Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) awarded the 2019 ‘Sports Field Managers of the Year’ sponsored by STMA and Echo Tools. This year’s winners continuously demonstrate the hard work and passion needed to provide attractive and safe playing fields at all levels, the association says. Amongst the honorees are multiple repeat winners including one sports field... read more
Toro announced this year’s winner of the annual Toro Super Bowl* Sports Turfgrass Training Program. Conlan Burbrink is a student at the University of Tennessee, majoring in Turfgrass Science and Management, and was selected to assist the grounds crew in field preparations for Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Burbrink will work alongside National Football League... read more
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) announced a partnership extension with Echo Incorporated, making it the Official/Exclusive Outdoor Power Equipment of Minor League Baseball and the Official Outdoor Power Equipment of Copa de la Diversión. Key components of the partnership include official and exclusive designations, ballpark activations, in-park Echo product demonstrations and integration and a sweepstakes. MiLB and Echo will also continue... read more
John Kinkead Sr., longtime head of Turfco Manufacturing and an innovator in the golf course and turf management industry, died on Oct. 1. He was 89 years old. Kinkead will be remembered by those in the industries he loved — notably golf and turf management — as an innovator and as a person whose perseverance set the tone for how... read more
Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) will host its 31st annual Conference & Exhibition Jan. 13-16, 2020 in West Palm Beach, Fla. More than 1,600 leaders in the sports field industry will gather at the Palm Beach County Convention Center for four days of industry education, networking events and exhibitor demonstrations. The summit kicks off with a volunteer field rebuild at... read more
