Posts Tagged ‘awards’

Crystal Awards for Corporate Gifts

Monday, August 16th, 2010

A crystal award is a great corporate gift and a very creative way to recognize your employees. There are many varieties to choose from so you’ll be able to find the appropriate gift for the perfect person. When you give a corporate crystal award or gift your recipient’s pleased reaction will let you know that you purchased the perfect gift.

Most likely you’ve seen an award made of crystal in someone’s office or have received one yourself. These striking awards and gifts usually represent a specific achievement or goal that has been successfully reached. Crystal awards and crystal paperweights are able to be laser engraved so you can include a logo, picture or specific message.

Crystal awards can be utilized for a variety of business purposes. Crystal trophies and awards are the perfect way to acknowledge a major achievement, and everyone likes to be recognized for their hard work or for accomplishing something important. For example, if you have an employee who has reached a sales goal, then your award message can reflect their accomplishment, with their name and date. It’s always nice to include a personalized message that is specific to the event or accomplishment. You can present these awards on a monthly or yearly basis and offer larger award for larger achievements.

Crystal awards also make very nice corporate gifts for both employees and clients. You can gift crystal paperweights or other small crystal items that can be displayed on their desks. You can even have an employee appreciation week and give all of your employees a crystal award or gift to show them how much you value their contributions to your company. Because there are so many kinds of crystal awards you’ll be sure to find one that’s perfect for you.

Not only are crystal awards and items perfect for employees, but also for clients. These items are a great way to thank your clients for their business. And a crystal award is a gift that lasts. Flowers and fruit baskets can be beautiful, but flowers die and once the fruit is eaten there’s nothing left to remind your client how much you value their business. With a crystal gift you client will always have a reminder of how much you appreciate them.

Crystal gifts can also be given for personal reasons. For example, you can give your father a personal award that declares him the “World’s Best Dad.” You could also purchase a crystal item for your spouse to tell them how much you love and appreciate them. These items also make lovely mother’s day gifts, especially when engraved with a loving quote or poem.

Whether you’re celebrating a holiday, a birthday, anniversary, or a special accomplishment, gifts made from crystal are perfect for all situations. Crystal awards and gifts are not only meant to be utilized in the corporate world, but among family and friends as well. These gifts are perfect for both genders and for all ages.

If you’re constantly wondering what kind of gift to give or have been thinking about recognizing someone’s accomplishment then a crystal item is the perfect solution. Crystal items are unique and can be personalized to make them even more special to the recipient.

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Acrylic Awards for Recognition

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Acrylic awards are designed with precision and magnificence in mind. These company Lucite awards are nice for recognition of a boss or manager. Acrylic awards are the hottest plus greatest in award presentations. Costing fewer then glass awards or crystal awards, these acrylic awards are sure to impress anyone who receives them. Acrylic awards are not restricted to company events however. Acrylic awards and plaques are good as soccer, baseball, golf, basketball, or any sports trophies.

Color is an easy, visual differentiators, providing a sensory cue that has the potential to signal an additional message to recipients of the Acrylic award. As an example, the colors red, orange, or yellow signal warmth. Colored brass plates engrave gold letters. Gold plates are chemically treated to show black for a best contrast for reading.

Engraving is the process where the metal is either plowed to each side using a diamond drag engraving tool or a rotating carbide cutter to cut into the surface. No color is used to fill during the letters to give contrast. Engraved gift clocks are very popular. The arched clock encompasses a black brass plate for a easy 3 line message. Engraved acrylic paperweights are nice inexpensive gifts for employee recognition, client appreciation and company giveaways. Offer us a decision nowadays for facilitate with your next award banquet or company event.

Corporate recognition awards express appreciation for a job well done. Congratulate the CEO, thank the board of directors, show appreciation to dedicated volunteers, acknowledge loyal staff, commemorate retirements, plus thank commercial partners – all with specially selected corporate recognition awards. Company logos may be added to text. Personalization of names is included.

Little Bighorn Trophy

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Trophy from the Battle of Little Bighorn may reach pounds $12 million at auction

An American flag found at Little Bighorn after ‘General’ George Custer and nearly 270 men were wiped out by Indian warriors could fetch $12 million US (pounds 8.2 million) when it is auctioned later this year.

The battle guidon of the 7th Cavalry was recovered after Custer, 36 – who was in reality a lieutenant colonel – and his men were defeated by thousands of Lakota and Cheyenne Indians in June 1876, in what has become known as Custer’s Last Stand.

The victorious Indians stripped the corpses of trophies, but seemingly missed the bloodstained flag, which was hidden under the body of a soldier.

It was recovered by Sergeant Ferdinand Culbertson, a member of a burial party, and was sold for $54 (pounds 35) in 1895 to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Another 7th Cavalry guidon was found later in an Indian village, but is reportedly moth-eaten and in poor condition. The institute is selling its flag to pay for new acquisitions, after saying it barely saw the guidon because it was almost continually on loan to other institutions. Sotheby’s will auction the tattered piece of swallow-tailed silk, just over 32ins by 26ins in size, in October. A star and a patch of the stripes are missing, cut out of the fabric in the 19th century as souvenirs.

The auction house has estimated it will fetch between $2 million and $5 million (pounds 1.3 million to pounds 3.3 million), but hopes it could exceed the auction record for a flag – the $12.3 million (pounds 8.2 million) paid for an American flag captured by the British in 1779 during the War of Independence.

“It’s not a piece of decoration. It’s a sacred relic. People died for this flag,” said David Redden, a Sotheby’s vice-chairman.

He said Custer’s Last Stand was an “extraordinary clash between the two cultures of America”. He added: “Anything connected with that, particularly something that’s as significant as a battle flag, also has that kind of iconic stature.”

The battle was part of the Great Sioux War, which started after the U.S. government tried to drive the Indians out of the Black Hills region of Montana. The 7th Cavalry surprised the Indians in their village, but had underestimated the enemy’s strength and were annihilated.

Guidons served as battlefield beacons marking company positions.

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Crown Trophy ‘much more than a trophy store”

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Trophy business booming; store moves to new location

By Andrew Leibs
business@seacoastonline.com

March 28, 2010 2:00 AM

For a trophy store, the doldrums are in January — midway in the academic year, between sports seasons, when corporate sales gods, basking in the Bahamas, are in no rush to receive their Lucite stars.

This January, Taylor Durmer of Crown Trophy took advantage of the downtime to move the franchise store to a new space on Mirona Road in Portsmouth.

“The new shop gives us three times the space to build and display trophies,” said Durmer, who joined Crown after graduating from the University of New Hampshire and who co-owns the store with Bob Montville.

With a territory that runs east from Raymond and includes all of Maine, and an esteem-centric society that seeks to leave no student or sports participant un-lauded, Durmer sees great potential for Crown in Portsmouth.

“Organizations today usually want to award as many trophies as they can,” Durmer said. “Many like to give medals or other awards to all participants.”

The franchise model is especially effective for meeting this growing demand, Durmer said.

“One of the benefits of being part of a franchise is they’re always coming out with new stuff,” he said. “People purchasing awards always want to know what’s new and Crown is always coming up with new and exclusive lines.”

The days of a trophy being a metal figure mounted on marble are long gone, Durmer said. Trophies today are usually plastic-based, but are often bolder, featuring more color, interactivity, and moving parts, such as acrylic stars or bobble-heads.

A basketball trophy, for example, might feature a plastic ball that spins in place.

“That’s awesome for kids, who like to play with their awards,” Durmer said.

Sports, with predictable seasons and high turnover (both participant and volunteer) are still the trophy business base.

Portsmouth Little League, for example, might award trophies to the first- and second-place teams in each age division; new organizations, such as the Oyster River Youth Association, might present awards to honor teams’ inaugural seasons; some martial arts tournaments draw more outsized trophies than competitors.

“Organizers like to be better safe than sorry,” Durmer said.

Beyond sports, Durmer stresses the Crown tag line: “Much more than a trophy store,” working with a wide range of organizations. In any one week, Durmer might be creating “No Smoking” signs for a nonprofit, tip cards for corporate training events, trophies for the Seacoast Art Association or the American Legion, or 3,000 custom ribbons for the USS New Hampshire. It even provides credit for used trophies.

Crown is also known for its custom work, which might include everything from personalizing plaques with corporate logos to converting beer cans into coveted softball league trophies.

The Crown catalogue has keepsakes for all occasions, even a trophy depicting a golfer on his knees trying to blow the ball into the hole — ideal for the duffer of any office tournament.

Despite ongoing demand for awards, Durmer says marketing, at a level sophisticated for the industry, is the key to growth.

The Portsmouth store has an extensive online database and automates processes such as catalogue distribution and communication, including reminder e-mails, with current and past customers.

The main work, building trophies, engraving plaques, or special ordering crystal or acrylic components, varies in intensity throughout the year, with frenzied weeks in late spring and early fall.

“In June, all area schools present academic awards but don’t know most of the recipients until the end,” Durmer said. “So we’ll make 1,000 awards over two weeks.”

The fall marks a new academic year and the start of many sports seasons. Consistent for Durmer, however, is how the nature of recognition makes for a pleasant job.

“I enjoying working here,” he said. “Everyone who walks in is in a good mood because they’re doing something nice — and are usually rewarding someone for doing something special.”

At a glance:

Crown Trophy

Owners: Taylor Durmer and Bob Montville

Address: 131 Mirona Road, Lafayette Crossing

Phone: 431-5552

E-mail: bobm@crowntrophy128.com

Web: www.crowntrophy.com

Handball Trophies to be Won for Rwanda

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Trophy news…
Handball Trophies to be Won for Rwanda

Handball Trophies

Handball Trophies


The Under-20 Regional Handball Tournament will take place this year in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura. Some of the opponents that Rwanda will face are Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania. While Handball may not be a very popular sport in the States and there are not many event sdedicated to the sport of Handball, it is one of the oldest activities in Rwanda.

Oscar is in the house: Trophies come to the Kodak

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Trophy News from Los Angeles…
Oscar is in the house: Trophies come to the Kodak

A group of security workers stand at attention as two black SUVs, each driven by armed guards, pull up to the artists’ entrance to the Kodak Theatre. Inside are the Academy Awards’ most famous guests.

Men in black suits open the car doors. There sit 10 cardboard boxes carrying the show’s critical stars: Oscar No. 3453 and 51 of his fellow Oscar statuettes. Steve Miessner, the Keeper of the Oscars, rides along with them.

He and the security guards load the boxes onto two dollies, and each is sent up a backstage freight elevator accompanied by an armed guard.

Miessner leads them down a winding hallway and into an office in the bowels of the Kodak. Two guards stand at the door as he dons his trademark white gloves and begins unpacking the precious cargo: 50 foam containers, each with one Oscar inside.

No. 3453 is among the first he unpacks. Miessner examines it and notices a bit of packaging glue stuck to the statue. He pulls a blue velvet cloth from his toolbox, which also includes tiny wrenches and a pen light, and gently polishes.

One by one, Miessner opens the foam containers and places the golden men on a desk.

“I usually set them all out and put little medallions on them, because backstage you can’t see the serial numbers,” he says. (more…)

Mysterious trophy finds a home

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Trophy news from TusconCitizen.com…
Mysterious trophy finds a home

A number of old plaques and awards certificates that have been pulled out of storage are stacked in a small corner of the Tucson Citizen’s newsroom, mementos of our storied past.

Some were won by former Citizen employees who now work for the Arizona Daily Star, and I eventually sorted those out, walked across the courtyard, and dropped them off at the Star’s front desk so my friends could have some keepsakes.

But I was fascinated by the mystery of an old trophy and lugged it back to my work area last Tuesday.

There was no mention of the Citizen on the engraving, and I wondered why The Diamond Bill’s Sportsmanship Award, given during the Tucson Soap Box Derby in 1950, is in our custody and why only three names are on the award.

I probably should be busy hunting for a job in my spare time, with the closure of the Citizen looming. But that part of my brain that has made me a good reporter and editor just wouldn’t let this go.

I found out the Citizen used to be one of the sponsors of the Soap Box Derby. I’m still trying to find about Diamond Bill’s, so maybe some longtime Tucsonans can enlighten me because I couldn’t find anything in our archives. (more…)

Guide to A Guide to Great Basketball Trophies & Awards

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Guide to A Guide to Great Basketball Trophies & Basketball Awards

Just what your basketball team needs

basketball trophies

basketball trophies

Ever wonder what will give your army of basketball-ers that extra boost to win those lovely basketball trophies & medals? Maybe it is the basketball trophies & basketball medals themselves! By designing and building your very own trophy you can cater to the needs and likings of your squad of basketball players so that every game is a victory and every award is one of their most prized possessions.

Start here: Begin with what type of award you want. You can choose from trophies: gold or silver, basketball sculptures with with hand painted colors or bronze finishes, or
basketball plaques which are offered in wood acrylic or rosewood, among others. Let us also not forget the ever ubiquitous basketball medals & basketball ribbons. You can choose from a selection of styles that include 3D medals, a really unique flip-sided design, or even choose from one of many images to easily insert.

You can also opt for a classier look for your basketball award by choosing crystal or the more affordable, acrylic. These glass basketball awards and acrylic basketball awards can feature a male or basketball female player holding a basketball or if you prefer, an engraved basketball on the award to stand alone.

Finally, don’t want to spend an exuberant amount on your basketball trophies & basketball awards? Look into some cute and simple basketball pins that can easily be uniformly donned by a proud basketball team.

£12,000 prize fund for GSX-R Trophy

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Trophy News from the United Kingdom…
£12,000 prize fund for GSX-R Trophy

trophies & awards

trophies & awards


THE R&G Racing Suzuki GSX-R600 Trophy has just got even better, not only does it allow you to race for under £9,000 but there is now a superb £12,000 prize fund up for grabs – racing has never been so cheap.

All of the £12,000 will go straight back into the rider’s pockets as they can pick it up in prize money throughout the season. Each race weekend will see the winner going home with £200, second place man £100, third will receive £50, fourth £30 and £20 for fifth place.

The popular Express Insurance Top Gun award in back again this year and it will give £100 to the first Orange Jacket wearing Novice licence holder to finish. This is a great incentive for new riders to push hard and progress in each race.

At the end of the season the R&G Racing Suzuki GSX-R Trophy winner will pick up a cool £3000 for his efforts all year, £2000 will go to second place and £1000 for third. The highest placed Novice licence holder in the Championship will also receive the Express Insurance Top Gun end of season award of £500.

The 10-round Championship has full Suzuki backing and takes in numerous British Superbike circuits which gives riders track knowledge for when they decide to step up to the next level as many Trophy riders have done.
Originally posted at VisorDown.com.

United States Equestrian Team Foundation Salutes and Honors 2008 National Championship Trophy Winners

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Trophy News from USEF.org…
United States Equestrian Team Foundation Salutes and Honors 2008 National Championship Trophy Winners

The United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation would like to recognize and honor their 2008 award winners. The following horses and riders have been awarded trophies for their excellence in competition for the 2008 show year.

Wellington, FL’s, Margie Engle took home the John H. Fritz Cup after she won the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) National Show Jumping Championship this fall. Engle rode Hidden Creek’s Quervo Gold and Hidden Creek’s Pamina L to the win in the two-phase class.

The Markham Memorial Perpetual Trophy, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Plumb, is given every year to the top young rider under the age of 21 competing in the USEF National Eventing Championship or who places highest in the USET Spring/Fall events. The highest-placed rider in the spring and fall events this year was 18-year-old Madeline Blackman of Ringoes, NJ, with Gordonstown.

There were three other three-day eventing trophies awarded this year as well. The winner of the Pinnacle Cup was Phillip Dutton, who was the highest-placed U.S. rider at the Rolex Kentucky CCI****. Dutton, of West Grove, PA. He won the event on Connaught, owned by Bruce Duchossois. This is the second year in a row that the Pinnacle Cup has gone to Dutton. (more…)