The Sports Turf Association was once again favoured by Mother Nature with a late summer day that dawned bright, sunny and warm despite forecasts earlier in the week calling for rain. The change in weather was perhaps precipitated by the scheduled appearance of both the Mayor of Brantford, Mike Hancock, and the irrepressible Lord Mayor of Brantford, Walter Gretzky!
More than 260 turfgrass industry professionals travelled to The Telephone City for the Association’s 22nd Annual Field Day. Feedback is that the program and speakers were highly relevant ─ addressing the transition to pesticide-free athletic field management, the basics of synthetic turf systems, inspection and maintenance of sports field infrastructure, and the servicing of irrigation systems.
True to form our industry sponsors were generous with their support as were our exhibitors with their participation. Thank you to all who contributed in making our 22nd Annual Field Day our 22nd Annual Success!
The Way to Effectively Manage Pesticide-Free Athletic Fields
STA Field Day Session with Dr. Eric Lyons, University of Guelph, ON
We can use this as an opportunity to move forward professionally. We can increase our agronomic knowledge and become better turfgrass managers. We can increase our profile and our professionalism. We can become better communicators and create relationships with our user groups, and have them help us do our job.
View the complete article (pdf) by Mike Jiggens as it appeared in Turf & Recreation.