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Web URL(s): | https://d.lib.msu.edu/austm/199?page=18 Last checked: 08/31/2023 Requires: PDF Reader Notes: Item is within a single large file |
Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Pamplin, Marcus |
Author Affiliation: | Head Curator, Blundstone Arena |
Title: | Rebuilding Blundstone |
Column Name: | Arenas Other records with the "Arenas" Column
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Source: | Australian Turfgrass Management Journal. Vol. 15, No. 2, March/April 2013, p. 16-20. |
Publishing Information: | Glen Waverley, Australia: Australian Golf Course Superintendents Association |
# of Pages: | 5 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Facility profile; Irrigation system design; Renovation; Soil profiles; Stadia
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Facility Names: | Blundstone Arena, in Hobart, Australia |
Abstract/Contents: | Profiles renovations on Blundstone Arena in Hobart, Australia. Explains problems the field was experiencing that needed to be fixed. Notes that the Cricket Tasmania Board agreed to resurface the oval and install a new sprinkler system to relieve these issues. Provides a soil profile for the arena and reasons for why the components are beneficial for drainage and turf conditions, and discusses the important role that sand plays in maintaining the field. Discusses existing flaws in the irrigation system, and the ways that the renovation was going to go about resolving them. Highlights challenges that needed to be overcome to make the renovation a success. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Includes sidebar, "Blundstone Arena companies involved", p. 17 Pictures, color Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Pamplin, M. 2013. Rebuilding Blundstone. Aust. Turfgrass Manage. 15(2):p. 16-20. |
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