STRI Group
 St Ives greens | |
| Formation | 1929 |
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| Founded at | Bingley St Ives |
| Headquarters | Bingley St Ives |
| Coordinates | 53°50′51″N 1°51′28″W / 53.8475°N 1.8577°W |
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | Mark Godfrey[1] |
| Staff | 75 (2013) |
| Website | strigroup |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Shand, Alistair (19 May 2016). "New chief at Harden-based STRI". Keighley News. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Holland, Chris (22 April 2014). "Bingley turf experts land war graveyard honour". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ Holland, Chris (5 September 2014). "Conference to be held at Bingley's Sports Turf Research Institute". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Meek, Natasha (12 July 2019). "Bingley born STRI takes on new turf in China". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ Ahmed, Murad (7 July 2018). "Wimbledon aims to be a cut above despite the heatwave". Financial Times. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Bingley's World Cup turf research". BBC News. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ a b Bishop, Greg (24 June 2012). "Wimbledon's Guardians of Grass Face a Challenging Summer". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ 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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