stability, constructability and cost.
Our Stronger by Design approach allows us to develop project-specific solutions using either high-strength woven geotextiles, biaxial geogrids, or a combination of both, ensuring the most appropriate solution for the site, the client and the environment.
The Lotrak® Sport Pitches Product Range
Lotrak® Woven Geotextiles
Designed to provide excellent separation and reinforcement performance within road foundations, helping preserve aggregate integrity and maintain pavement performance.
Lotrak® Nonwoven Geotextiles
Providing effective filtration and separation where drainage and soil retention are critical design considerations.
Lotrak® Biaxial Geogrids
Engineered to stabilise aggregate layers through mechanical interlock, improving load distribution and enhancing foundation performance on challenging ground conditions.
Stronger by Design Service
Every sports pitch project has unique requirements. Ground conditions, drainage demands, loading requirements and surface specifications all influence the optimum design.
Our Stronger by Design service combines geosynthetic expertise with practical engineering support to help deliver sports facilities that perform season after season.
Talk to our technical team today to discuss your sports pitch requirements.
