<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>I think it's nice to allow someone to hold a trophy during their reign where possible. I currently have 3 trophies in my possession which end up stored away in a cupboard - which seems a little bit of a waste in a way.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I agree that it does lead to some concerns/issues though.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I did recently create a document (attached) to use when I'm letting someone take a trophy away - the first page for me to collect their CURRENT contact details and the second page that they can take away with them which asks them to engrave the trophy and also makes sure they have my contact details...<br></div><div><br></div><div>Matt</div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, 21 Mar 2019, at 23:15, Geoff Kaniuk via tournament-org wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="fastmail-quoted"><div>Many tournaments present a floating trophy to the winner, and Trigantius <br></div><div>is no exception. The Trigantius trophy is Silver and lists all the <br></div><div>winners engraved on the trophy itself. The tradition has been for the <br></div><div>winner to keep the trophy till the next tournament.<br></div><div><br></div><div>So the worry for the TD is:<br></div><div><br></div><div>Will the trophy be returned?<br></div><div>Will the trophy be engraved?<br></div><div>Will the trophy be cleaned?<br></div><div><br></div><div>My experience has been that the trophy usually does get returned, but <br></div><div>sometimes is not engraved and sometimes not cleaned. If the winner does <br></div><div>not engrave the trophy then the next year's winner will need to engrave <br></div><div>two names. Engraving itself is not foolproof and sometimes the engraver <br></div><div>makes mistakes. So somebody has to get that fixed.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I know its great to win and keep the trophy for a year. But with great <br></div><div>success comes great responsibility, and sadly this is not always achieved!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Obviously we can ensure that the trophy is always available when needed <br></div><div>if the TD keeps the trophy, gets it engraved and cleaned in time for the <br></div><div>next tournament.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I think this opens up some questions:<br></div><div><br></div><div>1. How often do trophies go missing?<br></div><div>2. How do others manage getting the tropy updated/cleaned?<br></div><div>3. Should the TYD keep the trophy?<br></div><div>4. If the TD keeps the trophy, what do we give the winner?.<br></div><div> Suggestions so far:<br></div><div> Picture of winner receiving trophy.<br></div><div> Small token cup.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Any thoughts?<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Geoff<br></div><div><br></div><div>33 Ashbury Close, Cambridge CB1 3RW 01223 710582<br></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>tournament-org mailing list<br></div><div>tournament-org@lists.britgo.org<br></div><div>http://lists.britgo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tournament-org<br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div id="sig18623274"><div class="signature">-- <br></div><div class="signature"><b>Matt Marsh</b><br></div><div class="signature"><a href="mailto:matt@crazedbytes.net">matt@crazedbytes.net</a><br></div><div class="signature"><a href="tel:+44-7795-297779">+44 (0)7795 297779</a><br></div></div><div><br></div></body></html>