Colin Corline

Speaker biography

Colin Corline

Technical Lead, SAPCA

Colin has worked within the sports construction industry for the past 28 years overseeing the design, funding, project management and testing of indoor and outdoor sports facilities across a number of sports in the UK and around the world.

At Material Science Consultants Colin spent 12 years overseeing the construction and testing of over 200 sports facilities from design stage to delivery in collaboration with NGB’s around the world. Career highlights include the hockey facilities for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the athletics stadium track for the 2007 World Championships in Osaka and a ground-breaking hockey facility for the US Hockey Association in Virginia Beach.

At the Lawn Tennis Association Colin spent 11 years working within the Facilities Team overseeing the development, funding and delivery of 150 projects across the south of England and Wales. Within this role Colin also led the strategic development of 10 indoor tennis facilities.

At SAPCA Colin has spent the past 7 years overseeing the associations Technical Programme developing new guidance and technical standards for the UK sports construction industry, representing the association on both CEN and BSI committees and enhancing and delivering SAPCA’s Quality System.

Sessions

SAPCA Annual Conference & Awards Dinner 2026

12:30–13:0026 February 2026 Artificial turf: End-of-life panel discussion