Golf Courses Almost all soils drain naturally, but in the majority of cases the speed of natural drainage is insufficient to meet today’s sporting requirements. As a result matches have to be postponed, games are cancelled, golf courses are closed and revenue is lost. Shelton Drainage is a vertical drainage system which can be quickly […]
Soweto Cricket Oval The Soweto Cricket Oval in Moroka, Soweto, was built on what was previously a marshy, reed-covered vlei. This resulted in the field constantly being permeated by large amounts of subsurface water. However, the installation of the Shelton Drainage System has transformed the field into one on which cricket matches can now successfully […]
Cricket In August 2001, the contract to drain 11 of the 13 fields to be used in the 2003 World Cup Cricket tournament was awarded to Shelton Drainage Solutions SA cc. To our knowledge this is the world’s largest sports turf drainage contract ever! The contract completion date was June 2002. This was achieved in […]
Rugby Loftus Versveld bears testimony to the effectiveness of the Shelton Drainage System During the 2000 rugby season, it was noted that the drainage system at Loftus Versveld stadium in Pretoria was not draining adequately. Obie Oberholzer of Keep it Green, the contractor maintaining the turf at the stadium, and consultant Johan van Vuuren of […]
Soccer Field Drainage In South Africa the Shelton system has recently been installed at 18 of the practice fields in preparation for the 2013 World Cup. An international soccer field has piped drains 5 meters apart with gravel bands at 400mm centres and subject to the permeability of the soil, should drain 25mm of rain […]
Kurland Polo Fields The drainage system at Kurland has given the Polo players, and the trainers of the polo horses a surface that: Drains sufficiently quickly, one hour after 25mm of rain, that they can either play polo or train the horses safely. Going under foot is firm and fewer and less severe injuries are […]
A prime requirement for all equestrian events is that the track, field or arena ensures that the horses have “even going”. The Shelton Drainage System is the only system available in South Africa that can meet these criteria at reasonable cost. Horse race tracks, Polo Fields and Show Grounds cover large areas with many different […]
The Shelton system has also been installed at: Christian Brothers College – Johannesburg Glenstantia Junior School – Pretoria Somerset House – Somerset West, Cape Town Somerset College – Somerset West, Cape Town University of Cape Town – Rugby Field University of Port Elizabeth – A and B Cricket Fields Springfield Convent – Wynberg, Cape Town […]
