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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 STC publishes guidelines for synthetic turf infill By AT Staff The Synthetic Turf Council released its Suggested Environmental Guidelines for Infill guide. Read more to see how these guidelines will help to keep your fields safe. [read more] VIDEO: How to keep your ball field SAFE By AT Staff The Foundation for Safer Athletic Fields for Everyone created a new instructional video which details the basics for keeping baseball and softball fields safe. Check out their video to learn what to watch out for on your field and more. [read more] Luke Yoder joins Ewing sports field team Ewing hired Luke Yoder, former director of field operations for the San Diego Padres, as its national sports field specialist. [read more]    ASSOCIATIONS' PRESS BOX Getting the message out: The Lawn Institute gives drought tips on air By Jim Novak Melanie Stanton, executive director of The Lawn Institute, visited several news shows to give tips on getting through the California drought. Check out the rest of this article to read some of her tips. [read more]    PLAYING THE FIELD Best practices for building, maintaining sand-based fields By Joelle Harms Pacific Northwest Extension Publishing produced two new publications about the construction and maintenance of sand-based fields. Keep reading to see what each publication has to say. [read more] Hammons Field head groundskeeper nabs Turf Manager of the Year title Brock Phipps of Hammons Field was named Turf Manager of the Year by the Texas League. This is the fifth consecutive win for Hammons Field. Read on to find out why. [read more] NC school installs gray synthetic football field By AT Staff Pine Lake Preparatory School in North Carolina installed a gray and navy synthetic football field in partnership with Shaw Sports Turf. Keep reading to discover more about the field, and the collaboration between Pine Lake and Shaw Sports Turf. [read more]    INDUSTRY NEWS Dollamur and Shaw debut portable sports surface By Joelle Harms Dollamur and Shaw Sports Turf partnered to create Gymturf 365, a portable sports surface. Read on to find out why Gymturf 365 is a "game-changer" for the sports industry. [read more] Turface accepting applications for scholarship awards Turface Athletics is accepting applications for its 2015 Field Maintenance and Scholarship Awards until Oct. 1, 2015. Find out how to nominate a candidate. [read more] Sports Turf Research Institute exec announces retirement Gordon McKillop, Ph.D., chief executive of the Sports Turf Research Institute, announced he will retire next Spring. [read more]

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