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Ask the Experts
In an effort to provide additional assistance to NIAAA
members concerning the maintenance of athletic fields,
athletic directors will now have the opportunity to ask
the experts. Questions pertaining to their athletic fields
will be assigned to the appropriate NIAAA Sports Turf
Committee Member or NIAAA Sports Turf Education Sponsor.
An attempt to answer all questions will be made. Some
will be included in the “Ask the Experts Section
in each issue of IAA.
The expertise represented by the NIAAA Sports Turf Committee
and its sponsors is vast. The areas for which the committee
has expertise include 1) design and construction, 2) renovation,
3) soil analysis, 4) irrigation, 5) drainage, 6) mowing,
7) core aerification, 8) top dressing, 9) seeding, 10)
fertilizing, 11) sand-based fields, 12) herbicide and
pesticides, 13) equipment, 14) field marking materials,
15) stenciling, 16) landscaping, 17) artificial turf,
18) field usage, 19) sport specific issues, e.g., baseball
mound maintenance, use of infield mixes, laying out fields,
artificial turf, etc.,
The NIAAA Sports Turf Committee and NIAAA Sports Turf
Education Sponsors have provided questions and answers
for this, the first “Ask the Experts” Section.
Hereafter, NIAAA members may submit questions. Please
email your questions to Brad Rumble, NIAAA Sports Turf
Committee Liaison at barumble@sbcglobal.net. Please
include
your city and state, because in some cases, geographic
conditions may have a bearing on the answer. Please
include
your phone number, as well.
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