STRI Group

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STRI
Formation1929
Founded at Bingley St Ives
Headquarters Bingley St Ives
Coordinates 53°50′51″N1°51′28″W / 53.8475°N 1.8577°W / 53.8475; -1.8577
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Mark Godfrey [1]
Staff75 (2013)
Website strigroup.com

STRI, formerly the Sports Turf Research Institute researches, advises, constructs and maintains turf and artificial sports surfaces.

It is headquartered at a 10 hectares (25 acres) research site [2] on the St Ives Estate near Bingley, UK and has research and design hubs in Qatar, and at the Redlands Research Station in Queensland, Australia. [3] [4] In 2019, STRI opened an office in Hong Kong. [5]

STRI have contributed to the:-

History

STRI was established in 1929 with financial support from The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. [2] It rented rooms in the mansion at St Ives, before moving into new buildings on the estate. [8]

In June 1961, Prince Philip became patron of the Institute. [9]

From 2014 to 2018, STRI assisted the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on turf related matters for the First World War centenary. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Shand, Alistair (19 May 2016). "New chief at Harden-based STRI". Keighley News. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 Barnett, David (1 July 2017). "The grass connoisseurs shaping our sporting landscapes" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 Holland, Chris (22 April 2014). "Bingley turf experts land war graveyard honour". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Holland, Chris (5 September 2014). "Conference to be held at Bingley's Sports Turf Research Institute". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Meek, Natasha (12 July 2019). "Bingley born STRI takes on new turf in China". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Ahmed, Murad (7 July 2018). "Wimbledon aims to be a cut above despite the heatwave" . Financial Times. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Bingley's World Cup turf research". BBC News. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  8. 1 2 Bishop, Greg (24 June 2012). "Wimbledon's Guardians of Grass Face a Challenging Summer". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Murray, Amanda (2006). All the kings' horses: a celebration of royal horses from 1066 to the present day. London: Robson. p. 258. ISBN   1-86105-930-2.
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