News - Athletic Turf

Misapplication destroys high school football field

September 25, 2015By AT Staff

The St. Edward Central Catholic High School football team in Elgin, Ill., was forced to relinquish its home-field advantage Sept. 18 after a chemical mix-up destroyed its field, the Chicago Tribune reports. The lawn care company responsible for maintaining Greg True Field, St. Edward’s home field, accidentally applied weed killer instead of fertilizer on Sept. 4. The mishap killed two-thirds of the field’s grass. The... read more

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California park installs fields with EPDM alternative infill

September 25, 2015By AT Staff

The City of San Mateo, Calif., has installed a GreenFields USA synthetic turf system with an environmentally friendly infill at Los Prados Park, home to many of the city’s soccer, baseball and softball teams. The city selected GreenFields’ SlideMax XQ product along with an ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) non-SBR rubber infill. SBR rubber is made of recycled car tires. Granules based on EPDM contain about 20... read more

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Hammons Field named Texas League’s Field of the Year

September 24, 2015By AT Staff

Hammons Field head groundskeeper nabs Turf Manager of the Year title Hammons Field, home of the Springfield Cardinals, the Double-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, was named the 2015 Field of the Year by the Texas League. Brock Phipps, the Cardinals’ head groundskeeper, was named the 2015 Turf Manager of the Year. The honor is the fifth consecutive... read more

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Dollamur and Shaw debut GymTurf 365 portable sports surface

September 23, 2015By Joelle Harms

GymTurf 365 offers an indoor alternative for outdoor sports Dollamur Sport Surfaces has launched GymTurf 365, a new portable sports surface developed in partnership with Shaw Sports Turf. GymTurf 365 is a portable synthetic turf surface that is placed on top of flat surfaces in buildings, such as gymnasiums, to create an indoor practice field. The product is designed to eliminate any weather or scheduling... read more

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Best practices for building, maintaining sand-based fields

September 23, 2015By Joelle Harms

Pacific Northwest Extension Publishing, which encompasses Oregon State University, Washington State University and the University of Idaho, has produced two publications regarding the construction and maintenance of sand-based athletic fields. “Best Management Practices for Construction of Sand-based Athletic Fields for Football and Soccer” and “Best Management Practices for Maintaining Sand-based, Natural Grass Athletic Fields” are both free of charge and available as e-books... read more

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