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SFMA 2024 Field of the Year winners
The Sports Field Management Association (SFMA) announced its 2024 “Field of the Year” winners. This prestigious award spotlights the individuals and programs that excelled this year in providing quality, safe playing surfaces. Every year, SFMA presents the industry’s highest honor to members who manage baseball, football, soccer, softball, and other sporting grounds at the professional, collegiate, school (K-12), and parks and recreation levels. The 2024 winners are: Professional Baseball: Springfield Cardinals, Hammons Field (Springfield, MO) – Nathan Strait, Derek Edwards...
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Great Lakes Loons win SFMA Mowing Patterns Contest
Jeff Ross, head groundskeeper at Great Lakes Loons, is the winner of this year’s SFMA Mowing Patterns Contest with his “Fan Appreciation Pattern.” Ross credited his assistant groundskeepers, Ryan Wolter and TJ Fairchild, for helping with the design. “The pattern was mowed with our John Deere 2500B triplex mower in the outfield and a John Deere 260B walk behind greens mower on the infield,” said Ross. “The ‘Fan Appreciation Pattern’ was a poll on our team’s social media where I...
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PGMS to hold autonomous mowers webinar
The Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) will host a webinar January 15 on the topic of “Exploring Autonomous Mowers.” This end-user virtual panel discussion will share firsthand experience on how autonomous mowers have enabled grounds professionals to be more efficient by enhancing productivity, increasing safety, and allowing crews to do more with less. Presenters include Brett Ganas, director of grounds department, University of Georgia; Josh Ridner, Michigan State University; Marion Delano, Level Green Landscaping; and Joe Kovolyan, director of landscape...
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ASBA announces Game Changer Award winners
The American Sports Builders Association (ASBA) announced the winners of its Game Changer awards. Winners of awards were announced at the association’s 2024 Technical Meeting. The Game Changer Awards program allowed attendees in the ASBA’s Exhibit Hall to learn about new technologies and products on the market. Attendees were able to vote for those products they thought best exemplified excellence and innovation in the industry. Winners were as follows: Courts Division ExtremeScreen80 | Ball Fabrics, Inc. ExtremeScreen80 is a windscreen...
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Europe’s premier grounds management event, SALTEX 2024, the exhibition owned and operated by the Grounds Management Association (GMA), boasted more than 7,300 attendees and a digital reach of 2.8 million. Networking opportunities, high-caliber visitors, and innovation took center stage. SALTEX 2024 offered attendees the chance to engage with more than 400 leading brands in the grounds management sector. With 19 hours of industry networking, the event served as a hub for collaboration, insight-sharing and relationship building. Education remained a cornerstone...
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Remembering Hunter Industries’ Steve Hoveln
Hunter Industries announced that Steve Hoveln, a long-time Hunter Industries team member and respected figure in the green industry, passed away on November 21, 2024, at the age of 65. Hoveln joined the green industry in 1978 at age 19, working for an Arizona landscape company before moving to Colorado two years later to work for CPS Distributors. In January 1990, he was recruited to Hunter Industries. Over the next 34 years, Hoveln excelled in a variety of roles at...
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The New England Sports Field Management Association (NE-SFMA) introduced its new leaders during its annual meeting. The board of directors and trustees are as follows: President – Art Goodhind, Town of Natick, Mass. President-Elect – Ryan Bjorn, Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass. Treasurer – Andrew Carlisle, CSM, Worcester Technical H.S., Worcester, Mass. Past President – Chris McGinty, Parks Department, Framingham, Mass. Directors Trustees
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Celebrating the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation’s 50 years of impact at MSU
In March 1974, the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation, or MTF, made its first-ever gift to MSU, marking the start of a partnership that has grown for over 50 years. From 1974 to 2024, MTF has been a steadfast supporter of the MSU Turfgrass Management Program, expanding opportunities for students, faculty and staff. A non-profit organization founded in 1957, MTF has a long history of supporting turfgrass research and education. MTF ’s membership represents a vast portion of the industry, including homeowners,...
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2025 Green Sports Alliance Summit
The 2025 Green Sports Alliance Summit will be hosted at the InterContinental Miami in Miami, Florida, from June 10-12. Register now through February 14 for early supporter pricing of $495 (plus tax and fees). Regular ticket pricing of $985 (plus tax and fees) will start on February 15, 2025. Register for the 2025 summit
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MSU Board of Trustees approves resolution for Spartan Stadium renovations
The Michigan State Board of Trustees approved a resolution that will provide necessary upgrades and modernize Spartan Stadium in the short and long term. In 2025, the stadium’s three video boards will be replaced. As a primary revenue generator for corporate sponsorships and being critical to game day operations, replacing the boards is necessary as all three are at the end of their lifespan. The project is expected to begin in early January and be completed in time for the...
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