The Toronto Blue Jays can expect fewer bad bounces on their home field this season. Their new turf should look better, too. That may come as small consolation to fans pondering the team's murky future, but ownership believes the installation of a new AstroTurf playing surface will pay off -- literally -- in the long term.
MLB Properties and AstroTurf have signed a 3-year licensing deal, positioning the 45-year-old brand as the league's official provider of synthetic turf. The agreement is tied to a free installation for the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto, officials confirmed.
The 13th Annual Sports Turf Short Course is February 24 & 25. The short course is designed for sports turf managers and grounds people that care for turf with multiple functions and is offered by The Ohio State University Extension Program and by The Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association.
Redexim Charterhouse, Inc. proudly announces the 30th anniversary of its parent company Redexim BV and 30 years of its internationally known product, Verti-Drain, the original deep tine aerator.
The 2009 Atlantic League champion team is looking for highly motivated individuals interested in a career in Sports Turf Management for the 2010 baseball season.
Highlights of the conference included a keynote address by National Geographic photographer, Dick Durrance and the annual Ohio Turfgrass Research Trust auction, where $17,000 was raised to support turfgrass research, education and Extension in Ohio.
With more than 5,000 synthetic turf athletic fields in use across the United States, the Synthetic Turf Council has expanded its 2010 "Search for the Real Field of Dreams" contest to now include public as well as high school fields. The national search was launched last year to discover the synthetic turf field that had the greatest positive impact on athletes, schools, or the community.
Former Eastern Washington University football standout Michael Roos of the Tennessee Titans has pledged $500,000 toward the university's "Red Turf" project at EWU's Woodward Field in Cheney, WA.
