2020 Annual Meeting

TCNC held its 2020 Annual Meeting on January 23rd at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. It was great to see old friends and have the opportunity to network with other professionals in the turf industry.

The meeting started with our Keynote Speaker, Pat Jones. Pat spoke on how to market one’s business and team members to clients, club members and how to take advantage of social media. We had an educational session in which attendees received recertification credits.

We were honored to have these speakers from North Carolina State University; Dr. Jim Kerns who spoke about Disease Management in the Landscape, Dr. Mike Waldvogel who spoke on Mosquito Control and Dr. Travis Gannon who spoke on Deciphering the Roundup Debacle and Herbicide Update. All sessions were very informative.

Jonathan Richardson presented the lifetime achievement award to Willie Pennington and also presented the NC Turfgrass Eagle Award to Raymond McCauley, a Ph.D. student at NC State University.

I would like to thank sponsors of the meeting, Green Resource, Divots Inc., Regal Chemical, Pennington Seed and Site One. With their support we are able to put on a first-class meeting.

If you have not attended a TCNC Annual Meeting, please plan to attend next year. It offers great educational sessions, opportunities to network, an excellent meal and the opportunity to meet both old and new friends.

God Bless,

Gene Queen

TCNC President

Gene Queen