JOHN MASCARO’ S PHOTO QUIZ
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This high school stadium football field hosts an annual marching band competition with 10 schools represented. This is an extremely popular event that draws more than 1,500 spectators. Depending on the field’ s moisture content, damage on the field can vary from year to year.( You would not like to have a rainfall event prior to this competition.) Extreme compaction issues in the middle of the field, as well as intense matting of the turf canopy usually occur as a result of this event. This past year, when the sports field manager inspected the field after the event, he saw this damaged and gouged turf across the middle of the field from sideline to sideline. After further inspection, it was determined that it was a drag mark created after one of the band performances had been completed. Equipment had been loaded onto a flatbed trailer that had a solid pipe welded to its front in place of a trailer jockey wheel. That trailer was hooked up to a utility vehicle, and the added weight of the equipment on the trailer plus the weight of the utility vehicle pushed the welded pipe into the athletic field’ s surface. As it drove off the field, it created this damage. Luckily, the drag mark was able to be rolled back together so it did not affect safety and playability for games that same week.
Photo Submitted by Rick Perruzzi, CSFM, CPRP, recreation manager of outdoor athletic facilities at South Portland Department of Parks, Recreation & Waterfront in South Portland, Maine
John Mascaro is president of Turf-Tec International
If you would like to submit a photograph for John Mascaro’ s Photo Quiz, please send a highresolution digital photo to John Mascaro at john @ turf-tec. com. If your photograph is selected, you will receive full credit. All photos become property of SportsField Management magazine and the Sports Field Management Association.
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