Trophies News

Trophy News from England

Langley Mill Safer Neighbourhood Team has presented a trophy and book token to a group of pupils from Aldercar School for their services to the community.
The winners of the trophy were a group of children who write The Termly Times, a school newspaper featuring sport, teacher interviews, news, competitions and details of school visits.
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Trophy news from Ontario, Canada

The Thunderbird Swim Club held their annual trophy banquet recently with several swimmers receiving multiple swimming trophies.

Team captain Jen Piper was awarded top swimmer of the year as well as the dryland training award. This is Pipers’ last year with the club after nine seasons. She will continue her studies and swimming career with Laurentian University in Sudbury. Other individual trophies for the night included: Mackenzie King, Sierra McCourt McCourt , Kylie Weber, Emma Hives, Gabriel Brind’amour Riffou, Jaime Udeschini and Mike Hives.

In group trophy awards, Jaimee Reynolds, Zeyana Laplante , Sydney Hughes and Jaydan Jackson were the most improved swimmers.
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Trophy news from Fort Wayne, IN

Before Wallen Baseball enters its second half-century, the league will take a moment to remember its roots. Wallen will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Diamond No. 2. Cleveland Indians manager Eric Wedge will attend as a graduate, team sponsor of Motivated Sports and award presenter. He will also be available to sign autographs as the Indians are off that night for the All-Star break.

“That’s where Eric learned to play ball,” said Nina Wedge, Eric’s mother. Wedge, 40, played catcher for regular and travel teams during elementary and middle school. He is one of four Wallen Baseball graduates to be selected in the Major League Baseball draft. A generation before Wedge, Wallen youth were just as devoted to America’s pastime.

With most families having only one car and Fort Wayne a long drive away, however, the kids had no opportunities to play in an organized setting, Itt said. That’s when Sal Madrid stepped in to establish Wallen Baseball in 1958. Madrid had played eight games for the Chicago Cubs in 1947 and settled in Fort Wayne afterward, participating in semiprofessional ball and competing for numerous baseball trophies.
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Trophies news from Indianapolis, IN

Kids swam across the pool, biked through neighborhood streets and ran around the Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center campus to win triathlon trophies on Sunday during the 2008 Indianapolis Kids Triathlon

There were 135 finishers and many trophy winners for the city’s first USA Triathlon-sanctioned kids triathlon, said Martha Karatz, JCC development director.

Youth were divided into two groups based on age. Those ages 11 to 14 completed a 200-yard swim, 4.3-mile bike ride and 1-mile run. Those ages 7 to 10 competed on a course that was a 100-yard swim, 2.2-mile bike course and a half mile run.
Among the participants were 10 children from Big Brothers Big Sisters, Karatz said. Those students received a bicycle, helmet and running shoes. In the future, JCC leaders would like to increase the number of Big Brothers Big Sisters racers to 25.

The top three finishers in each category won trophies, and everyone got a medal and T-shirt, Karatz said.

Originally written by Gretchen Becker