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to the results, university web sites, NESTMA’s Blade magazine and the NERTF newsletter. Funding: Where does the funding for the research come from? It comes from the turf conference profits, the conference auction and Tee-Up New England. Over 1600 turf managers attended the conference in 2019 plus over 300 booths at the trade show yields most of the money needed for the research. The balance comes from auctioning turf products at the show and Tee-Up New England. Tee-Up New England is an online auction of rounds of golf at over 100 northeast courses that are donated by superintendents. Education: Experts on turf management from all over the world are featured at the NERTF conference. On the first day, in depth seminars are provided in two or four hour sessions. The next two days of sports turf education feature researchers, turfgrass professors and fellow sports turf managers speaking on current turf management issues. The New England Regional Turfgrass Conference and Show is a wonderful resource for sports turf education. If you have any suggestions on speakers or topics you would like to hear about, please let me know and check out all the outstanding research that is being done right here in New England. •
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Michael Buras is Director of Grounds at Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, MA and serves as NESTMA’s representative to the NERTF board of directors. Contact him via email at mburas@longwoodcricket.com or phone 617-731-2900.
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