The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) has announced the third annual Mowing Patterns Contest winner as Blake Anderson, assistant director of sports turf operations at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark. Anderson was selected via a Facebook voting contest from Oct. 21 to Nov. 20 for his design at Baum Stadium, home to the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team. Tyler Carr,... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) announced its 2015 Field of the Year Award winners. Since 1992 the STMA’s Field of the Year Award has been presented to members who manage baseball, football, soccer, softball and other sporting grounds at the professional, collegiate, schools (K-12) and parks and recreation level. The 2015 winners are listed below: Professional Ed Smith Stadium... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association and Minor League Baseball have announced the 2015 Sports Turf Manager of the Year award winners. Since 2000 the STMA and MiLB have honored members who manage fields in Triple-A, Double-A, Single-A and short season or rookie divisions. Three of the four honorees this year are multi-year winners, according to a news release from the STMA,... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association is now accepting submissions for its third annual Mowing Patterns Contest. Members interested in entering the contest should upload a photo of their design to Facebook by Friday, Nov. 20, at midnight ET. Voting will take place on the association’s Facebook page, and the winners will be named on Friday, Dec. 4. “With close to 50 applicants... read more
The Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association held its annual Summer Field Day at the Cleveland Browns’ training facility and at First Energy Stadium on June 24. Along with tours of the practice facility in Berea, Ohio, and of the stadium downtown, three experts gave presentations on various turgrass-related topics in the film room at the training facility. Joe Rimelspach, Ph.D.,... read more
