• Can you identify Cotula maniototo, Pearlwort, Colobanthus or Onehunga Weed?
• Do you know the effects of soil reaction on availability of soil nutrients to plants?
• Could you identify diseases on your green and then even more importantly, apply the correct treatment?
• Is your irrigation system flow rate effective?

If you can answer “yes” to all of the above, then chances are that you were one of the 60+ people from our bowls community who attended the biennial 2011 Turf Conference and Trade Show, held at Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton.

The conference was comprised of four streams for the sectors within the turf sector, and included plenary speakers who discussed a range of topics from Volunteers and the value of the turf industry; to a debate on will the All Blacks win the Rugby World Cup.

For information on the Bowls Development Programme offered by NZSTITO for your greenkeeper, please see http://www.nzstito.org.nz/training-courses-and-qualifications

To see the full article please see the July 2011 issue of Focus on Greenkeeping.