Joined April 2018
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Field trip to a lawn bowling court that purposely used a dicot plant called starweed. It gives a very fast surface
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Today I joined,@NZSTI 's Brendan Hannan on his class field trip to a golf course, a cricket ground and a bowling green. He is a great teacher.
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Thank you Marco Pierik for the tour of Jack's Point Golf Club near Queenstown. The conditioning was as good as the scenery.
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Project manager/superintendent Ben Taylor gave me a tour of Hogan Gully GC. It's a new course being constructed near Queenstown. We met in 2023 when he was supt at The Hills GC about 2 miles from Hogan Gully
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The NZSTI changed my life and research direction in 2004. Agronomist David Howard helped me back then. He still consults to much of NZ's South Island. @NZSTI @DelVal
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Presenting US lawn care to the staff at Dunedin Botanic Garden. Then toured the garden & many city sports fields with Catherine Bradley & Andy Kennelly who manage the gardens and the sports fields
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Meeting with PGG Wrightson's Mark Shaw and Will Bowden at Kimihia research centre in Lincoln NZ. They research what turf species and varieties do best in NZ. @PGGWrightsonNZ
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I recently met with Sarah Cook, International manager, from Lincoln University in New Zealand to discuss study abroad experiences for @DelVal students. Lincoln has all the Ag majors like DelVal.
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Nice photo of 2003 grads Andy Hannah & Steve McDonald at the @DVUAggies golf team reunion. Andy is superintendent at Rhode Island CC and Steve is one of the top golf course consultants in the USA.
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Retirement lunch for Jackie Ricotta and Mike Farbotnik @DelVal Great professors and great colleagues to work with.
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On Saturday, 30 @DelVal @DVUAggies alums and current golfers attended the DelVal golf team reunion. It was a way for me to thank them for being a part of my 30 years of coaching the Aggies. Four alums shared how golf has impacted them over the years. @DelVal_AlumAssn
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Surveying Olympics for lab today. We added a new event - disc golf closest to the flag. @DelVal
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A-Day of Giving - you can give directly to the turf major by searching for Friends of Turf share.google/AHL7IV5YsBy8fWu…
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Today we performance tested the @DVUAggies baseball field. We evaluated the field surfaces from the player's perspective. Field managers need to know what athletes want from the surfaces. @FieldExperts @DelVal
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Here is a video highlighting the relationship between the DelVal Turf program and The Bucks Club. Segment starts at 8:22 spot in video youtu.be/0F3kX0q1TSM?si=ZxEB… via @YouTube

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These happy students wanted to make my social media pages. They are using a laser level to measure elevations for our cut& fill lab @DelVal
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Shorts weather for today's try match against Misericordia and Penn State Brandywine. @DVUAggies @DelVal
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