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MinnesotaMark Altman, Marshall, MNJoey Fitzgerald, Univ of MN - Crookston,Crookston, MNGreg Hoag, City of Falcon Heights, Falcon Heights, MNJustin Hoffmann, Slayton, MNBob Huntrods, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MNAaron Karn, St. Cloud, MNJohn McPhee, The Toro Company, Bloomington, MNJeff Reich, National Sports Center, Blaine, MNJeff Roiger, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MNSteve Thiessen, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN
MissouriDonald Carey, Jr., Grain Valley, MOMatt Gerhardt, University of Missouri, Columbia, MOMike Kostecke, St. Louis Youth Soccer Assoc.,Des Peres, MODaniel Looney, St. Louis, MOJerad Minnick, Kansas City Royals Baseball, KansasCity, MOJim Overman, St. Louis Youth Soccer Assoc.,Des Peres, MOJoseph Overstreet, Liberty, MOZane Patton, Columbia, MOWilliam Pipp, Columbia, MOMark Vessell, St. Louis Youth Soccer Assn,Desperes, MO
MississippiScott Cox, World Class Athletic Surfaces, Inc.,Leland, MSGreg Narmour, World Class Athletic Surfaces, Inc.,Leland, MSDavid Simmons, World Class Athletic Surfaces, Inc.,Leland, MSJames Wedgeworth, 1imberton Golf Club, Soso, MSMark Weilenman, World Class Athletic Surfaces, Inc.,Leland, MSMike Williams, World Class Athletic Surfaces, Inc.,Leland, MS
MontanaAaron Feider, Missoula Osprey Baseball Club,Missoula, MT
North CarolinaCurt Farmer, Durham, NCPhil Martin, Duke University, Durham, NCThomas Meier, Freudenberg Spunweb Company,Durham, NCAlan Milam, Guilford Technical Community College,Clemmons, NCRusty Miller, Atlantic Sports Turf, Clayton, NCRaymond Moors, Cabarrus Turf Irrigation, Inc.,Harrisburg, NCJamie Pruitt, Kannapolis Intimidators, Kannapolis, NCBrad Smith, Kannapolis Intimidators, Kannapolis, NCScott Strickland, Durham, NCJoe Zvanut, Jacobsen, A Textron Company,Charlotte, NC
NebraskaRuth Cattlett, DTN, Omaha, NEMike Cippera, Loveland Lawns / Odeys Field Experts,
Omaha, NEPat Dunning, Loveland Lawns, Omaha, NETerry Haubold, Sodexho, Omaha, NEMatt Klima, NCTA, Curtis, NEDanny Renz, NCTA, Curtis, NEMike Ridder, Lesco, Inc., Lincoln, NETyler Smith, Amherst, NEMatt Warner, Landscapes Unlimited LLC, Lincoln, NERoxanne Winslow, NCTA Curtis, NEBryce Zeller, Lincoln, NENew HampshireKim Britton, St. Anselm College, Manchester, NHKenneth Harrington, New Hampshire Fishercats,Manchester, NHRobin Wilson, Hillsboro, NH
New JerseyJohn Crossen, Township of Hillsborough,Hillsborough, NJErik Hammerdahl, Scotch Plains - Fanwood BOE,Scotch Plains, NJLester Hauck III, Monmouth University,W Long Branch, NJBarbara Koonz, Koonz Supply, Springfield, NJJoseph Lisa, Layton BOE, Clayton, NJRon Matakitis, Delbarton School, Morristown, NJKen Mathis, Rick Township, Toms River, NJMatthew McDermott, Scotch Plains - Fanwood BOE,Scotch Plains, NJRobert Orgera, Borough of Mendham, Mendham, NJRobert Osborn, Barnegat Township Schools,Barnegat, NJCraig Patterson, Richard Stockton College of NJ,Smithville, NJRyan Radcliffe, Lakewood Blueclaws, Lakewood, NJDouglas Tanis, Pequannock, NJPeter Van Drump, Advanced Agro Technologies,Wayside, NJ
New MexicoBryan Waller, Albuquerque Isotopes, Albuquerque, NM
NevadaBarry Baker, Las Vegas, NVSteve Bonnell, City of Fernley Parks & Recreation Dept,Fernley, NVJason Perry, Western Turf, Reno, NVJim Roper, Western Turf, Reno, NV
New YorkJohn Butz, Abel Bainnson Butz LLP, New York, NYGreg Chorvas, Cantine Veterans Sports Complex,Saugerties, NYChris Flynn, Hopewell Junction, NYBill German, USMNArmy Athletics, West Point, NYAdam Holligan, SUNY Cobleskill, Delmar, NYJason Holt, Clark Companies, Delhi, NYJames Hunter, Clark Companies, Delhi, NYFrank Lindsay, Greece Central School Dist.,Rochester, NYGreg Lippitt, Village of Cooperstown, Cooperstown, NYFrank Pasek, Garrattsville, NYDirk Ruane, Rome, NYJames Serio, Greece Central School Dist.,Rochester, NY
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Bill Servedio. USMA-Army, West Point., NYMarcus Sherburne, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NYRussell Washegesic, The Brickman Group, Ltd.,Schenectady, NYSteve Wiseman, Binghamton Mets, Binghamton, NY
OhioMatthew Carroll, The Ohio State University,Columbus, OHDon Confoey, Sekely Industries, Salem, OHRandy Heilman, Central Farm & Garden, Wooster, OHShane Hohlbein, Cincinnati, OHNathan McGuire, The Ohio State University,Columbus, OHJeff McKelvey, Opening Day Lawn & Landscape LLC,Louisville, OH
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Sports Turf Managers Association ofArizona: For information on the Chapter or upcom-ing events, contact Chris Calcaterra at e-mail:[email protected] or call 623/412-4231 or BillMurphy, at e-mail: [email protected] or480/312-7956.
Chesapeake Chapter STMA (formerly calledMid-Atlantic Athletic Field ManagersOrganization - MAFMO Chapter STMA):Chesapeake Chapter STMA is planning a regionalmeeting with the Virginia STMA, SFMANJ andKAFMO to be held at the new Ravens PracticeFacility in Owens Mills, MD in July. Our meeting atRFK Stadium in Washington, DC will be scheduledat a later date at which time we will see the changeover from baseball's new team the WashingtonNationals to MLS Soccer 2004 Champions DCUnited. For more information contact Graham Davisat [email protected] or call 301/495-5522.
Colorado Sports Turf Managers Association:The infamous LMO Golf Tournament is scheduledfor Tuesday, July 19th at The Heritage at Westmoor,for information on the golf tournament please con-tact Phil McQuade at 303/237-7188. For informationon the Chapter or other upcoming activities, visit theChapter's website at www.cstma.org or call the
Casey Myers, Ottawa, OHTravis Post, Corning, OHJames Wright, City of WesteNille, WesteNille, OH
OklahomaCasey Cox, Tulsa Drillers, Tulsa, OKJames McPherson, Oklahoma City, OKRick Newville, Amateur Softball Assoc., OKC, OKBill Rowton, City of Walters, Walters, OKGary Shepherd, Tulsa Drillers, Tulsa, OKBryan White, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
OregonMike Billman, DLF International Seeds, Halsey, ORJonathan Garrett, Oregon State University,Corvallis. OR
CSTMA Chapter Hotline at 303/346-8954, or contactPresident Richard Buelter at 303/233-2922 or [email protected].
Florida #1 Chapter: The Florida #1 Chapter isholding a Chapter meeting on July 26th at the Cityof Coral Springs Sportsplex in Coral Springs, FL. Formore information on the Florida #1 Chapter visit theFlorida #1 Chapter page on STMA's website or con-tact John Mascaro at 954/341-3115 or [email protected].
Gateway Chapter Sports Turf ManagersAssociation: The Gateway Chapter will be hosting aField Day on July 12th from 8am - 3pm with theMissouri Valley Turf Grass Association at MU TurfResearch Farm in Columbia, MO. Also, on August8th from 5-10 p.m., is Game Day at the River CityRascals in O'Fallon, MO. For information on theGateway Chapter or upcoming events, call MikeKrone, Missouri Baptist College at 314/392-2328 ore-mail [email protected].
Georgia Sports Turf Managers Association:For information on the Chapter or upcoming events,contact Skip Kirby at 770/928-1580 or bye-mail [email protected].
The Greater L.A~Basin Chapter of the SportsTurf Managers Association: The Greater LABasin's next meeting will be held on Thursday,September 15th at Pomona College, Pomona, CA,time is to be announced. This is an educational, gen-eral meeting including the nominations of officersfor the 2006 year. CEUs will be available and therewill be a lunch buffet for members. For informationand reservations or for more information on upcom-ing events call Emilio Avalos at 949/824-8243 or e-mail [email protected].
Illinois Chapter (formerly Midwest Chapter)STMA: For information on the Illinois Chapter or
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upcoming events call chapter secretary Libby Bakerat 847/263-7603 or e-mail [email protected].
Iowa Sports Turf Managers Association: July11th is the Extension Fundraiser Golf Event atWaverly Golf Course in Waverly, IA. There is a cashlunch at 11 a.m. with a shotgun start at noon. It is afour-person, best shot format with a meal and prizesto follow. The cost is $50 per player which includesgolf, cart, meal and prizes. Call the Iowa Turfgrassoffice at 515/232-8222 to sign up by July 1. July27th is the ITI Field Day Classic at Jewell CountryClub in Jewell, IA and July 28th is the ITI/ISUExtension Field Day at ISU Turfgrass ResearchStation in Ames, lA, for more information visitwww.iowaturfgrass.org. For information on theChapter or upcoming activities, contact Jeff Wendelof The Turf Office at ph. 515/232-8222 or fax515/232-8228 or e-mail [email protected].
Keystone Athletic Field ManagersOrganization (KAFMO/STMA): For information onthe Chapter or upcoming events, contact DanDouglas, Reading Phillies Baseball Club at 610/375-8469, ext. 212 or bye-mail to:[email protected].
Kentucky Sports Turf Managers Association:They KySTMA Summer Workshop is being held July28-29 at the University of Louisville. For informationon the Chapter or upcoming events, check out thewebsite at www.kystma.org or contact Tom Nielsenat [email protected] or Donnie Mefford [email protected] or call him at 859/257-1451.
Michigan Sports Turf Managers Association(MiSTMA): The Michigan Sports Turf ManagersAssociation (MiSTMA) held a spring field day for 70participants on May 11, 2005, at the Detroit LionsPractice Facility. The topic of the event was artificialturf. Bruce Lemons, President of Foresite Design,spoke first about his involvement in the SyntheticTurf Council (STC). He next discussed specificationsand construction of in-fill systems. Amy Fouty,CSFM (Michigan State University, Past Pres.MiSTMA) discussed some potential maintenancedifferences between indoor and outdoor artificialturf fields. Charlie Coffin (Detroit Lions Sports FieldManager) gave a very informative and entertaininglook at managing an in-fill system at Ford Field.Craig O'Berry (Vice President MiSTMA) fromPioneer Paint discussed the paint options availableto field managers to use on artificial turf and he andCoffin covered the role of disinfectants in overallmanagement. For more information on this event oron the Michigan Chapter, visit their website atwww.mistma.org or contact Chad Follis at 269/377-3340 or 269/381-0596 or by email [email protected].
Minnesota Chapter STMA: For information onthe Minnesota Chapter, or upcoming events, visitthe Chapter website at www.mstma.com or contactchapter President Greg Hoag at 651/486-8295 or byemail [email protected].
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MO-KAN Sports Turf Managers Association: Forinformation on the Chapter or upcoming events,contact Paul Hecker at 913/971-9717 or [email protected].
New England STMA (NESTMA): NESTMAwill be holding its 14th Annual Summer Field Day atSaint Anselm's College in Manchester, NH onAugust 10, 2005. Please contact Bill Butts at617/484-3360 or [email protected] orKeith Macdonald at [email protected]. Formore information on the New England chapter orother upcoming events, contact David Pinsonneaultat 781/861-2757 or [email protected].
Northern California Chapter of the SportsTurf Managers Association: For information on theNor-Cal Chapter, or pending events, call Janet Gift at530/758-4200 or email Emory Hunter [email protected].
Nebraska Sports Turf Managers Association:For information on the Chapter or upcoming events,call Loren Humphrey at: 402/461-2356 or e-mail [email protected].
Sports Field Managers Association of NewJersey: The Rutgers Landscape and Sports TurfResearch Field Day, in cooperation with the NJTurfgrass Association and the Sports Field ManagersAssociation of New Jersey is August 3rd inAdelphia, NJ. For information on the New JerseyChapter or upcoming events call SFMANJ at908/730-7770, e-mail [email protected] or visit theChapter website at www.sfmanj.org.
Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association(OSTMA): The OSTMA will be having the 2005South East Ohio Field Day on July 14th at theUniversity of Rio Grande. For more information, visitthe Chapter's website at www.ostma.org or callOSTMA Headquarters at 888/824-9805 or 419/824-9805 or Boyd Montgomery, CSFM, at 419/885-1982.
Pacific Northwest Sports Turf ManagersAssociation: For information on the Chapter orupcoming events, contact Bob Christofferson at206/346-4218 or [email protected].
Southern California Chapter: On July 14th,the Southern Cal Chapter will host a Field Day atRancho Bernardo High School. This will be a mix offield and classroom. West Coast Turf will discussdifferent types of sod available to the industry, abrief tour of an in progress installation of Fieldturf,drill and fill demonstration and more. We will con-clude with presentations from Dr. Kent Kurtz (CalPoly), Dr. Shoumo Mitra (Cal Poly), Bruce Kidd (DowAgro Sciences) and Bill Blackmann (Horizon). Fourhours of CEUs have been applied for. Continentalbreakfast and lunch will be served. $35 for mem-bers and $50 for non-members. Non-members, your$50 also gets you the in the local chapter for theremainder of the year! Also, please join us on
August 26th for the Padres game. For more infor-mation or information on the Southern CaliforniaChapter or pending activities, call the ChapterHotline at 888/578-STMA (578-7862) toll free inSouthern California or 760/226-8873 or MichaelTarantino at 858/679-2526 or bye-mail:[email protected].
South Carolina Chapter of STMA: The SouthCarolina Chapter will have a meeting on July 19th atCitizens Park in Aiken, SC. The focus of the meetingwill be sports field construction. Contact Trent Haleat 843/662-3526 ext. 206 or bye-mail [email protected] for more information or visitour website at www.scstma.org.
Texas Sports Turf Managers Association: OnJune 23rd, the TXSTMA held an educational fieldday at the San Antonio ISD Sports Complex cover-ing the topic of "Managing Sports Fields withExcessive Play". Speakers included Dr. DavidChalmers and Dr. Jim McAfee from TexasCooperative Extension and Dusty Robinson fromTexas A&M Graduate Program. Abby McNeal,CSFM with the Denver Broncos represented STMAand provided information from the Synthetic/NaturalTurfgrass Task Group during a tour of the AlamoDome. The next chapter event will be held in theDFW area this fall. A date and location will beannounced soon. For more chapter information, call1. J. Thompson, President-Elect at 972/670-2138 orthe chapter office at 866/897-8621.
Tennessee Valley Sports Turf ManagersAssociation (TVSTMA): The Tennessee Valleychapter will be holding a Field Day on Thursday, July21st at the University of Tennessee football stadi-um, in Knoxville, Tenn. For more information on theField Day or information on the Chapter or otherupcoming events, call Chapter President, Chris Pearlat 615/242-4371 or visit the Chapter's website atwww.tvstma.org.
Virginia Sports Turf Managers Association:For information on the Virginia Chapter please con-tact VSTMA President Bob Studholme of the FairfaxCounty Park Authority at 703/324-8590 [email protected].
Wisconsin Sports Turf ManagersAssociation: For information on the WisconsinChapter or other pending events, contact ChrisBrindley at 715/346-3622 or [email protected].
Forming Chapters:
North Florida STMA Chapter: For informationon the newly forming North Florida Chapter, contactMark Clay at 904/633-6116 or Jay McCord at904/448-2583.
New York Sports Turf Managers Association:Contact - Mike Albino by phone at 315/468-6225 or(c) 315/427-1214 or email him at mikealbino@earth-link. net.
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__By Dr. Dave Minner, Ph.D.+Ass_odate Professor, Iowa State unlversity
Bad audit may be good newsWe attended the irrigation audit workshop by Dr. Kopec at the
2005 STMA Conference last year and decided to have our old system audited.The bad news is we failed miserably with a Distribution Uniformity of 25%. Thegood news is we are getting a totally new system. My previous requests for anirrigation system upgrade fell on deaf ears, but the audit was the documenta-tion I needed to sway their decision. The cost savings analysis that showed a 3-year pay back from reduced labor and water savings was the deciding factor formy boss. I am working with the irrigation designer now and I was wondering ifyou could give me some advice on what toask for so that I have a really good system forthe future.
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of the wear pattern, but it will make it possible to differentially water traffic areasthat are constantly being reseeded and resodded.
Soccer* The wear pattern for soccer is concentrated in the center and then at each
goal mouth. A row of center sprinklers is used for soccer since the players don'tline up and drudge through the center of the field and because regulation soccerfields are often wider than football fields.
* Instead of trying to fit the goal mouths inwith the rest of the head layout, it is easier tojust place one or two extra heads to cover thegoal area and place them on a separate valvefor separate control from the rest of the sta-tions.eeking professional guidance, as you
have done, is a good first step indeveloping a capable and efficient
irrigation system. Some of the other criticalplayers for your project will be an IndependentCertified or Licensed Contractor and a reputabledistributor. Be sure to check references andprevious work experience to insure that theyhave specific sports field experience, not justlandscape or golf experience. Let the playerspractice on your field, not the irrigation compa-ny.
Ask your designer to calculate and explainprecipitation rate and distribution uniformity pro-file for your old and new systems. If they can'tdo that, then look for a new consultant. TheDistribution Uniformity (DU) on your fieldsranged from 25 to 50% and that means thatyou were applying more than 1.5 times theamount of water that should be needed. Aproperly functioning irrigation system will havea DU of 70 to 95%.
I have made many mistakes and fixed justas many from others so here are some of mytips to consider for your fields. I won't try to play irrigation consultant, designer,and contractor in this reply, but instead will act as a sports turf manager who isexplaining what I want from an irrigation system. Remember you are the cus-tomer and they are there to serve you. They should be giving advice but theyshould also be asking you for your special irrigation needs. Some of my favoritehead placement layouts for football, soccer, baseball, and softball can be found athttp://tu rfg rass. hort. iastate. ed u/extension/egathfldheads. pdf
Football* Don't place a row of sprinklers down the center length of the field. This is
an intense traffic area that often turns to mud, exposes heads, and places playersin greater contact with heads. Instead, place rows of heads on either side of theintensely trafficked center of the field.
* The irrigation designer sees the entire field for uniform water distribution;however you need to explain that the field has differential wear patterns and youwant the field irrigation zones blocked so that you can water the high traffic areasseparately. This is because frequent shallow watering is needed to establish seedin high-traffic areas and deep infrequent watering is needed for other low-trafficareas of the field. The system can't be perfectly blocked to cover the exact shape
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Baseball* Water the skinned dirt area separately
from the grass area. Use a fast rotor head,such as the Hunter 1-42, at the edge of the skinand the outfield grass. These part circle headsshould be set to water only the infield skin. Allheads should be placed in the grass not theskinned dirt area.
* Place quick-couples behind the moundand/or near the warning track by first and thirdbase.
* Be careful not to place any head, quick-couple, or valve box in the player roundingareas near first and third base.
Softball* At a minimum place one head behind
the pitching circle to partially water the skininfield. This head should be placed in a smallvalve box to protect the head when draggingand using the field. Turn the head on and itpops off the valve box head and waters the
skin. Just replace the lid when the field is being groomed or being used for play.* In addition, place heads in front of each dugout and directly behind home
against the fence. These heads can even be used for between-game mainte-nance of a doubleheader to keep the dust down and prep the field. Heads canalso be placed in the grass and at the arc of the infield to water the skinned area.
I am a do-it-yourself type of person so I fully understand the cost-savingtemptation to put in your own irrigation based on lots of free advice and your owningenuity. Well, here is my free advice: the best products in the world don't makeup for poor design and a good irrigation design must take into account traffic pat-terns associated with specific sports. Beware of those that sell you irrigation sup-plies and give you a "free design" as part of the package. It is better to have adesign by an independent agent that is accountable for their work. Once theequipment is specified, then let the bidding begin. ST
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