Mabel Lake Golf Course Superintendent and WCTA Member Peter Bysouth is concerned about the Alberta flood victims and much like the waters of the Bow, Elbow, Highwood, Kananaskis, Red Deer, Cougar and South Saskatchewan Rivers, is rising to the occasion.
The Sports Turf Association (STA), Canada’s national sports turf manager’s group, in partnership with the Western Canada Turfgrass Association (WCTA), is sanctioning the first ever Sports Turf Field Day held west of Ontario.
The STA has hosted an annual day-long educational and tradeshow event for the past 25 years, all of which have been held in various Ontario locations. The exception was 2011, where an effort to support Atlantic sports turf managers saw the STA deliver an additional field day in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Read more: Township Of Langley To Host 2013 WCTA/STA West Coast Sportsfield Training Day
At the WCTA Board meeting held on April 5th, 2013, Directors voted to change the annual membership dues payment deadline from May 31st to April 30th of each year.
Most WCTA members are probably aware the membership year is the calendar year. Several factors were considered in changing the cut-off to April 30th including:
Prepared by Keith Lyall
Well, I think that was the sound of collective relief. BC politics is a funny monster; I find myself voting to stop a person or party from getting into office and not the party I actually want to see run this province. I will admit with all the efforts put into the Special Committee on Pesticides, I am glad to see this government will get four more years. However, the battle will continue. Our opposition groups are not going to stop lobbying government and the public and nor should we.
Up to five awards totalling $2500 are presented annually by the Western Canada Turfgrass Association to deserving students enrolled in a full time Turfgrass Management Program, as chosen by a selection committee made up of WCTA Board members. Award value is minimum $500 and winners also receive a free one-year WCTA membership.
2014 Award winners are:
Isaac Weintraub $1000 - Penn State University
Mathew Eastman $500 - Guelph University
Brendan Rutley $500 - Kwantlen University
Landen Huculak $500 - Kwantlen University