Top Stories - 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

This article is tagged with Illinois and posted in Football/Soccer, News, Top Stories

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

This article is tagged with Idaho, synthetic turf and posted in News, Top Stories

Video: How to keep your ball field ‘SAFE’

September 21, 2015By AT Staff

The Foundation for Safer Athletic Fields for Everyone (SAFE), the charitable arm of the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA), has released its newest instructional video, which provides the basics to creating safe and playable baseball and softball fields. The video, Baseball and Softball Field Inspection, examines how to identify unsafe surfaces – including skinned areas – and offers best practices specific to... read more

This article is tagged with The SAFE Foundation and posted in Baseball/Softball, News, Top Stories

STC publishes guidelines for synthetic turf infill

August 25, 2015By AT Staff

The Synthetic Turf Council (STC) has revealed environmental guidelines for testing crumb rubber and other infills used in synthetic turf sports and recreation fields. The STC Suggested Environmental Guidelines for Infill is a resource for parents, players, owners and operators of synthetic turf fields. Late in 2014 the use of crumb rubber infill in synthetic turf fields was called into question by... read more

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How Rio Tinto keeps its pitch at its peak

August 21, 2015By Joelle Harms

Dan Farnes, director of fields and grounds at Rio Tinto Stadium, first landed his job by answering to a Craigslist ad. See how Farnes and his crew are managing the field, which has seen twice the amount of traffic this year. read more

This article is tagged with Kansas, Major League Soccer and posted in Football/Soccer, Top Stories