Following the 2025 upgrade, Paderborn Untouchables now play on Polytan Artificial Turf on their main field. The high-performance synthetic surface combines maximum on-field performance with a robust and long-lasting system.

Nestled in the heart of Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, a city celebrated for its rich sports culture and vibrant community life, the Ahorn Ballpark has received a major upgrade in 2025. The field, home to the Paderborn Untouchables, one of Germany’s leading baseball clubs, received a modern, fully synthetic surface. Covering more than 10,000 m², Polytan installed a certified baseball turf system from the USA. This transformation provides a consistently high-quality playing surface that supports both professional and youth development, while allowing the club to host competitive matches all year round.

The field has been engineered to replicate the distinct characteristics of a traditional baseball diamond, playing like clay in the infield and base paths and like grass in the outfield, giving players a genuine home-field advantage. The system combines specialised fibres, differentiated pile heights, and tunable infill ratios with a mixture of sand and BrockFill, creating stability and realistic ball behaviour across the entire field. In high-use areas such as the infield and base paths, nylon fibres provide authentic sliding distances and enhanced durability, ensuring the surface withstands intensive training and competitive play. These features deliver a high-performance experience for athletes at all levels, combining the feel of a natural field with the reliability and low maintenance of a synthetic system.

Baseball in Germany has seen steady growth over the past decades, and clubs such as the Untouchables Paderborn play a pivotal role in nurturing talent from youth programmes to elite competition. The Ahorn Ballpark modernisation extended beyond the playing surface, incorporating high-quality LED floodlights, a 10-metre-high backstop net, dugouts, covered bullpen areas, batting cages, a modern scoreboard, and expanded spectator seating. These enhancements create a safe, visually striking, and professional environment for both players and fans.

With this installation, the main field is fully equipped to host high-level events, including the U23 European Baseball Championship B-Pool in 2026. Polytan’s work exemplifies the company’s commitment to delivering sustainable, high-quality sports surfaces that combine realism, performance, and longevity, while supporting the continued growth of baseball in Germany and the ongoing success of the Untouchables Paderborn.

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