What to do with all your awards?

JoeBannon · October 11, 2006, 02:40 AM

What am I to do with all these sectional championship gold medals I got as a kid?

jrklaus · October 11, 2006, 08:40 PM

Create a shadowbox or framed, matted wall display?

rick_reno · October 12, 2006, 01:11 AM

Mine are in a drawer.

Japle · October 12, 2006, 09:22 AM

Pulled the litle tags off them (Regional 1st Place, etc) and glued them all on a series of plaques.
Kept some of the important ones, but they're all in boxes in the attic.

Some of the trophys were just insane. I won one for 8th place revolver in an IHMSA International match that was over 4 feet tall!

Where are you gonna put something like that?

John
Cape Canaveral

oldbillthundercheif · October 12, 2006, 11:25 AM

I put a few of the nicest ones in a frame around an ancient photo of my rifle team holding a gargantuan trophy. The rest are in a big metal box in the garage.

Wildalaska · October 12, 2006, 12:06 PM

I have this space on my wall devoted to them, its one inch square.

WildandthoseareformylastplacebutatleastyoutriedtrophiesAlaska

cpaspr · October 12, 2006, 03:00 PM

even I got a ribbon for being 3rd in C class. Let's see, that makes me 19th out of 23 shooters. Oh, I am SO proud, I think I'll hang it on the wall too!

Not!

Of course, I'm just getting started in IDPA, and most everyone else has been at it a considerable while. So I feel good just not being dead last.

Oh, wait. That's what your trophy is for. Oops!

Lloyd Smale · October 13, 2006, 03:17 AM

dont throw those trophys away!! I found they make real nice long range targets.

Jim Watson · October 13, 2006, 08:46 AM

I keep my first place trophies on the mantel, there aren't many.
The also-ran ones I display for a while and trash when I run out of room.

If you check around, there might be a junior program that would appreciate trophies they could re-plaque for the kids.

jc121 · October 14, 2006, 06:56 AM

I used to have boxes of them and after close to 20 years of moves and banging around the regular trophy ones finally got tossed.
Now that I have got back into shooting the last couple of years I have considered putting some of them in a display.

It used to be mostly the trophy or plaque type but now it is all medals it seems. I have the medals laying about the house or in drawers. I think I will put them in one place as I come across them.

now I do plan on some type of display and the shadow box thing is the way to go for medals.
My Distinguished medals and the Eic ones I got during the chase I do plan on putting in a shadow box on the wall and then maybe the Eic medals after those in another one in the order with date and score after that that I can add to.

Thanks for reminding me as I have put that off for awhile.

Lycanthrope · October 14, 2006, 08:04 AM

I take them to the office. Great conversation starters.

71Commander · October 15, 2006, 04:57 AM

Awards?

billdncn · October 15, 2006, 06:35 AM

Special ones are on display in my home. Others on display, and stacked in the garage.

Rangefinder · October 15, 2006, 11:02 AM

I eat them... My awards are a well stocked freezer--1st place every year.

GoSlash27 · October 15, 2006, 01:10 PM

Trophies? I certainly wouldn't know anything about that

billdncn · October 15, 2006, 03:54 PM

I take it some of you don't accept awards if, or when earned

71Commander · October 15, 2006, 05:10 PM

Quote:

I take it some of you don't accept awards if, or when earned

Gotta win first.

jc121 · October 15, 2006, 05:50 PM

I accept them but it seems the times have changed over the years.
When I shot a lot of matches back in the 80's and early 90's it seemed like you would get trophy's, plaques and medals at every match if you did well.
Now since I got back into it all I seem to get it cash. Only a few smaller matches give out medals. The only real medals I see anymore are for like state championships, Regional NRA championships and the national matches.

October 11, 2006, 02:40 AM	#1
JoeBannon Member Join Date: September 24, 2006 Posts: 48	What to do with all your awards? What am I to do with all these sectional championship gold medals I got as a kid? __________________ Since I don't work and practice every day, I wonder how get I can get.

October 12, 2006, 03:00 PM	#7
cpaspr Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 304	Heck Ken, even I got a ribbon for being 3rd in C class. Let's see, that makes me 19th out of 23 shooters. Oh, I am SO proud, I think I'll hang it on the wall too! Not! Of course, I'm just getting started in IDPA, and most everyone else has been at it a considerable while. So I feel good just not being dead last. Oh, wait. That's what your trophy is for. Oops!

October 15, 2006, 04:57 AM	#12
71Commander Member Join Date: May 17, 2004 Location: Going back to Tennessee Posts: 55	Awards? __________________ NRA member USPSA CRO US Army 70-72 Patriot Guard Rider

October 15, 2006, 11:02 AM	#14
Rangefinder Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2005 Posts: 2,017	I eat them... My awards are a well stocked freezer--1st place every year. __________________ "Why is is called Common Sense when it seems so few actually possess it?" Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians.

October 15, 2006, 01:10 PM	#15
GoSlash27 Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 2004 Location: Iowa Posts: 3,118	Trophies? I certainly wouldn't know anything about that __________________ Bill of Rights Must be 18. Void where prohibited. Not available in all states. Some restrictions apply.

October 11, 2006, 08:40 PM	#2
jrklaus Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 520	Create a shadowbox or framed, matted wall display?

October 12, 2006, 01:11 AM	#3
rick_reno Junior member Join Date: May 28, 2002 Location: Idaho Posts: 917	Mine are in a drawer.

October 12, 2006, 09:22 AM	#4
Japle Senior Member Join Date: October 12, 2004 Location: Viera, Florida Posts: 1,340	Pulled the litle tags off them (Regional 1st Place, etc) and glued them all on a series of plaques. Kept some of the important ones, but they're all in boxes in the attic. Some of the trophys were just insane. I won one for 8th place revolver in an IHMSA International match that was over 4 feet tall! Where are you gonna put something like that? John Cape Canaveral

October 12, 2006, 11:25 AM	#5
oldbillthundercheif Junior member Join Date: April 21, 2006 Location: New Orleans Posts: 2,450	I put a few of the nicest ones in a frame around an ancient photo of my rifle team holding a gargantuan trophy. The rest are in a big metal box in the garage.

October 12, 2006, 12:06 PM	#6
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,172	I have this space on my wall devoted to them, its one inch square. WildandthoseareformylastplacebutatleastyoutriedtrophiesAlaska

October 13, 2006, 03:17 AM	#8
Lloyd Smale Junior member Join Date: February 11, 2005 Posts: 822	dont throw those trophys away!! I found they make real nice long range targets.

October 13, 2006, 08:46 AM	#9
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,539	I keep my first place trophies on the mantel, there aren't many. The also-ran ones I display for a while and trash when I run out of room. If you check around, there might be a junior program that would appreciate trophies they could re-plaque for the kids.

October 14, 2006, 06:56 AM	#10
jc121 Member Join Date: October 27, 2002 Location: co Posts: 80	I used to have boxes of them and after close to 20 years of moves and banging around the regular trophy ones finally got tossed. Now that I have got back into shooting the last couple of years I have considered putting some of them in a display. It used to be mostly the trophy or plaque type but now it is all medals it seems. I have the medals laying about the house or in drawers. I think I will put them in one place as I come across them. now I do plan on some type of display and the shadow box thing is the way to go for medals. My Distinguished medals and the Eic ones I got during the chase I do plan on putting in a shadow box on the wall and then maybe the Eic medals after those in another one in the order with date and score after that that I can add to. Thanks for reminding me as I have put that off for awhile.

October 14, 2006, 08:04 AM	#11
Lycanthrope Senior Member Join Date: October 1, 2001 Location: PA Posts: 1,752	I take them to the office. Great conversation starters.

October 15, 2006, 06:35 AM	#13
billdncn Junior Member Join Date: October 15, 2006 Location: Richmond, Va. Posts: 7	Special ones are on display in my home. Others on display, and stacked in the garage.

October 15, 2006, 03:54 PM	#16
billdncn Junior Member Join Date: October 15, 2006 Location: Richmond, Va. Posts: 7	I take it some of you don't accept awards if, or when earned

October 15, 2006, 05:50 PM	#18
jc121 Member Join Date: October 27, 2002 Location: co Posts: 80	I accept them but it seems the times have changed over the years. When I shot a lot of matches back in the 80's and early 90's it seemed like you would get trophy's, plaques and medals at every match if you did well. Now since I got back into it all I seem to get it cash. Only a few smaller matches give out medals. The only real medals I see anymore are for like state championships, Regional NRA championships and the national matches.