Wrapping Things Up

Yesterday was an eventful day.  The Arrimour Group wrapped up the woodlands / hillside.  Joe went through and put the finishing touches on it by cleaning up the trash and cutting any remaining vines.  This space shows a ton of potential and next week we will be having a meeting to discuss this area and how we are going to make it resource for the EA community. 

King Sports finished the drainage on Field E.  The tarps were the saving grace on this project.  It made it possible to work in the snow and it kept the area warm and dry.  The field will be open for play after two or three weeks of grow in time to allow the sod to throw roots down and knit into the existing turf.  Before they installed the new sod, we aerified the area to allow for sand to be incorporated into the existing clay soil.  This will help for root growth and drainage of the area too.

Mike and I wrapped up the backstops.  A few weeks back, Mike removed the turf and soil from around the backstops of Stone Field, Field B, and Field C.  Yesterday we back-filled them with the warning track material.  This will give a better sense to the players as to where the backstops are, it will provide an aesthetically pleasing look to the fields, and it will cut down on our labor of string trimming the areas.

Friday, Mike and I venture to the Keystone Athletic Field Managers Organization annual conference.  There we will be awarded with the Field of Distinction.