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The municipality opted for a "management delivery" of the pitch, which means that the client, not the contractor, is responsible for choosing the pitch. A major role was reserved for the hockey players themselves . Rob van der Horst, involved with the former Oranje-Zwart club and member of the construction team responsible for the new facility, explains: "The players had already played on many different fields. When we asked them which top coat they preferred, they told us they liked the blue field of Kampong from Utrecht the most. They especially appreciated the ball speed this pitch ensures. We blindly followed their preference, without knowing who had produced the field." The producer of the trendy "blue field" is Lano Sports from the Flemish city of Harelbeke. This producer of pitches for football, hockey, tennis and other sports is relatively unknown in the Netherlands. However, various sports players play on pitches made by this company without knowing so. The water-based pitches of Lano are sold under the brand name 'Hockey Solutions', offering a wide range of field varieties.
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