Different Types of Sports Trophies and Awards to Choose From

Sports trophies are available in many types, styles and sizes to suit very budget and occasion. It can be inexpensive participation trophies like that for all members of a local hockey team to big championship trophies like chess trophies for world championship titles. Let’s look into few of its types –

• The cheapest awards are medals, dog tags, and bag tags. These are often used on local levels or given away as participation acknowledgment.
• Next are the economy trophies or cheap trophies. Often, these are simple in design with a marble base, a figurine and possibly a column.  The marble base lacks any felt pads. These are ideal for local level competitions or interschool competitions. For instance, they would be ideal ten pin trophies at any competition. They can even be personalized with the option of getting the writings printed instead of being engraved.

• Next are the participation trophies. They typically have a plastic figurine which could be a sports team players or a representation of the sport. It can also have a column between the sports figure and the base which can be of wood, marble or plastic. Sometimes the figurine is directly mounted on the base. These trophies have felt pads at the base to protect furniture. These are extremely popular as tennis trophies.

• Resin trophies show some interesting designs and life-like details. Since these trophies are made from petroleum-derived products, their prices fluctuate according to the price of oil.
• Subsequent variety is plaques. You can find numerous configurations here. Usually, these have an icon of the sport mounted on the plague with allotted space for personalized engraving. Picture plaques or photo plaques are also common varieties where a team photo can be mounted on an engraved plate for personalization.
• Next in line are championship trophies which can be in multi-column designs; can be winning cup trophies or even perpetual trophies. The winning team or individual gets this trophy which is of somewhat bigger size. Often these are accompanied with individual trophies for each team members to commemorate the occasion. A special type of championship trophy is the perpetual trophy. Typically large, these are also termed as traveling trophies. Here the winner does not keep the trophy throughout his lifetime but needs to pass on to the next winner. The time duration could be weekly, monthly or even annually. Often, the names of the winners are engraved in its planks.

It is important to do your research and pick the trophies that are suited for the event you are hosting.

Know About Sports Trophies

Sport events especially like table tennis or shooting are quiet glamorous and hence the awards i.e. shooting trophies or table tennis trophies respectively should be equally attractive. People especially the winners have personal sentiments attached with these trophies, some are valued above human lives and people protect them as they are very fond of their awards that are proud possessions. There are a lot of trophies making companies in the market who craft custom trophies but only a few makers understand the true worth and the human emotions attached with the trophies.

A variety of sport trophies:

Depending on the ground material and crafting type trophies can be classified as:

• Metal bowls and cups: These are chiefly made of metals and the kind of metal defines the price of trophies. Such trophies are robust and easy to craft and engrave. They are widely used in all sorts of sports. The costliest metal trophies come with silver or gold plating while the ground materials are brass, or stainless steel. Such trophies can be conserved for over years without much hard labour and are easy to clean. They come with elegant and timeless metallic sheen. The price of such trophies greatly depends on size and metal type.

• Glass and crystal trophies: Such trophies possess timeless beauty and are most appropriate for sports like table tennis and shooting. The elegance and shine of crystal trophies can bedazzle the world. These can be quiet pricy depending on the quality of crystals and the dazzling shine. These trophies showcase ace quality craftsmanship. These are “handle with care” items and cleaning them requires extra care too. Crystal and glass trophies are fragile, and they can break easily; and hence they need more care. The price again depends on size and quality of crystals.

• Trays and Salvers: These are less popular compared to cups but are great as trophy options. These are mainly made of white metals such as sterling silver; silver plated or nickel plated trays with tray stands. These engraved ones are cost effective ways to facilitate the winners.

• Frames and shields: These are usually crafted of sturdy wood and metals combined and come with engraving as well as some nice crafting. These can be used at corporate sport events too.