BBC’s Dan Walker is hosting this year’s Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) Industry Awards. To secure a place at the industry’s biggest celebratory event book now. The ceremony takes place on Wednesday October 30, the evening of the first day of SALTEX, at The Vox, located in Resorts World at the Birmingham NEC.
The awards – now in their 11thyear – have continually grown in status for acknowledging the achievements of volunteer and professional grounds teams, as well as community clubs and national stadia. They recognise the passion, dedication and challenges faced by grounds staff at clubs of every size and from all corners of the UK.
BBC sports presenter and BBC Breakfast anchor Dan Walker brings a new dimension to this year’s event as the 20 award categories are presented.
He currently hosts BBC One’s Award-winning Football Focus and regularly presents Match of the Day. He has also covered Wimbledon, The Grand National, Royal Ascot, The Derby and the Six Nations, as well as continuing to work on domestic, European and international football. He has also co-hosted Open golf coverage for the past 10 years and was an integral part of the BBC’s Olympic broadcasting team for both London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Buy tickets
To secure a seat – which cost £95 each for IOG members and £190 each for non-members – please contact the IOG by email (awards@iog.org) or call 01908 312 511 where you can also gain details of how to become an IOG member.
To nominate an individual or team for a 2019 Award. Visit: www.iog.org/awards and click the nominate button.
This year’s categories include:
- IOG Toro Most Promising Sports Turf Student
- IOG Rigby Taylor/Top Green Young Grounds Person
- IOG Volunteer Sports Grounds Team/Individual
- IOG NGB Community/Grassroots Sports Club Grounds Team/Individual
- IOG AMS Robotics Public Sector Sports Grounds Team
- IOG Bowling Grounds Team/Individual
- IOG SCH Supplies Best Managed Artificial Surface
- IOG Ransomes Environmental and Ecology Strategy
- IOG Headland Amenity Professional Cricket Grounds Team
- IOG Cub Cadet Infinicut Professional Tennis Courts Grounds Team
- IOG John Deere Professional Horse Racing Grounds Team
- IOG Professional Rugby Football League Grounds Team
- IOG Compo Expert Professional Rugby Football Union Grounds Team
- IOG Professional Football Grounds Team
For English Leagues 1 & 2, National League, National League North/South, Scottish Championship & Leagues 1 & 2, Ireland & Wales Professional Leagues. - IOG SGL Professional Football Grounds Team
For Premier League, Championship and Scottish Premier League. - IOG Redexim Charterhouse/Kubota University/College Grounds Team
- IOG Growth Products Independent School Grounds Team
- IOG SISGrass International Award
- IOG Grassmaster Outstanding Achievement Award.
There is one additional award for which nominations are not sought: the IOG Ransomes/DLF Alex R Millar Award– to the person chosen as the outstanding winner across all award categories.
The NGB Awards are sponsored by the AELTC (All England Lawn Tennis Club), ECB (the England and Wales Cricket Board), The FA (Football Association), the LTA (Lawn Tennis Association), the Premier League, the RFU (Rugby Football Union) and the RFL (Rugby Football League)
For information on how to sponsor an award, please contact Karen Maxwell on 07866 736 597 or email: kmaxwell@iog.org