With 630 attendees, this year's Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) Industry Awards event is a sell-out!

The audience will include groundscare experts from the length and breadth of the UK, as well as a number who will be jetting in to the country from as far afield as the United States, the Czech Republic, France and Azerbaijan to also attend the concurrent SALTEX exhibition.

Host Mark Saggers from talkSPORT radio will announce the winners of this year's 19 award categories at the event - which enjoys headline sponsorship by Rigby Taylor and Top Green - at the Birmingham Metropole Hotel on Wednesday 4 November.

The annual awards acknowledge the high standards achieved by volunteer and professional teams as well as individuals at facilities ranging from grassroots to professional stadia level.