Bioforsk Turfgrass Field Day Landvik, Grimstad, Norway 15 June 2011

Turfgrass
Research Group
Study tour 16-17 June
South West Norway Excursion
welcomes all
turfgrass
enthusiasts
to
Thursday 16 June
08:00: 09:30 12:00 14:00 19:00 Departure from hotel in Kristiansand
Sightseeing along the typical archipelago of the South coast
Short visit at Mandal soccer pitch.
Lunch in Egersund town
Visit and golf 9 holes play at Egersund Golf Club
Dinner at Kvalbein Farm, Brusand. Excellent local food.
Friday 17 June
08:00
09:30
11:30
13:00 Departure
Visit Bærheim Golf Course
Visit and lunch at Stavanger Golf Club.
The group splits up.
Round of golf (9 or 18 holes depending on flight time). Taxi to Stavanger airport, Sola takes 25 minutes
For those not playing:
14:00 15:00
Visit Viking soccer stadium. Artificial light.
Departure for the car returning to Kristiansand / Landvik
Cost including transport, hotel, 2 lunches, 1 dinner and golf: € 390 / NOK 3000
Alcohol and taxi to the airport not included.
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Contacts
Bioforsk Øst, Landvik
Reddalsveien 215
NO-4886 Grimstad
Norway
Contact: Agnar Kvalbein
agnar.kvalbein@bioforsk.no
+47 40622916
Departures from Stavanger airport, Sola
(17 June)
17:50
17:50
18:15
18:10
18:15
18:30
18:35
19:30
20:05
Amsterdam
London Heathrow
Aberdeen Kristiansand Copenhagen
Oslo Frankfurt
London Gatwick
Billund
KLM
SAS
Eastern
Widerøe
SAS
SAS
Lufthansa
Norwegian
DOT LT
Bioforsk Turfgrass Field Day
Landvik, Grimstad, Norway
15 June 2011
www.bioforsk.no
Progam
ACCOMMODATION
YOU CAN GO FROM ALMOST ANYWHERE IN EUROPE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
RETURN HOME WEDNESDAY NIGHT
08:30
11:00
13:00
14:00
15:15
16:15
16:30
19:00
Morning seminar
Trygve S Aamlid, Bioforsk: Summary of newly finished and on-going
turfgrass projects (45 min)
Break
Cale Bigelow, Purdue University: How do we establish and manage USGA
spec greens with different organic/ inorganic amendments? (60 min)
Field maps handout
Field walk
Turfgrass varieties for greens: Fescues vs Agrostis (30 min)
Poa annua green: Regrowth after severe winter damage (10 min)
Lysimeter facilities used to imitate poor drainage (10 min)
Irrigation strategies, water consumption and turf quality (30 min)
Competition from Poa annua on red fescue vs. fescue/bentgrass greens (10 min)
Lunch
Afternoon seminar
Mike Fidanza, Pennsylvania State University: Soil water repellency and irrigation Challenges on sand based turf. (60 min)
Short break
Alternatives:
a. Mycorrhiza on turf grasses
b. Golf - Playing quality
c. Ryegrass vs. Kentucky bluegrass for football pitches and tees
Field day closure
Bus departure To Kristiansand airport Kjevik and to hotel in Kristiansand
Dinner in Kristiansand city (not included in seminar fee)
Kristiansand Airport Kjevik
Arrivals on 14 June
18:50
20:30
21:20
22:00
22:05
Stavanger
Oslo
Bergen
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Departures on 15 June
Wideroe
SAS
Wideroe
SAS
KLM
18:15
Oslo
-> 19:00
Departures from Oslo: 20:00 Amsterdam 20:15 London Heathrow 20:35 Copenhagen 20:40 Aalborg 21:30 Stockholm 18:25
Amsterdam
19:10
Bergen
SAS
KLM
SAS
SAS
Cimber Air
SAS
KLM
Widerøe
Visitors arriving at Kristiansand airport are
recommended to book a room at:
COMFORT HOTEL KRISTIANSAND
phone: +47 38 07 94 00
e-mail: co.kristiansand@choice.no.
Kode 75: single /double room NOK 1140/1580
Breakfast from 06:30
Public bus line 5 departure from Kristiansand
bus station Wednesday morning 07:15, arriving
Grimstad bus station 08:10. Transport from
Grimstad to Landvik will be set up by Bioforsk.
Visitors driving by bus (from Oslo) or car may
find available rooms in Grimstad at:
Grimstad vertshus www.grimstad-vertshus.no
Strand hotel, Fevik, www.strandhotelfevik.no
Rica hotel, Grimstad, www.rica.no/grimstad
CALE BIGELOW, PURDUE UNIV
REGISTRATION AND COSTS
The Bioforsk Turfgrass Field Day is open for
everyone, but we appreciate your registration
before 1 June to marta.heldal@bioforsk.no
Please send us your name, company, cellphone
number and an address were we may send an
invoice of NOK 650 / € 80 (VAT included) to
cover our expenses.
You are also welcome to join a study tour on
16-17 June to some golf courses in the southwestern coast of Norway. This trip will end up in
Stavanger, so in case you join this tour, please
book your return flight from Stavanger airport,
Sola. See next page for details.
MIKE FIDANZA, PENN STATE UNIV
If you have any questions,
please contact
Agnar Kvalbein
Phone: +47 406 22 916
e-mail:
agnar.kvalbein@bioforsk.no