Turface Athletics is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year by giving away 2 tons of product and $250 to buy field maintenance supplies. The âWatch and Winâ promotion offers sports field managers, coaches and field volunteers a chance to win simply by watching one of the companyâs online educational videos. The company will choose one winning viewer each quarter. Mike... read more
College footballâs second oldest playing field will have a new look by the time the season opener gets underway. The University of Cincinnati is installing new artificial turf on Carson Field in Nippert Stadium. The project, which cost an estimated $600,000, will be completed in time for the Bearcatsâs 112th football season and the home opener against Purdue August 31.... read more
After a 121-year absence, the birthplace of night football will be back in the night football business when Mansfield University, Mansfield, Pa., adds artificial turf and outdoor lighting to Karl Van Norman Field. âStarting this May, Mansfield University will go back to the future when the university embarks on a major renovation to Karl Van Norman Field,â said Mansfield University... read more
Turface Athletics launched a new expanded online video library at Turface.com. The free online video library boasts more than a dozen video segments intended to educate sports field managers at any level of play on the latest maintenance and renovation techniques for ball fields and sports turf. The free video library expansion is one of several initiatives planned from Turface... read more
By Jim Novak, Turfgrass Producers International When Kirk Hunter, executive director of Turfgrass Producers International (TPI), traveled to Washington in 2009, he met with representatives of the National Coalition to Save Our Mall and a representative of the National Mall Third Century Initiative to discuss the deplorable condition of the turf. Â TPI wanted an update on what could be done,... read more
