BCGSA & VIGSA 2016 Professional Development Days & VIGSA/MS Silent Auction

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1 BCGSA & VIGSA 2016 Professional Development Days & VIGSA/MS Silent Auction Inn at Laurel Point in the Victoria Harbour Registration Opens October 12, Day Event - November 27-29th

2 IRRIGATION SEMINAR Getting the Most Out of Your Irrigation Dollars (Tim Fredericks) Sunday, November 27th 10:00-3:00 (includes coffee & lunch) Seminar Cost: $ GST per person Grey Cup Party Grey Cup party is for all Seminar Attendees and/or Conference Registrants - Spousal Rate - $40 per person Food will be provided during the grey cup party

3 VIGSA/MS Si l e n t Au c t i o n VIGSA has been involved in fund raising for nine years. This year s Gala Event marks our tenth. VIGSA has raised 870,000 dollars for MS and hopes to reach the 1,000,000 dollar mark with this year s Professional Development Event and January Public Gala Banquet. Silent Auction Items will be displayed on Monday & Tuesday where participants may enter silent auction bids. Auction will close at 3:30 pm on Tuesday, November 28th. If you are interested in donating products to this worthy fundraiser please contact Dean Piller: dpiller@telus.net or Brian Youell: brianyouell@telus.net Spring Into Action Silent Auction Items This event is a fundraiser for the MS Society of Canada and Vancouver Island Region. During the Seminars, there will be items available to bid on from our amazing suppliers. Items won during the Silent Auction will be invoiced to your club with payment due March 1, Delivery of the product will be after payment is received. Purchase the product you need for the Spring NOW and help raise money for the MS Society!

4 November 27, 2016 Itinerary November 28, 2016 (Water Management) November 29, 2016 (Abiotic Stress Management) Time SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 7:00 AM Presentations range minutes Presentations range minutes 7:30 AM Welcome Coffee Welcome Coffee 8:00 AM 8:30 AM Dr. Paul Giordano Pigments: Their Impact on Turf Dr. Paul Giordano Understanding Abiotic Stress Factors 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM Tim Fredericks SEMINAR Getting the Most Out of Your Irrigation Dollars Part 1 (2 hours) Jim Turner Use of Water Management Inputs in Turfgrass Management Carmen Magro Practical use of Sensor and GPS Technologies in Modern Turf Management Programs Paul Robertson Utilizing Leading Edge Technology for Today s Superintendent Coffee Break Dean Piller The Role of Nutrition in Managing Water Requirements & Abiotic Stress Mike Hills Turfgrass Improvements for Changing Climate 12:00 PM Lunch Lunch Lunch 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM Tim Fredericks SEMINAR (Continued) Getting the Most Out of Your Irrigation Dollars Part 2 (2 hours) Joel Kachmarek "Practical Greenkeeping on a Big Budget, Why I Do What I Do" Jay Leach Effluent Water on Your Golf Course - What You Need to Know Joel Kachmarek "Practical Greenkeeping on a Big Budget, the More I Learn the Less I Know Superintendent Panel Chaired by Dr. Paul Giordano Moderator & 3 Superintendents (TBA) 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM Grey Cup Party at Hotel Scott May Solar Radiation 101 Social 2 hours: Craft Beer and BC Wine with Appetizers

5 SEMINAR Title: Getting the Most out of Your Irrigation Dollars Presented by: Tim Fredericks This seminar will provide in-depth and hands-on instruction in regards to all major infrastructure items required for a golf irrigation system including, but not exclusive to, pipe types (PVC, Ductile, HDPE, etc), valves, fittings, air relief, drains, sprinkler connections, and repair couplings. The focus of the seminar will be to correlate the choices an Owner has when purchasing and installing irrigation hardware with its expected life expectancy in regards to what budgets permit. Items that will covered in addition to the aforementioned list is the following: cathodic protection thrusting/restraint system air entrapment piping repair techniques pipe depth, routing, and back-fill materials general flow characteristics of pipes Pipe IDs, pressure classes, and print line identification valve types and optimal performance instruction sprinkler connection types and install techniques secondary allied products that increase longevity of system pump station connections to piping network surge effect and mitigating techniques Tim Fredericks is the Principal of Fredericks McGuire Ltd in Bolton, Ontario. His firm provides full service irrigation consulting specializing in evaluations, irrigation design, tender documents, pump station specification, install specification supervision, and mapping services. Tim has worked in the golf industry for over twenty-five years and has been with Fredericks McGuire Ltd. for ten years. Fredericks McGuire Ltd currently works with clients across Canada Fredericks McGuire Ltd. specializes in irrigation system design on existing golf properties but also new construction sites, racetracks, sports turf fields, and large commercial sites. The focus of the firm s design process is an emphasis that irrigation systems considered as Owner infrastructure with quality install techniques and materials being utilized so that both the longevity and the efficiency on the system can be increased.

6 SEMINAR COSTS Getting the Most Out of Your Irrigation Dollars Cost of Seminar: $80 + GST Price Includes 4 hour seminar on Sunday, November 27, 2016 from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm (includes lunch) Use of Water Management Inputs in Turfgrass Management Presented by: Jim Turner History and evolution of wetting agents, and water conditioners Families of active ingredients Chemical families, types and brands Remediation technologies The future of water and soil conditioners and selecting the right technology for your property. ===================== Professional Development Days: Member Cost: $269 + GST (BCGSA & Staff & WCTA) Non-Member Cost: $379 + GST Spousal Rate for Grey Cup Party and/or Social Only - $40 each event Full Registration Includes: Sunday: Grey Cup Reception Monday: Education Sessions, Lunch & Two Hour Social Tuesday: Education Sessions & Lunch ====================== Total Cost - All Inclusive: Member Cost: $349 + GST = $ Non-Member Cost: $459 +GST = $ REGISTER EARLY - Space is Limited Book Your Room - Hotel will Fill Up Rates are Held until October 26th Education: - BS in Plant Physiology, University of Florida - MS in Plant Physiology, Florida Southern College Career: - Retail chemical sales representative. Southern Chemical Company - Manufacture's chemical representative, Micro Flo Company. - Turf and Ornamental Product Manager (Adjuvant/ Soil Surfactant) Helena Chemical - Turf and Ornamental Manufactures Nutritional Representative. Valagro USA. - Turf and Ornamental Product Manager (Adjuvant/ Soil Surfactant/Nutritional) Agrium - Turf and Ornamental Product Manager (Adjuvant/ Soil Surfactant/ Specialty) RESIDEX LLC Turf Fuel. Future Plans: Excited in implementing the latest technology into a strategic line of soil surfactant products.

7 Practical Use of Sensor and GPS Technologies in Modern Turf Management Programs Presented by: Carmen Magro Evolution of sensor technologies in turf management Current technologies available to turf managers Utilizing sensor outputs in turf management decision making Practical uses of GPS mapping of sensor data in turf management Turfgrass Improvements For Changing Climate Presented by: Mike Hills New varieties for interseeding golf and sports fields Interseeding techniques for best success Changing turfgrass management for dry conditions Improving species formulations for drier, warmer conditions Vice President, Business Development/Chief Agronomist - Stevens Water Monitoring Systems, Inc. - Jul Present Chief Agronomist - Agronomy Management Solutions - June 2011-July 2013 Senior VP of Agronomy - UgMO Technologies - July June 2011 Senior Agronomist & Director of Agronomy and Education - Floratine Products Group - March July 2008 Director, Golf Course Turfgrass Management Program and Research Facilities and Turf Media Relations - Penn State University - December April 2007 Golf Course Superintendent - Bidermann Golf Club - December, December 2004 Employed by Seed Research of Oregon for nineteen years. Working with turfgrass and forage seed research/development, production and wholesale distribution throughout the USA and World. I grew up and still reside in the Southwestern USA, currently Phoenix, Arizona, where droughts and recycled water use are primary factors for turfgrass managers every day. Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy and Plant Sciences (1980) University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in Tucson, Arizona. Technical Agronomist and Regional Sales Manager, Seed Research of Oregon (since 1997).

8 #1 - Pigments: Their Impact on Turf & #2 - Understanding Abiotic Stress Factors Presented by: Paul Giordano Practical Greenkeeping on a Big Budget #1-Why I Do What I Do #2-The More I Learn the Less I Know Presented by: Joel Kachmarek Giordano is a turfgrass pathologist and Green Solutions Specialist for Bayer Environmental Science in Canada. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University where his dissertation work dealt with the discovery and characterization of a new bacterial disease of creeping bentgrass caused by Acidovorax avenae. Dr. Giordano has extensive experience in practical turf management and research and has worked on various projects including investigating the effects of lightweight rolling on dollar spot suppression and numerous other turfgrass disease and physiology studies. Dr. Giordano has worked in the turfgrass industry for over 16 years, and has held positions at both public and private golf clubs in the United States. He joined the Bayer Green Solutions Team in 2014 where he currently resides in Oakville, Ontario with his wife Courtney and daughter Ada. paul.giordano@bayer.com Joel Kachmarek received a B.S. in Horticulture from Oregon State University in He is currently the Golf Course Superintendent at Tacoma Country and Golf Club which is where he started his professional career as Assistant Superintendent in Tacoma is the oldest American country club west of the Mississippi which suites Joel perfectly as he has become a true believer that golf course maintenance has lost its way and should be done a little more like it was in "the good old days". Joel recently completed a golf course renovation at Tacoma which received one of the "Best Renovation" awards from Golf Inc. in He'll be sharing what he learned from that project and also the many lessons learned from day to day maintenance on a historic golf course property. Joel is an avid blogger and you can find out a lot about the unique maintenance practices at Tacoma by going to

9 Utilizing Leading Edge Technology for Today s Superintendent Presented by: Paul Robertson Background information of Victoria Golf Club and its use of leading edge technology Why drones - Soil moisture - ET - Daily visual monitoring Cost benefit analysis How the system works Potential secondary benefits Solar Radiation 101 Presented by: Scott May Scott s speech will cover the impact of turf screens on solar radiation and how to best use turf screen products as a part of your maintenance program. Scott May is the President and owner of Turf Max LLC and the inventor of Turf Screen. Scott resides outside Philadelphia, PA with his wife, Erin. The May family includes four sons: Max, Gus, Charlie and Henry. Paul Robertson, golf course superintendent at the Victoria Golf Club. Paul joined VGC in 2000 with a Diploma in turfgrass from Fairview College, Applied Degree in horticulture from Olds College and a Bachelor s of Science from University of Saskatchewan. Most recently Paul completed a Master s Degree in Business and Project Management form Penn State university. Over his time at VGC, Paul and the Links Team have completed improvement projects in excess of 10-million dollars. Paul is a life-long-learner, keen to be on the leading edge of technology at all times. VGC is home to many innovations, most recently the utilization of autonomous drones to record daily course conditions and diagnose potential turfgrass stressors. Scott holds a golf course management certificate degree from Rutgers University. Scott has been involved with the golf maintenance industry his entire working life, including 5 years as an assistant superintendent and 12 years as a golf course superintendent. From Scott was the assistant superintendent at Huntingdon Valley Country Club. From he was the GCS at Aspectuck Valley Country Club in Weston, CT. Finally, from he was the GCS at Manufacturers Golf and Country Club in Fort Washington, PA where he initiated and oversaw the completion of a comprehensive golf course Master Plan renovation. Scott began working on Turf Screen in 2006 until its commercial release in In February 2012 Scott decided to resign his position as GCS and devoted his full attention to Turf Max.

10 The Role Of Nutrition in Managing Water Requirements and Abiotic Stress Presented by: Dean Piller Cordova Bay Golf Course has been developing and modifying their management programs over the past 25 years. Over the past 3 years during periods of higher than normal temperatures and summer drought conditions Cordova Bay has been implementing a series of research trials to better understand the role nutrition and water management plays in overall turf health and density during periods of prolonged Abiotic Stress. Effluent Water on Your Golf Course - What You Need to Know Presented by: Jay Leach Water Quality testing and monitoring Warning signs of plant damage with poor quality water Recovery techniques from salt damage In this presentation Dean will review the evolution of Cordova Bay s management programs and share the results of the 2016 Abiotic Stress research trials. Since it s grand opening in July 1991, Dean Piller has been the Golf Course Superintendent at the picturesque Cordova Bay Golf Course in Victoria, B.C. Dean was President of the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association in the year 2000 and is presently the Past President of the British Columbia Golf Course Superintendents Association. Dean is a graduate of Old s College in the Ornamental Horticulture Diploma Program majoring in Turfgrass Management and has completed the Turfgrass Certificate program with the University of Guelph. Jay Leach has been in the golf industry since 1974 and admits he is still learning. A Fairview College graduate in 1979 with his first Superintendent job in 1981 at the Lloydminster Golf and Country Club managing the nine hole expansion. In 1988 he moved to Calgary for the construction of The Cottonwood Golf and Country Club and stayed on as Superintendent until Jay was an instructor at Olds College for two years. Jay is currently employed with the dual role of Superintendent and General Manager at the Morningstar Golf Course in Parksville BC on Vancouver Island. Jay contributed to the industry for 14 year with the AGSA, and CGSA serving as President in both Associations.

11 Inn at Laurel Point 680 Montreal Street, Victoria Guest Rooms - $ per night (Single or Double Occupancy - exclusive of taxes & service fees - $25 each additional guest over 18 years of age) Erickson Wing Studio Suites at $ per night For Reservations Please Call: or reservations@laurelpoint.com Please Quote British Columbia Golf Superintendents Association to obtain group rate Room rates will be held until October 26, 2016 REGISTER EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

12 2016 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS REGISTRATION FORM Name Company Name Telephone: Please check the box under EACH of the events the participant plans on attending Example - JOHN DOE won't be attending Sunday Party SUN Seminar SUN Lunch SUN Party MON Seminar MON Lunch MON Social TUES Seminar TUES Lunch X X X X X X X CREDIT CARD PAYMENT OPTION - please charge this card Please fax completed form to BCGSA Name on the Card: Credit Card Number: Date on Card: Please make cheques payable to the BCGSA and forward to 6382 Herons Place, Duncan, BC V9L 6Z3 SEMINAR REGISTRANTS x $84 each ($80 + $4 GST) $ CONFERENCE REGISTRANTS x $ each ($269 + $13.45 GST) $ SPOUSAL RATE: Grey Cup Party & Social ($40 per person, per event) $ TOTAL $