The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) has selected Savannah, Ga., as the host city of the 2022 STMA Conference and Exhibition. STMA’s 33rd Annual Conference & Exhibition will be held January 17-20, 2022. Registration opens on October 2021. Please visit the STMA Conference page for more information. The Savannah Convention Center is a quick ferry ride from the Downtown Historic District, which boasts... read more
The Sports Turf Management Association (STMA) will unveil its new best management practices (BMPs) on April 22. For the past 17 months, the STMA BMP Task Group has been developing a comprehensive environmental best management practices program. The Best Management Practices for the Sports Field Manager: A Professional Guide for Sports Field Management provides chapters and our membership at-large with... read more
As of March 1, the Sports Turf Management Association (STMA) headquarters staff began its permanent work-from-home environment. All staff has been working from home for the past year, and the board evaluated this arrangement and determined that services to members have remained unaffected. It officially voted to implement this on a permanent basis beginning after the 2021 virtual conference. STMA’s... read more
Stephen Lord, former head groundskeeper for the Cincinnati Reds, has joined Advanced Turf Solutions as a sales representative. Lord will serve the sports field and lawn and landscape markets in Southeastern Michigan. Lord, a certified sports field manager, previously spent six years as the head groundskeeper for the Cincinnati Reds. He also spent eight years as an assistant groundskeeper at... read more
Esto Retractable and Sports Turf Company have won 2021 Innovative Awards from the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) and its Innovative Award Task Group. The “Innovative Awards Program” recognizes STMA commercial company members who have developed a product, service, equipment or technology that enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of the sports turf manager and/or makes the playing surfaces safer and/or... read more
