Mark your calendar - June 27, 2008.  Lincoln Financial Field will host a Sports Turf Managers Association Regional Field Day.  Check back shortly for more details.

12th Annual KAFMO/PRPS/STMA/PSU Athletic Field Conference

12^th Annual Athletic Field Conference Recap  

KAFMO’s 12^th Annual Athletic Field Conference was held on February 15, 2008 in association with the Pennsylvania Recreation and Parks Society, the Sports Turf Managers Association and Penn State University .  Fifty exhibitors and 29 sponsors promoted their products and services to the 300 in attendance.  Seminar topics included new control products, synthetic fields, records keeping and turf maintenance on high traffic fields.  Dr. Dave Minner, Iowa State University ; Kim Heck, STMA; Marty Campfield, NSIA; Dr. Pete Landschoot and Dr. Andy McNitt, Penn State , were presenters.

 The awards program was highlighted by the presentation of the Fowler Founders Award to Ben Burns, Hummer Turfgrass Systems.  Mr. Burns has been involved in the site design and construction of many of the athletic facilities in Pennsylvania .  He served on the KAFMO board of directors and has supported KAFMO as an exhibitor, sponsor, event volunteer and presenter.  

Waddington/Harper Scholarship recipients were Robert Galdieri from Delaware Valley College and Andre Aymar and Mitch Tracey from Penn State University .  Donations for research were presented to The Foundation for Safer Athletic Field Environments ($1,000), the Pennsylvania Turfgrass Research Fund, Inc. ($1,000) and the Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council ($4,000) for sports turf research at Penn State University .  Three STMA Student Challenge teams from Penn State each received $500 to help with travel expenses and $1,500 was donated to the Penn State Cooperative Extension for a Community Baseball Field Assessment study.  

The 13^th Annual Athletic Field Conference is tentatively set for Friday, February 13, 2009 at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey.

Have a sports turf related question?

Email KAFMO@aol.com the question and it will be answered by a KAFMO member who has the experience to provide the answer.

KAFMO Cup raises over $1,500 for the scholarship fund!

Over 100 golfers enjoyed perfect mid-October weather and a challenging Iron Valley Golf Course and raised in excess of $1,500 for the KAFMO scholarship fund.  The tournament also featured an excellent meal and raffle after play was completed.  Congratulations to the team from JAMCO of James Wian III, Mark Mentzer, Matt Mentzer and Kevin Bevenour for becoming the 2007 champions and having their names permanently affixed to the KAFMO Cup pedestal. 
       

KAFMO Vendor Resource Guide

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Natural vs. Synthetic Fields
Are you considering replacing a natural turfgrass athletic field with a synthetic field? A new guide is available to help you with the decision making process

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A Guide to Synthetic and Natural Turfgrass for Sports Fields Selection, Construction and Maintenance Considerations is available to be downloaded from our site.

The guide was assembled by professionals in the sports turf industry to accurately answer many of the common questions that arise when comparing natural vs. synthetic athletic field construction and maintenance.

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