Members from the New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association (NJLCA) teamed up to renovate the Charles Mastik Memorial Field July 11-12 in Little Ferry, N.J. The community field had not been maintained well and was flooded during Hurricane Sandy. Now, the new field will host the New Jersey Little League State Championship July 23-28. Jeff Ware, volunteer district administrator for the N.J. District 6... read more
Turface Athletics, in partnership with Baseball Canada and Major League Baseball (MLB), will conduct its first Field and Ballpark Maintenance Clinic Series throughout Canada in May. Murray Cook, the field and ballpark consultant for MLB, and other industry experts will lead three clinics in three different ballparks in Canada. The clinics are designed to arm attendees with information to help enhance... read more
The University of Michigan plans to replace the old surface at Phyllis Ocker Field, the university’s field hockey facility, with AstroTurf synthetic turf. The new pitch at Ocker field will be AstroTurf 90, which combines the traditional knitted nylon top-cloth with an Armacell pad. The university will host the 2015 NCAA Field Hockey Championships and is upgrading its field hockey... read more
Construction is underway at Alcoa High School to install a Shaw Sports Turf field. The project on the Knoxville, Tenn. school also includes several renovations to the existing stadium complex. “Football is an important part of this community,” said Alcoa’s football coach, Gary Rankin. “Our biggest challenge is being landlocked and not having room for additional field facilities. Adding the Shaw... read more
The athletic fields Pat Hester’s Clintar Landscape Management franchise maintains near Barrie, Ontario, have never looked greener, thanks to technology commonly used in agriculture. Last spring, the company began using GPS and crop-sensing equipment to record data about turf health each time it mows a field. The data allow Hester to analyze turf conditions remotely, eliminating extra on-site visits. The... read more
