Meet UBC’s head groundskeeper preparing the National Soccer Development Centre for the world stage

With over four decades of expertise in high-performance turf management, Gary Bartley, head groundskeeper at UBC, is the technical architect behind the world-class soccer pitch at UBC Vancouver. Since 2015, he and his team have overseen the complex needs of both synthetic and natural fields for use by professional teams like the Vancouver Whitecaps and Vancouver Rise, as well as varsity programs…