July 26, 2022 - Golf Outing
11:26am
6:30pm
Reception - CANCELLED
July 27, 2022 - Field Day
8:45am
Dr. Gregg Munshaw, Pinnacle Ag Research Centre
Presentation: Your best defense is a good offense: Management practices to reduce pesticide use. 1 IPM BC
10:00am
11:30am
Lunch at Norbrock Stadium
12:00pm
Dr. Gregg Munshaw, a native of western Canada, is the Chief Scientist at Pinnacle Ag Research Center near St. Louis, Missouri USA. He has been in the turf industry for nearly 30 years and worked as a university professor for over half that time in the southern and transitional climatic regions of the United States. Gregg is the author of numerous scientific and extension articles and has educated about turf around the world. Dr. Munshaw is passionate about reducing turfgrass inputs and has previously served as the Director of Research for the Alliance for Low-Input Sustainable Turf, a non-profit dedicated to developing improved varieties. In his current role he focuses on turfgrass stress alleviation testing new genetics, products, and practices to improve turf and soil health.
Mike DeCicco, born and raised in Kamloops, has a long family history in the sport turf industry. Graduated from Kwantlen Polytechnic in 2002, returned to Kamloops the following year and has been with the City of Kamloops since then. He supervises staff that looks after over 80 sport fields within Canadas tournament capital and have won 3 Sport Field Managers Association field of the year awards within the last 3 years. When not at work, and his wife are busy with kids youth soccer teams and coaching duties so he doesn’t leave the fields too much!
More to come!
WCTA / STC Members: Bring a person from your municipality, school or company and they will receive the member rate too! Registration MUST be completed at the same time.
Registration included educational sessions, tradeshow, lunch, field demonstrations, and refreshments.
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