Darin Dodd
April 10, 2025 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Darin Dodd came to Wednesday night’s Quincy Park Board meeting with questions about issues with baseball/softball fields he rents for his weekend Qtown Tournaments. He wasn’t happy with the answers, but Park Board President Mark Philpot asked Dodd to “stay connected” and “work towards a solution collectively.” Dodd spoke at the beginning of…
Read Full Article August 15, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Quincy Park Board President Mark Philpot said the Quincy Park District will honor an agreement made with Darin Dodd, founder of Qtown Tournaments, to make $50,000 worth of improvements in 2025 to one of the two T-ball fields in the Wavering Park complex. “It was on paper, and we gave our word,” Philpot…
Read Full Article September 14, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy Park Board voted Wednesday night to approve a $566,091 bid from ATG Sports, a synthetic turf and sports stadium contractor from Festus, Mo., to install synthetic turf on the T-ball fields at the former Wavering Pool site. However, the dimensions of the fields and the amount of fencing needed for the…
Read Full Article September 6, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council on Tuesday night authorized spending up to $300,000 from its Economic Growth Fund, which is collected through the city’s one percent food and beverage tax, to help the Quincy Park District pay for the installation of artificial turf at two baseball/softball fields in the Wavering Park Complex. Only Alderman…
Read Full Article July 13, 2023 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher
QUINCY — Traveling youth sports is a big business that Quincy has been mostly left out of for many years, primarily due to a lack of facilities. But some would like to see Quincy play catch-up and are willing to put their own money behind it. Darin Dodd of QTown Tournaments spoke during the public…
Read Full Article June 30, 2025
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