It's Never too Early...
...to start planning for this
year's ASBA Technical Meeting. Mark your calendar now: the meeting will
be held from November 30 to December 3.
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ASBA NEWS
Have a Project You're
Really Proud Of? Enter it Now!
ASBA is now accepting
applications for its annual
awards program. The program,
which honors outstanding design
and construction in various
types of athletic facilities,
has an application deadline of
June 1.
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Nominations in Progress:
Your Input is Welcome
ASBA's Nominations and Elections
Committee is currently accepting
nominations for the following
positions on the Association's
board of directors. Those who
have been interested in becoming
involved with ASBA, or who want
to take their involvement to the
next level, are encouraged to
apply.
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ASBA Hits Blog Spots
ASBA is now highly visible in
the blogging universe, with
blogs on TennisNow (for tennis),
Run BlogRun (for track), in
sportsturfonline.com and Turf
Insider (for fields) and
Athletic Business Magazine's
e-newsletter (for general sports
facility topics).
The Association is looking
forward to expanding its reach
with its blogging work, and to
making even more readers aware
of ASBA and of the importance of
excellence in sports facility
construction. Count on our blogs
to touch on not just Association
news but points of interest to
the athletic community as a
whole.
Want to suggest a topic for
blogging? Want to suggest a
publication or site where you
think an ASBA blog would be a
good addition? Send an e-mail to
Mary Helen Sprecher at
mhsprecher@verizon.net.
Want to Become a
Certified Builder? There's Never Been a Better Time!
If you've
been thinking about taking the
certification exam, it's time to
stop thinking and start
studying.
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Reaching the People Who Need
Your Services: It's All on
ASBA's Website!
ASBA
routinely fields calls from
potential customers for our
members' services. And while
each of those callers receives a
copy of ASBA's Membership
Directory, there's a way you can
reach out to them directly.
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Mary Helen Sprecher Receives PTR
Media Excellence Award
Professional
Tennis Registry (PTR) presented
its annual awards in February
and
Mary Helen Sprecher, of
Columbia, Maryland, received PTR’s Media Excellence Award.
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Newly Published and Newly
Discounted: Don't Miss Your
Chance!
What's better
than a new publication from ASBA?
One that is available at a
discount!
As an
exclusive member benefit, ASBA
members can receive the newly
published Seventh Edition of
Tennis Courts: A Construction
and Maintenance Manual at a
discounted price. this book is
brand-new -- just came out in
April of 2012.
And, by the
way, this discount is nothing to
sneeze at either; it's a
whopping 40% off the cover
price. The book, which is
regularly priced at $44.95, is
available for a limited time at
the special cost of $27 per
copy.
This discount
is good on any quantity books,
provided you place your order by
no later than April 13, 2012.
In order to receive the
discount, contact Laura Izzo at
laura@stringfellowgroup.net
or Cynthia Jordan at
cjordan@sportsbuilders.org. This offer
is not valid to ASBA
non-members, nor is it
exchangeable with any other
publication sold.
Note there
are special discounts on
shipping, too, so get your
copies while the offer is good.
ASBA Needs Your Photos
ASBA writes multiple technical articles for
a variety of publications throughout the year. We use many great photos
of our award-winning projects. However, we've been asked recently for
some photos we don't currently have. We wanted to find out if our
members had any of the following:
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'Before' shots of projects in
not-so-good condition. They can be tennis courts, tracks, fields,
indoor facilities, you name it -- but they have to be showing signs
of problems. These can be cracks, delamination, burned-out lights,
sagging nets, scarred surfaces, etc.
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Shots showing sports facilities being
maintained, repaired or cleaned. These could be fields being mowed,
cleaned, etc., tennis courts being powerwashed, gym floors being
cleaned, etc.
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Shots of ongoing construction or rehab
on projects.
The only request we have is that photos be
high-resolution (between 500K and 1 MB in size) and that we have your
permission to reprint the photos.
Please send photos via e-mail to Mary Helen Sprecher at
mhsprecher@verizon.net.
Publicize Your Company - and
ASBA!
How
many times have you told a
colleague or a potential client
that your company is a member of
ASBA? A lot, right? How would
you like to save yourself the
time of explaining what ASBA is,
and what it does?
ASBA
now has a tri-fold printed
brochure that discusses what the
Association is, who its members
are, and the programs it offers.
It's great to put in your
prospectus package to potential
clients, and it's great to hand
to reps of non-member companies
when you're describing a project
or meeting you did for ASBA.
The
brochure is available now. Want
a sample copy? Contact Laura
Izzo at
laura@stringfellowgroup.net.
Get your Name Out There!
Use your ASBA
member advantage! Go to the
private, members-only section of
the website and you can access a
free 'P.R. toolbox' with press
materials members can customize
to promote their organization
throughout the year.
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TECHNICAL ARTICLES
A True Tennis Court
Contractor is a Must for a Quality Finished Product
In the current lackluster economy, it seems that
there is a continuing trend of general contractors bidding on tennis
court projects. Just a few months back, our firm saw a company on a
bidders list that we had never heard of before, so we decided to check
out their website. Come to find out they were a home remodeling company.
Apparently, business was slow, so they were bidding on anything they
could find.
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Specifications Regarding
the Upcoming Tennis Court Project
Over the past
several years, we have worked with several general/paving contractors
and have seen a trend in regard to the bidding process. Inevitably, the
general will want the tennis court contractor to break out the base and
asphalt, fencing, and surfacing as separate numbers. They will then
choose the lowest of all numbers to plug into their bid calculation.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Longtime ASBA Member
Namesake of Fence Award
Les Grube Memorial
Design Award Recognizes Innovative Fence Projects
Here at ASBA,
we're used to honoring our own
(it's why we have the Industry
Merit Award, after all), but
it's a special occasion when we
realize one of our own has also
been honored outside the
confines of sports facility
construction.
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Know a Trailblazer? Give
RSI Their Name!
Do you know someone (or just know about someone) who
has been a pioneer in the tennis industry, a real trailblazer who has
helped shake things up? Racquet Sports Industry Magazine would like to
know about that person. RSI is now in the second year of running its
"Pioneers in Tennis" series of articles, about trailblazers in the
sport, and is looking for nominations for people to be featured in
future columns.
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Report on USTA Facility
Assistance Program
USTA offers its Facility
Assistance Program, a multi-level assortment of resources available to
communities seeking to improve their tennis facilities. The program
offers everything from technical guidance and information to those
seeking to improve their courts, to facility assistance grants. DETAILS
MEMBER NEWS
Memberline
The latest
news from ASBA members.
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ASBA Welcomes New Members
ASBA welcomes seven new companies that have
joined the association since the last newsletter.
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ASBA Announces New
Certified Builders
ASBA is pleased to announce that six individuals
have successfully completed all requirements to become certified builders.
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ASBA Membership Directory
By now you should have received your copy of the 2012
ASBA Membership Directory in the mail. As much as we try to achieve
perfection, mistakes sometimes happen. If there was an error in your
listing, please contact ASBA Headquarters at
cjordan@sportsbuilders.org with any changes and we will notify the
membership accordingly. Corrections: We apologize for these errors in
the 2012-2013 directory: Sport Surfaces, LLC (page 44) phone number is
561-964-2001.
May We Quote You?
One of ASBA's
most important programs is its
technical articles, which are
written for trade magazines in
various segments of the
industry, including tennis,
track, indoor and fields
facilities. We are always
looking for our members to
comment on, and be quoted in
these articles. This is an
excellent chance to help raise
ASBA's profile, and in an
ancillary capacity, to increase
visibility for your company. If
you would like to be quoted in
these articles, please send an
e-mail to Mary Helen Sprecher at
mhsprecher@verizon.net.
Please indicate your area(s) of
expertise: Tennis, Track,
Indoor, Fields so that we do not
bother you with excess e-mail.
You can be added to more than
one mailing list if you wish.
If you have previously sent Mary
Helen an e-mail asking to be
added to her e-mail list, you do
not need to request again.
However, if your e-mail has
changed and you have not been
receiving questions, please
contact her with your current
e-mail address.
