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wcta12jj--rev 6/18/13 11:39 AM Page 1 ASSOCIATION NEWS 2013 COMING EVENTS Check out the large number of high quality upcoming events available for your participation... July 9 – Interior BCGSA Meeting, Shuswap Lake Estates July 9 - WSU Turf Research Field Day, Puyallup, WA July 10 – Northern BCGSA Meeting, Links of Maggie May July 16 – VIGSA Meeting, Fairwinds July 18 – Lower Mainland BCGSA Meeting, Kings Links July – Kootenay BCGSA Meeting, Greywolf GC (tentative) Aug 11-12 – BCGSA Exchange Tournament, Sun Peaks Resort Aug 14 – Kootenay BCGSA Meeting, Radium Resort Aug 29 – WCTA/STA Field Day, Langley Events Centre, Township of Langley Sep 13 – VIPGSA Field Day, Royal Roads University Sep 18-19 – CanWest Hort Show, Vancouver Convention Centre Sep 23 – CGSA Fall Field Day, Wascana G&CC For more info please contact Kathryn Wood at 905.602.8873 ext. 223 or direct (519) 589-9282. Sept 24-25 – Kootenay BCGSA Meeting, Fairmont Riverside September – Lower Mainland BCGSA Wrap-up, Whistler Golf Club October – VIGSA Fall Windup Oct 2 – Northern BCGSA Meeting, Yellowhead GC Oct 6-8 – Northwest Turfgrass Association Conference 67th Annual Conference, Tri-Cities, Washington For more information contact Paul Ramsdell at mpsparks90@aol.com Nov 12 – Interior BCGSA AGM, Gallagher's Canyon Nov 21-23 – NGCOA Golf Business Canada Conference & Trade Show Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC November – VIGSA MS Fundraiser, Victoria, BC November – Kootenay BCGSA AGM, St. Eugene Mission November - Alberta Property Managers Conference Dec 4-7 – IIABC Convention & Tradeshow, Richmond, BC For more information contact iiabc@irrigationbc.com Jan 21-24, 2014 – Sports Turf Managers Association Conference, San Antonio Feb 3-7, 2014 – GCSAA Conference, Orlando Feb 17-21, 2014 – CGSA/WCTA Conference, Vancouver Aug 17-22, 2014 - 29th International Horticulture Congress & 3rd International Symposium of Turfgrass Management and Science for Sports Fields, Brisbane Queensland, Australia For more information visit http://www.ihc2014.org/ and http://www.ihc2014.org/symposi um_29.html NTA Heads To Tri-Cities Monday afternoon, golf will be held at Meadow Springs CC with Mark Dalton, the secretary of the NTA, the host superintendent. The dinner reception will follow. Wrap up is Tuesday am with our business meeting and educational session back at the Red Lion. If you would like more information on the conference and/or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Paul Ramsdell, executive director of the NTA, at mpsparks90@aol.com or 253-2198360. With sunshine, great golf, great wineries and great educational sessions beckoning, the Northwest Turfgrass Association will be taking its annual conference to the Tri-Cities of Washington on Oct. 6–8, 2013. Events will start with golf on Sunday afternoon at Canyon Lakes Golf Course in Kennewick. That evening, a dinner reception will be held at a trio of wineries in Richland. Monday will start with educational sessions at the host hotel. 18 WESTERN CANADA TURFGRASS ASSOCIATION *This is not a complete list. We will make updates as further information becomes available. If you have an event to add, please contact Jerry Rousseau at exec.director@wctaturf.com