Sports Turf Association (WA)

Thank you to everyone who attended the WA Turf Seminar and Trade Show in June 2023. You made the day so good. #bestindustryever

We did it again! We attracted more delegates than ever before. Thank you to the combined WA Turf Industry, for always supporting this event so well.

Huge thanks go to all our sponsors and trade exhibitors for providing excellent trade booth displays and great machinery demonstration sites for our delegates. 

Huge thanks to Nu Turf, the major sponsor of the WA Turf Seminar and Trade Show, for sponsoring our event by bringing the amazing Phil Beal and Matthew Oliver over to WA to present at the seminar. Delegates were incredibly lucky to have had two of the most brilliant presenters ever. It was a privilege afforded us by the absolute generosity of NuTurf. The feedback on both presentations has been extraordinary. The raw honesty and sharing of personal experience had delegates sitting up like meerkats, fully engaged and appreciative of what was being shared.  

We cannot thank Aaron Petrovski and Simon Bourne, WA’s Territory Managers, enough for their support of our event. It was their passion that ensured that Phil Beal was in attendance and able to present on Leadership, Empathy and Mental Health Training. A most pertinent subject currently. 

Thank you to Liam Harper from Nu Turf’s Head Office for coordinating travel plans for both speakers. It was the cream on the cake for us all to have had the privilege of having both Matthew and Phil present in person. Thank you to everyone at NuTurf for contributing to this being an exceptional day yet again.   

#besteventever #blessed #gratitude #thankyou #industrysupport #bestindustryever #teamworkmakesthedreamswork

Grateful thanks to Rob Cooper (Living Turf), for travelling over at his own cost to present on the very  interesting subject of “Regenerative Turf Management” so passionately and eloquently. It was a ripper presentation, which sparked a few conversations on the day.

It was great to have Adrian Knapping (STRI Victoria), back in WA. He presented on a particularly important subject, close to all our hearts, water quality. This was an interesting presentation full of information’ Thank you Adrian. 

The WA Turf Industry cannot thank our four main speakers for taking the time out of busy calendars to present for us on the day! 

Special thanks go to Professor Maria Ignatieva (UWA School of Design), who presented on “Lawns as a cultural phenomenon in Perth”, Nick Clayton (Mineral Magic) who spoke about the importance of soil amendments for water retention, and Darren Kirkwood, Chairperson of the Turf Growers Association Western Australia who spoke about the newly developed Turf Producers WA Sting Nematode Certification. These exceptional, albeit short presentations on the day were a terrific addition to the program, and each speakers’ contributions were gratefully much appreciated. 

It was another extraordinarily successful and rewarding WA Turf Seminar Day and Trade Show. Next one day will be in 2026.