[tournament-org] TrigantiusLessonIII

[Paul Barnard]

Swindon's modus operandi has usually been to seek return of the trophy a 
month or two before the next tournament, which gives time for engraving 
and cleaning. Once or twice the winner hasn't wanted to take the trophy 
at all. Sometimes we only got the trophy back on the day of the next 
tournament; then in consultation with the winner we have either kept if 
for a while to engrave it, or let the winner take it unengraved.

In other words, very flexible.

We did lose the 13x13 trophy, which was about a metre high - huge! The 
winner didn't return it and nobody knew how to contact him.

Regards,
Paul

On 21/03/2019 23:15, Geoff Kaniuk via tournament-org wrote:
> Many tournaments present a floating trophy to the winner, and 
> Trigantius is no exception. The Trigantius trophy is Silver and lists 
> all the winners engraved on the trophy itself. The tradition has been 
> for  the winner to keep the trophy till the next tournament.
>
> So the worry for the TD is:
>
> Will the trophy be returned?
> Will the trophy be engraved?
> Will the trophy be cleaned?
>
> My experience has been that the  trophy usually does get returned, but 
> sometimes is not engraved and sometimes not cleaned.  If the winner 
> does not engrave the trophy then the next year's winner will need to 
> engrave two names. Engraving itself is not foolproof and sometimes the 
> engraver makes mistakes. So somebody has to get that fixed.
>
> I know its great to win and keep the trophy for a year. But with great 
> success comes great responsibility, and sadly this is not always 
> achieved!
>
> Obviously we can ensure that the trophy is always available when 
> needed if the TD keeps the trophy, gets it engraved and cleaned in 
> time for the next tournament.
>
> I think this opens up some questions:
>
> 1. How often do trophies go missing?
> 2. How do others manage getting the tropy updated/cleaned?
> 3. Should the TYD keep the trophy?
> 4. If the TD keeps the trophy, what do we give the winner?.
>    Suggestions so far:
>      Picture of winner receiving trophy.
>      Small token cup.
>
> Any thoughts?
>