Recently added articles from SportsTURF:
"Why you do dat?".(From the Sidelines)
Jun 01, 2009; ... MY 2-YEAR-OLD'S FAVORITE QUESTION IS "Why did you do that?" though it comes out "Why you do dat?" After a recent conference call with the Sports Turf Managers Association's Editorial Communications Committee, which advises this magazine, I thought it might be time to remind or inform our ...
Plan now to attend Conference in Orlando.(President's Message)(Conference news)
Jun 01, 2009; ... BEEN FACED WITH DOING MORE WITH LESS and stretching our and beyond. I know that we have had to make choices about how to tightening budgets, but one area that should never be stretched is continuing education. Our industry is a science and as we all know, science is always ...
Fertigation system saves city $10,000 a year.(Field Science)
Jun 01, 2009; ... IN TODAY S ECONOMY, anything that saves money is a welcomed addition to a turf manager's portfolio. When technology saves labor, water and fertilizer and has the bonus of making the fields look uniformly good--it's sure to open eyes. Shawn Brumbaugh, sports complex manager in ...
Organics might help with budget concerns.(Field Science)(Interview)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ST: Why do you think Molloy College (a private school on Long Island) is a good example of your program and the results that can be obtained using organic-based products? Maurer: Well, there are a number of reasons. First, Molloy is in a ...
How to improve irrigation scheduling.(Irrigation & Drainage)
Jun 01, 2009; ... THERE ARE MANY FACTORS that determine how well an irrigation system will perform. The core elements considered during the design phase such as head layout, water source information, pipe sizing and sprinkler selection have a profound impact on the systems performance. However, irrigation ...
Painting women's lacrosse fields quickly and accurately.(Facility & Operations)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SEVERAL YEARS AGO, when the president of the lacrosse women's club A&M gave me a hand-drawn diagram of the field I was expected to layout, I thought I was pretty much screwed. The field was made up of two creases (goal areas) formed of circles, half ...
Can you identify this sports turf problem?(John Mascaro's Photo Quiz)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Problem: Brown squares on turf in right field Turfgrass Area: Brown squares on turf in right field Location: San Francisco, CA Grass Variety: Kentucky bluegrass and perennial rye Answer to John Mascaro's Photo ...
Making a difference: STMA Chapters step up.(Facility & Operations)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Rebuilding history in New Jersey Hickey Field in Bergenfield, NJ was built in 1951. Over the past 57 years it has hosted many exciting games as well as having many future professional baseball stars play on it. In 1961 the New Jersey State Little League Tournament was played on ...
New field layout tool works for 1-man crew.(Facility & Operations)
Jun 01, 2009; ... "LAYING OUT A FIELD is often times one of our biggest challenges, not only to make it right, but also to have all of them marked in the same day," says Peter Thibeault, CSFM, turf manager for the Noble & Greenough School, Dedham, MA. "In New England, like colder areas, one of our ...
STMA Conference attendance 1,375% return on investment (ROI): a case study.(Facility & Operations)(Calendar)
Jun 01, 2009; ... INTUITIVELY, we understand that continuing education and training provides benefits to employees and to employers. Rarely is it quantified to show the financial return and its impact to facilities' bottom lines. In today's economy, education and training dollars are ...
Readers respond: taking care of equipment maintenance.(Tools & Equipment)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We do minor equipment maintenance ourselves, what I like to call "common sense" maintenance. For anything out of our league we send it to the distributor who sold us the piece. Allan Johnson, Green Bay Packers Since we are a ...
Wiedenmann's Super 500.(Tools & Equipment)
Jun 01, 2009 ... The Super 500 high dump sweeper/verticutter/flail mower/collection system can be configured as a low cost solution to sweeping and collecting leaves, clippings, and other materials. The optional multi-purpose sweeper head allows for verticutting and flail ...
Turf Teq Power Broom.(Tools & Equipment)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Brush pressure, brush speed and pivot angle (left/right) can all be adjusted easily from the operator position on the self-propelled Turf Teq Power Broom. The 47-in. wide Power Broom features a hydrostatic transmission, differential lock and 13 horsepower Honda[R] engine. The multi use ...
New catalog available from CoverSports USA.(Tools & Equipment)
Jun 01, 2009 ... CoverSports USA has just released its new 32-page, full-line catalog for 2009. From gymnasiums to football fields, baseball diamonds to tennis courts the catalog showcases the company's entire range of products. Featured are gym floor covers, gym mats and indoor padding, wind and privacy ...
Paint remover, pressure washer machine.(Tools & Equipment)
Jun 01, 2009 ... The Eco Waterbug machine was developed for use with Eco Temp-Line's Removable Turf Marking System, but can be used for a variety of jobs. Two spinning high pressure water tips blast away dirt and paint from artificial turf fields with the ease of a hand-push lawn mower. The Eco Water Bug ...
Gravely Turf introduces Base Runner infield machine.(Tools & Equipment)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Gravely Turf introduces the new Base Runner, an infield conditioner with 3x3 Hydrostatic allwheel drive and zero-turning radius to allow maneuverability with speeds up to 12 mph. With an 18 hp Vanguard V-Twin air-cooled engine that includes an engine kill switch, this new conditioner is ...
Tibbetts, UNE win in new Sporting Grounds category.(Field of the Year)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND'S FIELD HOCKEY AND WOMEN'S LACROSSE FIELD won the 2008 STMA College Sporting Grounds Field of the Year Award. Lance Tibbetts, CSFM, led the team to victory, ably assisted by Richard Burgess, Gary Jenness, and Phil Taschereau ...
SAFE Foundation seeking items for auctions, raffles.(STMA in action)
Jun 01, 2009 ... The SAFE Foundation (Safer Athletic Field Environments), the 501c(3) charitable arm of STMA, is seeking items to include in its auction and raffles. The STMA Live and Silent auctions and the Raffle are held each year during the STMA annual conference. The next annual conference will be at ...
Donations can be fun.(MARKETPLACE)
Jun 01, 2009; ... While at the national STMA conference and trade show last January, I participated in the SAFE Foundation auction. For those of you that haven't been to a national show, there is always a silent auction and a live auction. The proceeds from these auctions go to the SAFE Foundation. The SAFE ...
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out.(Q&A)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The Iowa Chapter, like all the other STMA Chapters, serves as an endless SOurce o fin formation for any level of athletic field management in the country. Joe Wagner, past president of the Iowa Chapter, left me a message that "West Branch High School has a bumpy baseball field, they're not ...