Tell Us Your Turf Stories And Win
By admin | August 1, 2011 at 8:00 amWe Are Having A Contest!
Tell Us Your Turf Stories And Win!
We know that everyday life on the course can be monotonous and mundane but it can also be filled with adventure. So to shake things up a bit Statewide Turf wants to hear from you!
In 1000 words or less please tell us about either your best or worst day on the course, it can either be the worst of the worst or the best of the best, this can be something funny, dramatic, crazy weather situations, or about how you accomplished the impossible…the story is up to you!
Three Winners Will Receive A Custom Set of (4) 16 oz.
Statewide Turf Equipment Insulated Tervis Tumblers!
Examples:
- Remember when the new guy was left out on hole 18 in the morning with the fake list of work items?
- Recall in 2008 when you were caught in a tremendous thunderstorm with lightening striking everywhere around you?
- What about the time when the superintendant forgot to put on the brake on in his cart and it slipped backwards into the lake?
You can submit your entries by posting them under the comments on the bottom portion of this blog page:
(may have to click “Read More…”)
which can also be found at:
http://www.statewideturf.com/tell-us-your-turf-stories-and-win/
*To protect your privacy all personal information including email addresses will be removed or blocked from all entries posted online at the blog.
Contest Rules:
The submission period will begin Monday, August 1st, 2011 at 8:00am and ends Saturday, August 20th, 2011 at 11:59pm. All entry or story submissions must be received prior to Saturday, August 20th, 2011 at 11:59pm.
There is a limit of one story or one entry per location with one exception. (Exception: If your physical location has 3 courses with 3 superintendants you can submit one entry per course). Multiple entries that are from the same physical locations that do not meet the exception criteria will be disqualified.
The voting period will also begin Monday, August 1st, 2011 at 8:00am and ends Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 4:00pm. All votes will be tallied and finalized on Friday August 26th, 2011 at 4:01pm
Once the voting period begins, users will be able to vote for the story they like the most. Voting is based on a rating of 1 through 10, 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest. Voting will be limited to one vote, per computer or ip address, per day.
(3) Winners will be selected based on the top (3) three entries/stories that receive the most votes and have the highest rating on the blog, which will be voted on by your peers and visitors of the website.
In the event of a tie, Statewide Turf Equipment and associates, reserve the right to choose the story that they believe to be the best and therefore deemed the tiebreaker.
The winners of the contest will be notified via email on Friday, September 2nd, 2011 by 4:00pm
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One day last summer my mechanic was coming in to the shop in the morning and he opened the main door and there was a large snake sitting in the entry way. He must have jumped up 5 feet in the air and screamed like a baby, it was a serious situation but also hilarious on how high he jumped!
Couple weeks back we had a new young guy starting at our facility and we have an “initation” to our team, everyone has to go through it. Basically we ask the person on their 1st day to do a task that is next to near impossible and we wait to see when they crack or start freaking out. Well this particular kid was having no part of it and hauled buns for his car the moment we asked him to fly mow the hill on one while our early birds were out, the hill is about 100 yards wide and 100 yards long…it was funny.
My 15 year old daughter asked to borrow my clubs to golf with some kids from school. I gave my consent with the stipulation that she use anything in the bag – except my lucky pink Titleist. A few hours later I got a tearful call from her telling me to get to the golf course as soon as possible, there was a situation. She had failed to set the parking break on the cart and as she walked away to tee up, it slowly rolled into the lake. As I neared the disaster I was surveying the mostly submerged cart, clubs and all, and then spotted my daughter. She walked towards me entirely soaked, reached into her pocket, and extracted my lucky pink ball. It was impossible not to smile! wendy@fishbranchtreefarm.com
At the time, our new guy, James, had just started it, it was his 2nd day on the job and we have this real old JD Tractor that we use. This tractor is a blast, it’s hard to start, hard to drive, and hilarious to watch people that aren’t used to riding them try. It took James about 45 minutes to get it started, another 15 minutes to attempt to drive it, and listening to him curse under his breath the whole time was priceless…mind you we were all acting busy with other tasks while we watched and laughed from a far. Now that he has been here awhile he is waiting on someone else to quit or be hired so he can partake in the hazing.
Congratulations to Thomas Moore, Wendy Hunter, & Steven Fitzgerald. The 3 winners of the Turf Stories Contest!