The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) – the professional organization for 2,600 men and women who manage sports fields worldwide – will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its Conference & Exhibition in San Antonio, TX Jan. 21-24, 2014.
If you manage a field in the Midwest or East Coast, chances are there has been a snow event within the last week. The answer? There is no way to tell at this time of year.
The walls of the ballpark would extend 15 feet on Sheffield Avenue and 16 feet on Waveland Avenue, with both streets losing a lane after being converted to a one-way. In addition, 58 or so parking spots would be eliminated.
That's not an errant soccer team invading the front nine. Those people kicking soccer balls into giant holes at Willow Springs Golf Course are playing FootGolf, a sport that combines soccer and golf. The idea is simple: Try to sink a soccer ball into the hole using as few kicks as possible. It's easy to learn, and there's no need to lug expensive golf clubs — your foot serves as putter, driver, wedge and every other club.
The STMA International Committee is asking members who speak a second (or third) language to volunteer to assist non-English speaking conference attendees. If you volunteer, STMA will keep your name and cell phone number at the conference registration area, and when an international attendee checks in, he/she will be asked if they need any help in finding their way around the conference.
Two soil care and fertilization products will be sent to the International Space Station on Mission 4 as part of an experiment designed to examine how a zero-gravity environment affects bacteria's ability to decompose organic matter. Both products use microbes and bacteria to break down organic fertilizers in soil and fertilize roots.
Commissioned by the University of California, Riverside and the California Turfgrass and Landscape Foundation, the study consisted of five separate experiments (three putting greens and two fairways) on three golf courses in northern California and at the University of California, Riverside between May and September 2013.
It's official: Nashville's Metro Council approved a $65 million financing plan for a new Nashville Sounds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) ballpark at the site of the former home to baseball in the city, Sulphur Dell.
Rain Bird Services has scheduled the Rain Bird Academy Boot Camp, a review for the Irrigation Association's CIT exam, in more than 30 US locations from December 2013 to April 2014. At the end of each four-and-a-half-day Boot Camp, Rain Bird Services will host the Irrigation Association's (IA) Certified Irrigation Technician (CIT) exam.
Following Auburn's last-second victory in the Iron Bowl Nov. 30 and the subsequent fan rush of the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium, something weird was left on the turf. Two days later Scott McElroy, PhD, an associate professor with the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences at the university, met Director of Athletic Turf and Grounds Eric Kleypas on Pat Dye Field. "I was looking at the destruction from everybody being on the field,” McElroy,said. "It looked like somebody had thrown up rocks."
