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Wichita Eagle Publishes Story Featuring ATG Sports Industries
November 17, 2008
Paul Driver and Matt Smith are featured in The Wichita Eagle on Saturday, November 15, 2008.
November 5, 2008
The 2008 Kansas High School Football Playoffs begin November 8.
The Championship sites are as follows: Class 6A: Yager Stadium in Topeka, Class 5A: Welch Stadium in Emporia, Class 4A: District Stadium in Salina, Class 3A: Gowan Stadium in Hutchinson, Class 2-1A: Lewis Field in Hays, 8-Man I & 8-Man II: Fischer Field in Newton.
ATG is proud to announce that four of the six fields that are played on are ATG’s artificial turf fields! ATG installed Welch Stadium in Emporia, District Stadium in Salina, Gowan Stadium in Hutchinson, and Lewis Field in Hays.
November 5, 2008
According to local newspapers the following bond issues passed in the November 4, 2008 election.
Wichita Public Schools passed their bond issue with 50% of the votes. The bond issue, which is the largest in Kansas’s history, is to pay for multiple projects, including $61 million in athletic facility improvements.
Baldwin City passed their bond issue with 54% of the votes. The bond issue is to pay for multiple projects, including $2,783,045.00 for four new baseball/softball fields and a new track.
Leavenworth passed their bond issue with 62% of the votes. The bond issue is to pay for multiple projects, including $25 million for high school renovations and an athletic activities complex.
Ellis County passed a ½ cent sales tax with 55% of the votes. It is to fund the construction and maintenance of a new sports complex.
October 29, 2008
ATG Sports Industries’ news release regarding the Overland Park Youth Soccer Complex is published in the St Louis Post Dispatch and the Kansas City Star.
Click Here To View The News Release
October 22, 2008
The Crystal City field was completed and ready for the first varsity home football game on Sept. 12.
On Sunday, September 14, 2008, St. Louis and surrounding areas received three-five inches of rain in a matter of two hours. On Monday, September 15, the waters that flooded the St. Louis area, made their way into the Mississippi River and surrounding creeks and streams, threatening more flooding to the field.
That evening, sand was brought in. Students, faculty and parents sandbagged while a JV game was taking place on the new field. Three pumps were brought in on Tuesday, September 16, to pump out all water that was coming over the levee and sandbags. The pumps continued Wednesday, as the flood waters continued to rise at a rate of 1 inch per hour. Wednesday evening, school officials noticed more water coming into the low lying areas. They decided that it was time to give in to Mother Nature. They pulled the pumps out around 7:00 p.m. and by 10:00 p.m. that evening, the flood waters had submerged the track surrounding the field, and were inching their way toward the field. By Thursday morning, September 18, the field was covered with at least two feet of water.
When the water receded on Tuesday, September 23rd, the field was left covered with mud. They cleaned the field for two weeks and in the meantime, all scheduled events were moved to other area fields or to the opposing team’s field.
The field was ready for the homecoming game on October 17, 2008.
October 3, 2008
Proposed SHS Track Could Cost $1 Million
By Lori Goat
From vision to blueprint, the proposed Shawnee High School athletic track was unveiled at a special school board meeting Monday night.
Paul Driver and Matt Smith with ATG Sports introduced board members and the track committee to the design and costs of a new, expanded track.
“We asked ourselves how we can make the area (the existing track) compliant, not just today, but for the future,” Driver said.
The first hurdle for the school board will be the $1 million-plus price tag.
In the ATG Sports’ plan, the track will be wider east to west and shorter north to south to accommodate a soccer field within the football field, circled by an 8-lane track.
This portion of the plan will cost $836,000.
“It won’t be a perfect football field, soccer field or track, but it will be a perfect combination,” Driver said.
Increasing the width of the site will call for the demolition of the structures on the east side of the football field. New visitor bleachers would have to be constructed which would add about $200,000 to the project.
According to Driver, the endeavor would take 57 to 60 days to complete, but re-seeding the gridiron would require a year off the field.
To avoid a year of downtime, Driver told the board and track committee that they could convert the grass to Ram Turf, a synthetic turf. The price of that would be an additional $565,000.
In 2005, voters approved a $22.2 million bond issue to build the Shawnee Early Childhood Center and the fine arts facility/gymnasium for the high school. Only a half million dollars was set aside for a new track.
The school board and the track committee will have to adjust their vision to fit their pocketbook or find a way to scrape together an additional $536,000.
The issue will be discussed at the next regular board meeting on October 7.
September 25, 2008
ATG is excited to announce our track installations at both Coleman and Wilbur Middle Schools in Wichita, KS! On September 16, 2008 the school accepted bids for the installation of these 2 running tracks, and the job was awarded to ATG. The installation will begin immediately. Check back often for progress pictures on both of these tracks.
September 19, 2008
Paul Driver, President and Founder of ATG Sports Industries, announces that all 2008 spring and summer turf projects were successfully completed on time.
“Even with the amount of rain and poor working conditions this year, ATG Sports finished all Turf projects on time. This can be attributed to the expertise of our staff, and the diligent team effort put forth by our sub-contractors. We put things in high gear for Crystal City High School, which started out 10 feet under water, and we are proud to announce the Crystal City Hornets played their first home game on time, with no delays, on their new field. Over the last eight years our turf sales and business has rapidly grown but our policy has never changed—MAKE THE BEST PRODUCT, ON TIME, FOR A FAIR PRICE. Thank you for the teamwork and always putting the customer first.”
September 9, 2008
Within days of ATG beginning construction on the Crystal City football field, the Mississippi river flooded & the field was under 8-10 feet of water. Although this temporarily halted the job, ATG has pulled out all stops to complete this job by the schools first home football game, which is to be held on Friday, September 12th.
Four Out Of Six Kansas High School Championship Sites Are ATG’s Turf Fields
Four Bond Issues Pass In Local Elections
Overland Park News Release
Crystal City Field Floods Days After Completion
Paul Driver Quoted In Shawnee Sun Newspaper
Wichita Public Schools Awards ATG Both Coleman And Wilbur Middle School Track Projects
ATG Announces All Summer Turf Project Completed On Time!
Crystal City Job Begins Under 8 - 10 Feet of Water
O’Fallon Project Is Finished In Record Time!
September 3, 2008
ATG Sports nears completion of the O’Fallon project in a record 60 days. This includes the design/build, artificial turf football field, track resurfacing, bleachers, concession stand, concrete work, and asphalt paving.
Click the links below to read the Belleville News Democrat newspaper articles on the O’Fallon Project.
Field should be done for Aug. 29 game
Parents are asked to raise $300,000 for O’Fallon stadium upgrade
Team hopes to play home opener there
February 12, 2008
Click to read more about the exciting changes that include athletic facility enhancements.
January 14, 2008
Click here to find out why more schools are choosing artificial turf.
January 7, 2008
President Bush visited the new Boys & Girls Club in Wichita, which includes a new artificial turf field built by ATG Sports.
Click Here to read the White House press release.
Click Here to see pictures of the new Boys & Girls Club Super Turf field.
December 31, 2007
TigerTurf Americas is one of the largest, most innovative global synthetic turf manufacturing companies in the world.
Headquartered in New Zealand, TigerTurf International has consumers in every part of the world, from Japan to Europe, China to Africa, India to the United Kingdom.
And now, North and Latin America.
We’re on the roster of just about every sport out there: football, field hockey, lacrosse, tennis, golf, lawn bowling, cricket, netball, even padel tennis!
From the pros to youth and senior leagues, our products fit the athlete in every single one of us.
Click Here to visit the TigerTurf website.
December 24, 2007
ATG Sports is excited to announce our turf installation at Derby High School. In September of 2007, a proposal to recieve bids for the installation of artificial turf was passed with the school district, and the job was awarded to ATG in November of 2007. Installation of our XPS monofilament turf will begin in Spring of 2008. Check back frequently for more progress pictures on Derby High School!
Click Here to view the photos for this project.
December 17, 2007
“Our goal is to play all the sports on turf,” Gack says. “It’s got a high safety rating—kids can pretty much fall on the ground and not get hurt.”
The surface, called SuperTurf, is billed to be safer and stronger than natural grass. It will be installed by Andover-based ATG Sports Industries.
’A Godsend’
Earlier this summer, the West Suburban YMCA in Newton Corner, Mass., installed a similar artificial turf. West Suburban President and CEO Patrick Palmer says his was the second YMCA in the nation to install artificial turf.
“It’s been a godsend for us, actually,” Palmer says. “Before, if it rained on a Thursday, we had to cancel our events for Saturday and Sunday. The surface is great. It was a no-brainer for us.”
USD 259 School Board Endorses Bond Issue
Artificial Turf Gaining Popularity
President Bush Visits the New Boys & Girls Club in Wichita, KS
ATG Named TigerTurf Distributor
Derby High School Turf Installation
South YMCA Farha Sports Center
