MIXTURE:
100% Perennial ryegrass
USAGE:
Renovation and/or construction of elite winter sports pitches. Designed for elite winter sport stadiums and pitches, it focuses on the key characteristics of wear tolerance, recovery, camera-friendly grass colour and disease resistance. ELITE SPORT is changing the game for the renovation and construction of stadium and other high quality pitches.
Top performing varieties
Barenbrug’s ELITE SPORT product has been re-formulated for 2024 to include the top three varieties in BSPB Table S1 Turfgrass Seed 2024, including the new Altivo for the first time.
Barzico holds the coveted #1 position, trialled under winter sports wear simulation at 25mm height of cut. The cultivar originates from Barenbrug’s Dutch breeding station and is a very strong all-round ryegrass suitable for many applications. Visually, it is mid-fine, extremely dense with a medium green colour.
Altivo, ranked #2 and brand new for 2024, is an exciting new addition with a broad range of beneficial traits. Early spring growth and high recovery are of particular note.
Barbasten is ranked #3. It is a true winter sports cultivar from Holland, coarser in leaf, paler green and exceptinally active in winter/spring recovery, Barbasten brings additional Drechslera leaf spot tolerance to the product.
The unparalelled wear tolerance of the top three varieties is balanced with the French, early-heading Barcristalla, which delivers additional disease tolerance and deep green genetic colour. This cements ELITE SPORT as the market-leading grass seed mixture of its type, designed for elite winter sport stadiums and pitches.
Features & benefits
Every elite squad should have the perfect combination of characterises. Our ELITE SPORT seed mix blends four of the toughest, most hardwearing perennial ryegrasses into a top performing team.
High wear tolerance and recovery
The mixture is formulated primarily on performance in the BSPB/STRI Turfgrass Seed 2024 booklet Table S1 for sports pitch wear simulation. All four cultivars are highly ranked, including the #1, #2 and #3 - ranked varieties, which means ELITE SPORT comfortably has the UK’s highest ‘mixture score’ of 7.82.
Camera-friendly colour
Barcristalla is a key variety in ELITE SPORT, with a much darker genetic colour than other top varieties.