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Post by schlager7 on Jan 3, 2007 8:42:02 GMT -6
I am stealing Augie's quote from another thread as a lead-in... Aldo,
The medals were engraved, and custom made for the Houston Cup. That is one of the things that made the Bay Cup so special, is you knew where the person won the medal. I know what you mean. I used the money I got for refereeing at a November BCFA tournament and the JO Qualifiers to purchase the trophy cups Galveston used for the Naomi Abbott. The downside was that they were not fencing-oriented in their design, but instead had the generic trophy cup look. The up side was... they were LARGE. My wife's 4th place for 1-touch epee at the Columbiad was an embroidered towel (talk about something a fencer NEEDS after a tournament!). Sabre Cave has crystal. The Van Buskirk used to offer silver-plated pieces. Anyone else have thoughts on good ideas for medals, trophies, awards and prizes. What do you like to win? What has never been offered but might be desirable.
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Post by kb on Jan 3, 2007 9:09:44 GMT -6
Skulls, swords....arrrr...the Bone family likes the skeletal Yorick trophy of late. I also admire the historical reproductions of weapons.
One of the most useless trophies we have is an old sailing trophy that is silver plate...had to be polished. It doesn't live here any more.
At this point in time, with J. being the only full-time fencer in the family, I don't care what he brings home. He, of course, would prefer something shiny and sharp.
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Post by schlager7 on Jan 3, 2007 9:29:18 GMT -6
I like period weaponry myself. (Of course, I also enjoy doing choreographed broadsword and rapier-and-dagger routines).
I recognize, however, that a lot of fencers have no interest in "swords" so something else might be needed to get their eyes glazed over...
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Post by vraptor on Jan 3, 2007 13:17:31 GMT -6
Well, lemme see...
The Masters (golf) has a jacket. In boxing, you get a belt In rodeo, you get a buckle (along with the broken bones) Winning Miss America gets you a tiara. I'd love to see Long Blade wearing that. In ancient Rome, you could get freedom, but mostly you got to live a little longer. And let's not forget the immortal words of Robert A. Heinlein, "Money is the sincerest from of flattery." I like money.
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Post by schlager7 on Jan 3, 2007 13:27:13 GMT -6
Well, lemme see...
The Masters (golf) has a jacket. In boxing, you get a belt In rodeo, you get a buckle (along with the broken bones) Hey! My wife makes a lot of those rodeo award buckles. Hmm... Fencing buckles? Nah, we can't afford her.
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Post by katyblades on Jan 3, 2007 16:22:53 GMT -6
The first two Columbiad, (or first three), was a Knights of Columbus engraved ceremonial sword. I gave it back when I started back because I held it every time it was awarded and it stayed at my house. That was cool because I don't think they were supposed to give it out.
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Post by Aldo N on Jan 3, 2007 19:23:45 GMT -6
Cool trophy!
(katyblades, why does your "location" read "Male herb email spams"?)
Forgive my ignorance, what is the Columbiad?
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Post by schlager7 on Jan 4, 2007 9:50:09 GMT -6
The Columbiad was the traditional, annual tournament hosted by the Spindletop Cavaliers, a club in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area.
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Post by nemo on Jan 4, 2007 10:58:24 GMT -6
Swords are definitely cool and look good on your wall.
It's nice when a tournament has the same type award from year to year. I heard of the Van Buskirk silver plate. BCFA's gold pistol grips are novel.
I think the real trick is just coming up with something "different."
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Post by katyblades on Jan 4, 2007 15:05:31 GMT -6
Dear Aldo,
The Columbiad was started by Glen Weathington and Sinclair Oubre in Beaumont, and was held in the Knights of Columbus hall on Columbus day weekend. It was the late 80's, and stopped the early 90s. That is why the Knights of Columbus sword was so cool, it was their authentic ceremonial sword.
Since I reached the age of 40 I get many emails for all kinds of herb enhancements, especially since I have a website that states I am over 40 with my email linked to it.
I also started the plates thing at the Van Buskirk when Tim Glass and Marie McCarthy suggested that it would be good to give these types of awards instead of trophies. Almost all of the major tournaments in the late 80s started giving silver serving trays, including sectionals where they gave me my silver tray at the pizza place in Shawnee that night, (they had given me a much smaller tray at the award ceremony as a joke).
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Post by Aldo N on Jan 5, 2007 11:31:23 GMT -6
I'm a traditionalist, but I think first place should be something that does say the organizers thought your effort was worth something.
OTOH, I imagine it gets pricey when awards and medals are given back to 8th palce and there are various gender and age-group awards within a tournament.
I am not against this. Encouragement is a good thing.
I think it might serve also as a stimuli for clubs to find alternative trophy ideas. There are items which may prove attractive and novel, and run less than trophies.
(Although medals, on the whole, are not so pricey.)
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