The Turf Line News Mar/Apr Digital Magazine

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Metro- Van Adds Further Restrictions to Lawn Watering Rules

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22 2022 PATRICK DOOLEY MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT IS ON WITH NEW VENUE

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HEALTH CANADA PMRA PROPOSES CHLOROTHALONIL CANCELLATION 2022 SUMMER FIELD DAY HOSTED

BY CITY OF KAMLOOPS CTRF ANNOUNCES 2022 TURF RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDING NGCOA CANADA HIRES FORMER GOLF INDUSTRY LEADER

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Last year?s Pat Dooley Tournament was a ton of fun.

With a new venue this year, it can only get better!

We would normally list names of all those captured in our images in order of appearance but honestly, do you really want to know these guys?

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Why did the City of Kamloops make our front cover for a second time in a row! The reason is simple - we?re getting the show on the road and heading there this July for our first ever summer field day hosted in Kamloops. This event will mark our first field day in a very long time so we hope to see you there. Bring your toothbrush ?cause it?s going to be an overnighter!

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COVER STORY

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INDUSTRY NEWS 16 Health Canada PMRA Proposes

FEATURE STORY 26 2022 Patrick Dooley Memorial Golf

Tournament is On With New Venue!

WCTA NEWS 8

Message From The E.D.

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Look Who's Joined the WCTA - Another Record Broken!

Chlorothalonil Cancellation 24 Metro-Van Adds Further Restrictions to

Lawn Watering Rules

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Environment: Transforming the Pest Management Regulatory Agency 32

Member Value Proposition W/link to Application

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NGCOA Canada Hires Former Golf Industry Leader

10 WCTA Board of Directors 33 2022 Annual General Meeting

EDUCATION NEWS

RESEARCH NEWS

12 Coming Events Summary 14 River Rock Casino Resort to Host 2023

WCTA Conference & Trade Show

18 WCTA Online Webinar Series

? ?WOW 3.0?

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M essage from t he E.D Updat ed CEC Records Sent Leslie has just finished the big job of sending updated Continuing Education Credit (CEC) point records to all BC pesticide certificate holders who we are tracking for renewal.

A few notes about your record: - If you didn?t receive an updated record via email, you are either not being tracked by the WCTA or we don?t have a current email address for you. Please contact Leslie at admin@wctaturf.com to rectify.

- Please check your record carefully and let us know if there are any errors or omissions. Please contact Leslie at admin@wctaturf.com to rectify.

- If you attended any 3rd party educational offerings (stuff not put on by us) check your record as there were issues with attendance reporting from certain events and points might not be attributed.

Please contact Leslie at admin@wctaturf.com to rectify.

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Look W ho's Joined t he W CTA Anot her Record Broken!

As a unified voice for the professional golf and sportsturf management industry in western Canada, the WCTA is currently 705 members strong!

As of end March, we have broken all previous records for dues payments with 80% of WCTA members paid and 43 new members signed up since the start of our fiscal year!

Welcome and thank you for your support and confidence in our association! We also appreciate the 1500+ non-WCTA members on our mailing list for your interest in WCTA activities.

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2022/2023 WCTA Board of Directors

pr esident Gar y Bar t l ey

v ice PRESIDENT St u Car michael

past PRESIDENT Tr av is Ol son

UBC At hl et ics (604) 970- 1417

Cit y of Cour t enay (250) 338- 1766 x7643

Kaml oops G&CC (250) 554- 1441

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DIRECTOR of f inance Dav in Mar r

t wo YEAR DIRECTOR Andr e Dionne

t wo YEAR DIRECTOR Jed McGeachie

Hil l v iew Gol f Cour se (250) 549- 4653

UBCAt hl et ics (604) 927- 6246

Ov er t on Env ir onment al (604) 807- 6768

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t wo YEAR DIRECTOR Nat han Wade

t wo YEAR DIRECTOR Cur t is Zanussi

one YEAR DIRECTOR John Per r y

SunshineCoast Regional Dist r ict 604 741- 1711

SD# 36(Sur r ey) (604) 835- 3411

poppy Est at es Gol f Cour se (778) 809- 1607

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BCGSA Kootenay Chapter, Balfour GC

Jul 11

BCGSA Interior Chapter Pro /Super Tournament, Black Mountain GC

Jul 17-18

VIGSA Dave Creamer Memorial, March Meadows Golf Club

Jul 21

BCGSA Lower Mainland Chapter, Point Grey Golf Club

Aug 21-22

BCGSA Exchange Tournament, Copper Point Golf Club

Sep 14-15

Grow West Coast Hort Show (formerly CanWest), Surrey, BC

Sep 20

CGSA Fall Field Day, Southwood G&CC, Winnipeg

Sep 22

BCGSA Lower Mainland Chapter, Whistler Golf Club

Sep 28

BCGSA Norther Chapter, Smithers G&CC

Sep 30

VIGSA ? Campbell River G&CC

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BCGSA Kootenay Chapter ? location TBD

Oct 2-4

NTA Conference, Gamble Sands

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BCGSA Interior Chapter Wiindup, Nk?mip Canyon Desert Golf Club

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BCGSA Interior Chapter AGM, Kelowna G&CC

Nov 17-18

Green Industry Show & Conference, Red Deer

Nov 20-22

Alberta Property Managers Conference, Canmore

Nov 29 -Dec 1

NGCOA Golf Business Conference & Trade Show Sheraton Wall Centre Vancouver

Nov 30 -Dec 2

BCGSA Professional Development Days, Victoria

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BCGSA Kootenay Chapter ? location TBD BCGSA Lower Mainland Chapter Christmas Social, location TBD

2022 Apr 5

BCGSA Kootenay Chapter, Creston GC

Apr 12

BCGSA Interior Chapter, Two Eagles GC

Apr 19-22

STC Sports Turf Management Course online

Apr 21

BCGSA Lower Mainland Chapter, Pitt Meadows GC

Apr 27

BCGSA Northern Chapter, Prince George G&CC

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Apr 29

Pat Dooley Memorial Golf Tournament, Hazelmere GC

*We will make updates and add details as further information becomes available.

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BCGSA Interior Chapter, Summerland

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VIGSA, Highland Pacific

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BCGSA Interior Chapter, Vernon G&CC

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River Rock Casino Resort t o Host 2023 W CTA Conference & Trade Show After necessarily scrubbing our last two shows, the Western Canada Turfgrass Association Board of Directors is elated to announce our 59th Annual Conference and Trade Show will take place live and in-person at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia, February 15-17, 2023!

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Healt h Canada PM RA Proposes Chlorot halonil Cancellat ion On February 10, 2022, Canada?s Pest Management Regulatory Authority, a branch of Health Canada in charge of registering and continuously evaluating the safety and efficacy of pesticides used in Canada, circulated a proposed re-evaluation decision (PRED) for the popular turf fungicide active ingredient, chlorothalonil.

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W CTA Online W ebinar Series ? ?W OW 3.0?

The WCTA?s popular online webinar series will continue throughout 2022 with our first WOW 3.0 episode scheduled for Wednesday, May 18th.

The WCTA Board, in particular President Gary Bartley, wanted to make sure that WCTA members had more educational opportunities available outside our traditional summer field days and winter conference. While online delivery was initially seen as some form of substitution measure during COVID, it turns out there are many positives when it comes to online training like low cost and accessibility for those who are geographically challenged.

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2022 W CTA St udent Award W inner Announced Every year, the WCTA sets aside up to $2500 for deserving students enrolled in an accredited Turfgrass Management program.

We would like to thank all five 2022 applicants for their submissions; it?s good to know the turf management industry has a very bright future indeed!

Congratulations to Fedja Muzur, KPU Turf Management, who took this year?s top honour and with it, receives a $500 award and complimentary one-year WCTA membership.

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Cit y of Kamloops t o Host 2022 Summer Field Day

After a lengthy hiatus for well-known reasons, the Western Canada Turfgrass Association (WCTA) and Sports Turf Canada (STC) are very excited to announce that our first summer field day since 2019 will take place July 27, 2022 at McArthur Island Park in Kamloops, BC, with a golf outing being planned for July 26th.

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M et ro-Van Adds Furt her Rest rict ions t o Lawn Wat ering Rules At the October 29, 2021 meeting of the Metro Vancouver Board, changes to the Drinking Water Conservation Plan (DWCP) were approved including reducing lawn watering to one day per week during Stage 1, with a complete ban on lawn watering in Stage 2.

Purpose of t he DW CP The DWCP is a regional plan that promotes water conservation and manages how residents, businesses, and member jurisdictions use drinking water during periods of high demand ? mostly during late spring to early fall ? as well as during water shortages and emergencies.

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2022 Pat rick Dooley M emorial Golf Tournament is On W it h New Venue!!

The 5th Annual Pat Dooley tournament is a go and is back to its normal time but with a twist, there is a new venue!

We are very excited to announce Hazelmere Golf & Tennis Club will play host to this year?s event with a 1:00pm shot gun st art on Friday, April 29t h.

With the help of KPU Turf Management volunteers, Stan Kazymerchyk and the Dooley family, we look forward to a 18 hole Texas Scramble, games, full buffet dinner and prizes, lots of prizes!

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CTRF Announces 2022 Turf Research Project Funding The Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation (CTRF) is pleased to announce funding approval for the Oregon State University (OSU) turfgrass research project titled ?Enhancing Turfgrass Carbon Sequestration to Improve Sustainability and Market Access?by Dr. Alec Kowalewski.

Funding of the OSU project, now in its second year, is a financial collaboration between the CTRF and several of its member organizations including the Quebec Turfgrass Research Foundation, Western Canada Turfgrass Association and Alberta Turfgrass Research Foundation. The Northwest Turfgrass Association is also funding the project through its annual CTRF dues contribution and independently of the group.

WCTA representative Peter Sorokovsky stated, ?This was the first time in [CTRF] history that almost every group ranked one specific project, Carbon Sequestering research from OSU, as their number one project.?

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Prot ect ing Public Healt h and t he Environment : Transforming t he Pest M anagement Regulat ory Agency

Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is undergoing a transformation process that will strengthen its oversight and its protection of public health and the environment. The transformation process will also make the PMRA more transparent to people in Canada.

About the transformation Over the years, Parliament, stakeholders, independent researchers, the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, the public and the PMRA itself have suggested ways to improve how the PMRA works.

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WCTA M EM BER APPLICATION FORM

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news 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL M EETING CLICK HERE for printable version CLICK HERE for the ED report

1. CALL TO ORDER - President Gary Bartley called the meeting to order at 2:13pm, introduced the Board of Directors and Past Presidents.

- Quorum A quorum of 35+ WCTA members was met (116 in attendance).

M/S/C C. Iverson / D. Marr to approve AGM Agenda.

2. MINUTES M/S/C D. Marr / A. Dionne to adopt minutes of the AGM February 11, 2021.

3. PRESIDENT'S REPORT - Thanks to the current Board of Directors and those that have served on board, staff, and committees for their support.

- Looking favorable to produce some live events this year.

- Necrology report ? Moment of silence for WCTA members and Turf Industry Colleagues PG 33 | APRIL 2022

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CFIA Japanese Beet le Survey Report for 2021 Each year, CFIA releases the survey report for the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) survey trapping program in BC. In 2021, a total of 2,790 JB traps were placed throughout Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Sunshine Coast and Sea to Sky Highway corridor. Traps are either regular, ground-based traps or canopy traps placed in trees; a systematic grid is used to determine trap location.

79 Japanese beetles were caught in 2021, with the first beetle detected on June 29th and the last beetle found on October 19th. This is a 65% reduction from 2020 (214 beetles found).

50 beetles, or 65% were detected outside of the regulated area, near Queen Elizabeth Park and Carnarvon Park.

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NGCOA Canada Hires Former Golf Indust ry Leader Joan Probert New Regional Director for the British Columbia and Alberta Chapters The National Golf Course Owners Association Canada is thrilled to announce that Joan Probert, former Manager of Commercial Operations and Manager of Park Experiences at the Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation, has joined the NGCOA Canada?s dynamic team as the Regional Director for the British Columbia and Alberta Chapters.

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