First Off Season prizes

[Andy Baker]

Here are some pics from 2007 IRI:

trophies



banners (they are displayed at the event, not given out to teams)



These photos are courtesy of Joe Menassa photography, with the assistance of Tom Schindler & Rob Zeuge.

[Akash Rastogi]

Yes, by cups he means trophies, as they are referred to almost everywhere except the U.S

[Tottanka]

Originally Posted by XxMORTteam11xX

Yes, by cups he means trophies, as they are referred to almost everywhere except the U.S

yea well you call football soccer there, what do you know?

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Tottanka

yea well you call football soccer there, what do you know?

Haha, that's interesting.

[EricH]

Around here, we drink out of cups. (Not the trophy variety, of course.)

[Tottanka]

That would be mugs.

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by Tottanka

That would be mugs.

Ack, you foreign people always complicate our perfect language! Whatever...

[=Martin=Taylor=]

CAL Games has the best looking trophies I have ever seen. They're even better then the ones FIRST gives out.

They're just framed, engraved, silicon-wafers.

Contact Ken Leung for pictures. I wonder where WRRF gets them?

[BlondeNerd]

At the Virginia Robot Rumble, the prize was a roll of duct tape with a "1st Place" sticker on the wrapper and a Home Depot gift card. Even the duct tape without the gift card is a fun prize, despite the fact that it can't be used on the robot.

[Pavan Dave]

Talk to your school's metal/wood shop teacher and ask them if they could contribute to the cause. You can have them make you some trophies in which you can [at a later time] engrave with the award and title and stuff.

[JaneYoung]

It might be neat for you to come up with awards that are unique and something that would become a welcome tradition that your team or organization has made.

We made awards to give to teams at a competition this fall. They were made in our wood shop by our team and it was great fun. We will probably make this a tradition. If we were to help host an off season at some point, we would work off this experience because it has been so positive.