John Neylan has worked extensively in the turf industry as a Turfgrass Agronomist for nearly 40 years. John has extensive experience in undertaking research and consultancy with a wide range of clients including golf, major sports stadia, local government and racetracks and has expertise in soils, sports turf profile design, drainage, water management and turfgrass evaluation. John has undertaken research into: · The performance of playing surfaces as it relates to profile construction and management. · Sand testing as it relates to sports turf profile construction and performance. · Water and irrigation management. · The effects of effluent water on turf and soils. · Turfgrass selection and assessment for sports surfaces. John has lectured in soils, drainage, irrigation management, environmental management and construction at several campuses. In addition, he has presented papers at numerous turf conferences and seminars and has written extensively with over 350 published papers and articles.

Matt Roche is the Director of Australian Sports Turf Consultants. Matt has over 20 years’ experience in the sports turf industry and was previously employed as the Senior Research Scientist within the Queensland Governments former turf research program. Matt and his team provide independent turf consultancy services to major sport facilities, local councils, sporting clubs and schools across Australia. Matt is also the developer of TurfFinder.com, which is an independent web site developed to provide factual information on different turfgrass varieties, where to source them and how best to maintain them.