News - Athletic Turf

Rutgers/NJSTMA athletic field short course set for Feb. 16-19

December 25, 2009By AT Staff

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The Rutgers-NJAES Office of Continuing Education in cooperation with the New Jersey Sports Field Managers Association is offering an Athletic Field Construction and Maintenance short course Feb. 16-18. In addition to this 3-day course, half-day courses are offered in these special athletic field topics: Understanding Synthetic Fields and Baseball/Softball Infield Skin Construction & Management. Agenda Day One —... read more

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Pioneer leaves its mark on NCAA bowl season

December 22, 2009By AT Staff

CLEVELAND, OH – College Football’s bowl season started this Saturday, Dec. 19, and runs through the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 7, 2010. Pioneer Athletics is proud to be the official supplier of paints, stripers, stencils and groomers for 11 of these nationally televised games. “College football’s bowl season affords the field crews of each respective stadium the opportunity to show... read more

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Get on the ball and register for the STMA Conference

November 23, 2009By AT Staff

By: Ron Hall “In managing turfgrass, your only goal is perfection. The closer you get to perfection, the more obvious your imperfections and the more difficult and more expensive they are to correct. If you keep that in perspective, you will keep your sanity.” — James Beard, Ph.D., president and chief researcher for the International Sports Turf Institute The approaching Sports Turf... read more

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EPA recognizes Star Line paint

November 19, 2009By AT Staff

CLEVELAND – In January 2009, Pioneer Athletics introduced the Brite Stripe Ultra-Friendly product line, the first-ever field paint designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) “Design for the Environment” product. On Nov. 17, Pioneer announced a second EPA-recognized paint named Star Line Ultra Friendly, the companion product to its paint-in-a-box sprayer, the Star Striper. Just like Pioneer’s previously released... read more

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Team REIL expands partnership benefits

October 14, 2009By AT Staff

UNION, IL — Team REIL Inc., the sole recommended supplier of sports field and recreation equipment to the 11 universities of the Big Ten conference, is now making its “one-stop-shop” service available to U.S. colleges and universities nationwide. Partnering with the Big Ten Conference, Team REIL Inc. is the point-of-contact for athletic directors and facilities managers of the conference’s 270... read more

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