January 15 deadline.

The Board of Directors for the New England Sports Field Management Association (NE-SFMA) is now accepting nominations for the “Commercial Partner of the Year.”  This award recognizes a Commercial Partner currently operating within the New England region that has made a significant contribution to the sports turf industry at either the local, regional or national level.  Criteria might include innovations in equipment or materials, improving efficiency, successful partnerships, technical improvements, safety, production or environmental improvements.  The award winner will be announced at the NE-SFMA Meeting & Luncheon at the New England Regional Turf Conference in Providence, R.I in March. Help us to recognize your vendors and the great work that they do in providing technical knowledge, equipment and supplies in the care and maintenance of sports turf facilities in New England.

Criteria
-Must be a vendor currently servicing sports turf managers in New England
-Cannot be a current member of the NE-SFMA Board of Directors
-Must have made a significant contribution to the sports turf industry whether local, regional or national. The contribution must be measurable and easily identifiable.

Commercial Partner of the Year

2005 Pat Hogan, SODCO
2006 Bill Butts, Waverley Landscape Associates
2007 The Tom Irwin Company
2008 John Ferry, TPC
2009 Gary Fialkosky, G. Fialkosky Lawn Sprinklers
2010 June Boston, The Boston Co. Golf & Athletic Fields
2011 Charles C. Hart Company
2012 Mark Casey, MTE Turf Equipment Solutions
2013 Mike Berry, Musco Sports Lighting, LLC
2014 Evan Steele, Pioneer Athletics
2015 Bill Dixon, Site One
2016 Paul Carey, Northeast Nursery
2018 Scott MacIntosh, Atlantic Golf & Turf
2019 Kyle McNerney, Smart Water Management
2020 Erick Koskinen, Precision Laboratories
2021 None – COVID
2022 Arthur Eddy, RePlay Maintenance
2023 Ed Downing, Read Custom Soils 
2024 Patrick Maguire, Activitas

To nominate an individual fill out the form below: