Great Sports Infra Bags Four Key Projects for Kerala National Games 2014

Hyderabad-based Great Sports Infra (GSI) has won four large projects for construction of sports facilities for the upcoming 2014 National Games, to be held in Kerala. 

The company has bagged tenders for a FIFA-standard artificial grass Football field, FIH-standard artificial grass Hockey field, and two 400 Metre IAAF-standard synthetic athletic tracks in Kerala, for various Games venues.

As the games are scheduled to be held in 2014, GSI has already started work on the fields, while keeping in mind the strict guidelines for international level play. The synthetic turf to be installed in Football and Hockey fields will be imported from world leader in artificial grass, FieldTurf and the athletic tracks will be installed with an IAAF-approved German product, Porplastic.

"We have always maintained a track record of flawless installations, and on-time delivery. Work is already underway and we are making sure of highest degree of precision in the construction. These projects are sure to encourage and add further to the glorious sports culture of Kerala." Says GSI Director of Operations, Lt. Col. John K. John.

GSI's recent 400 Meter synthetic track installation at Bangalore has been awarded the much coveted IAAF certification. Meanwhile, they are about to finish work on its second IAAF-standard synthetic athletic track at Udupi. They have also recently bagged projects for supplying FIH-standard artificial Hockey turf in Simdega, Jharkhand, and three FIFA-standard artificial grass soccer fields in Meghalaya.

Great Sports Infra has, to date, installed over 100 sports fields in India, including a dozen FIFA-standard soccer fields, FIH approved hockey fields, IAAF certified athletic tracks, and several indoor & outdoor sports facilities for government, defence, educational institutes, corporate campuses, residential societies & training academies. 

About Great Sports Infra

Great Sports Infra is India's leading sports infrastructure solution provider. It was the first company to introduce the next-generation artificial grass which "Looks Like Grass...Feels Like Grass...Plays Like Grass" and today, there are over 5000 installations across 230 cities & towns in India. This includes many FIFA standard football fields as well, like the iconic Salt Lake stadium. Prominent clients include Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Infosys, Taj Mahal Palace & Towers, Hero Honda, Reliance Industries and many more. The product portfolio spans from artificial grass for sports & landscaping to complete range of indoor and outdoor sports flooring, running tracks and sports field conditioning systems. GSI is a winner of the CII-Business Line ‘Emerging Entrepreneur' Award 2012 and finalist of the prestigious TATA NEN Hottest Startups and ET-Power of Ideas.