Sports in brief . . .
The Maine Recreation and Park Association is offering a Turf Maintenance Workshop for athletic directors, park directors and others who maintain turf areas on Oct. 22 from 9-11:30 a.m. at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
University of New Hampshire Sports Turf Manager Lance Tibbetts, a resident of Casco, will lead the turf management training entitled “Challenges Managing Sports Turf Areas.”
Tibbetts will cover a variety of topics, including maintaining goal mouths and bench areas; dealing with drought conditions; how to prepare the field for the game in good conditions and bad; and routine cultural practices that can be performed during the season.
Tibbetts has 26 years experience in the grounds industry and is a former board member of the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA).
The session will run from 9-11:30 a.m. on and the registration fee is $35, which includes lunch.
To register log on to www.merpa.org or contact Dean Jandreau at 728-3604.
Presque Isle natives Greg Palm and Mandy Putnam traveled downstate to compete in the Pumpkinman Triathlon Sept. 11. The contest was a sprint distance race consisting of a 1/3-mile swim in Knights Pond, a 14.25-mile bike along the Eastern Trail, and three-mile run through the neighborhoods of South Berwick.
The Pumpkinman Triathlon Festival is a nationally-sanctioned competition which has grown to become the largest two-day triathlon event in the state and includes the state’s only Half Iron distance triathlon (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile run).
Athletes came from across the country to participate in this year’s race.
This was the first triathlon for both Palm and Putnam. The 28-year-old Palm completed his race with a time of 1 hour and 37 minutes, while Putnam, 31, finished the course in 2:23.
For more information about triathlons, visit www.trifind.com.
