Cork club pitches up for €550k project

A Cork soccer club is poised to have one of the most advanced all-weather pitches in the country — thanks to an Irish company which built pitches for the World Cup in Russia.

Work has started at Lakewood Athletic’s grounds in Ballincollig on the construction of a Fifa-accredited, full-size, all-weather, flood-lit pitch in the hopes of it hosting its first game in August.

SIS, which designed, built, or installed its specialised SIS Grass surface at six of the 12 World Cup stadiums in Russia, hopes to install its SIS Hybrid surface at the Lakewood facility within weeks.