The Cut - Your Weekly AGCSA Update - 27 Aug 2010

 

Welcome to this week’s instalment of The Cut, the AGCSA’s weekly email update. In this week’s edition we announce the first keynote speaker to confirm for next year’s Australian Turfgrass Conference in Adelaide and look ahead to the first three AGCSA Water Management Review workshops which will be held next week. Enjoy the read...

Moore confirmed as keynote for 2011 conference

The AGCSA is delighted to announce that highly regarded greens construction authority and all round good guy Jim Moore (pictured) from the USGA will be heading Down Under for the 27th Australian Turfgrass Conference and Trade Exhibition in Adelaide next year. Moore confirmed his availability as a keynote presenter for the conference this week and will be making his second trip to Australia in seven years after presenting as a keynote at the 2004 conference in Melbourne.

“When we had our recent conference planning session, Jim’s name kept coming up again and again,” says AGCSA events manager Simone Staples. “Not only is Jim an authority on anything to do with USGA greens and their construction he is also highly entertaining and thought-provoking and he is always a very popular presenter. We are delighted to have secured him for next year.”

Stay tuned to next week’s edition for another keynote announcement.

Port Macquarie to host first AGCSA water workshop

The first of the AGCSA’s Water Management workshops will be held in Port Macquarie next Tuesday (31 August). The AGCSA is taking registrations for this and the seven other workshop scheduled as part of the series. The Port Macquarie workshop is one of three to be held next week, the details of which are:

PORT MACQUARIE
Tuesday 31 August
Port Macquarie Community Centre
77 Hastings River Drive, Port Macquarie 2444
10am-2pm (9.30am registration)

BALLINA
Wednesday 1 September
Wollongbar Institute of TAFE
Cnr. Bruxner Hwy & Sneaths Road, Wollongbar 2477
8.45am-12.45pm (8.30am registration)

BRISBANE
Thursday 2 September
IT Training Solutions
Ground Floor, 62 Astor Terrace, Spring Hill 4000
8.45am-12.45pm (8.30am registration)  

All superintendents, assistant superintendents and turf managers are encouraged to attend this highly informative workshop which will take attendees through the AGCSA’s Water Management Review which helps you build a Water Management Plan for your facility. The workshops are FREE for all AGCSA members and will run for four hours. AAP members will earn three CEPs for attending. Numbers are limited due so be sure to book a spot now

Registrations can be made by downloading the registration form or by contacting John Geary at the AGCSA – (03) 9548 8600 or email jgeary@agcsa.com.au

Click here to find out more about the AGCSA Water Management Initiative and the Water Management Review.

AGCSA Accreditation Programme certificates

AGCSA events and education manager Simone Staples wishes to inform all members of the AGCSA Accreditation Programme that points tallies have now been updated and accreditation certificates are in the process of being printed off and mailed out. If you are a member of the AAP you should receive your accreditation certificate in the mail in the coming week.

Click here to find out more about the AGCSA Accreditation Programme. 

Bookshop special - Handreck and Black's Growing Media

If there is one book which has established itself as a seminal text for the Australian turf and horticulture industries over the past quarter century, it is without question Kevin Handrek and Neil Black’s Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf. After three reprints of the first edition in 1996, 1989 and 1991, revised editions were released in 1994 and 2002. Earlier in 2010 Handreck and Black released the fourth edition which has again been substantially revised and updated. The AGCSA currently has a number of copies of this book in stock and AGCSA members can pick up a copy for just $65 (non-members $79.95). To order your copy contact Lyndel Conway at the AGCSA or call (03) 9548 8600.

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