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Follow us at @Athletic_Turf Like us on Facebook Follow our RSS Feed [Features] [News] [Products/Services] [Industry] [Turf Use]     [Baseball/Softball]     [Football/Soccer]     [Landscape]     [Parks/Recreation] [Video] [Archives]    IN THE SPOTLIGHT Beacon Athletics demonstrates SweetSpot Tamp at STMA show Paul Zwaska of Beacon Athletics demonstrates the company’s SweetSpot Tamp at the 2015 Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) show, held Jan. 13-16 in Denver. The new tamp creates a dead blow effect and is offered with interchangeable heads. [watch now] Act Global study deems synthetic turf crumb rubber ‘safe’ Act Global has released an independent testing and published analysis of the use of crumb rubber in synthetic turf fields. "The analyzed samples offered no apparent hazard," says organic chemist Dr. R. William Tilford, an unbiased third-party expert. [read more] STMA event sets exhibitors, international attendees records The Sports Turf Managers Association‘s (STMA’s) 26th annual Conference & Exhibition, held Jan. 13-16 in Denver, set a record of 200 exhibitors and 1,200 attendees from nine countries. [read more]    ASSOCIATIONS' PRESS BOX Photo Slideshow: TPI 2015 Field Day The Turfgrass Producers International (TPI) 2015 Field Day, hosted by A-G Sod Farms, was held Feb. 18 in Nuevo, Calif, and included equipment demonstrations and static exhibits. The Field Day was part of its International Conference & Field Day, held Feb. 16-19 in San Diego. [read more]    PLAYING THE FIELD Georgia college baseball team to debut season on synthetic turf Georgia Highlands College’s baseball team is set to open the 2015 season on one of LakePoint Sporting Community's synthetic turf fields by Shaw Sports Turf. The school, which doesn’t have its own field, will play its 29 home games at the 13,000-acre sports venue. [read more]   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…   Alabama sod grower to provide 7th Super Bowl field When the NFL, MLB or college conferences like the SEC need a professional turfgrass playing field, they call Mark Paluch and Bent Oak Farm. Paluch's sod has covered all the natural grass fields in the last decade’s Super Bowls. [read more]   Super Bowl XLIX field retracts into U of Phoenix Stadium University of Phoenix Stadium, host to Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, has installed its new natural grass field using the NFL’s only retractable field system. [read more]    INDUSTRY NEWS Turface Athletics presents 2014 field maintenance awards, scholarships Turface Athletics presented its 2014 field maintenance and scholarship awards at the American Baseball Coaches Association annual luncheon on Jan. 4. in Orlando, Fla. [read more] STMA 2015 board of directors takes office The STMA has announced its 2015 board of directors, including Allen Johnson, CSFM and fields manager for the Green Bay Packers, as its newly elected president. [read more] [The Andersons’ Humic DG now available in Canada] [Bernhard Grinders partners with distributor Finch Services]

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