03-01-2006, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Slim What kind of event awards booze to minors? | The kind I want to fence in!
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03-01-2006, 01:19 AM
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#22 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Slim SYRC last year. 1st place finishers in the Y10/12/14 groups were awarded very large, and pretty sharp swords. The kids enjoyed them for about 5 seconds before they were promptly confiscated by concerned parents. | I think you answered your own question as to how this would go. I would have liked to have been there to see DFP get his prize confiscated by mom. 
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03-01-2006, 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Slim SYRC last year. 1st place finishers in the Y10/12/14 groups were awarded very large, and pretty sharp swords. The kids enjoyed them for about 5 seconds before they were promptly confiscated by concerned parents. | THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON. | |
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03-01-2006, 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Poulet My coolest award was the personal satisfaction of seeing a 10 yeard old girl cry after I beat her 15-0 to win a local open tournament. | Fortunately, you won't be getting that again, as 10 year olds are no longer allowed in Open events. | |
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03-01-2006, 12:11 PM
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#25 | | Senior Member
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| I think my favorite awards I've earned in terms of legitimate awards and not gag-triophies were a big double handled glass cup for third place in New England junior division championship in 03 I think?
And a nice plaque for second place in the Temple Open last year. That plaque was also accompanied by my choice from the gift/prize table, from which I chose a temple football that I still have, still in the box.
I generally don't eat/use things that are prizes at tournaments, maybe it's sentimentality.
One of, if not my most, favorite 'award' for a 'tournament' was my first competition ever. My highschool team/club had just started, we'd all been "fencing" for about a half year when we were to hold a parents/faculty/introduction to fencing night in the school gym. It was obviously very informal, round robin to DEs standard format. I won and received as my prize one of those chocolate oranges. It's been sitting in my freezer at home for about 5 years now
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03-01-2006, 12:18 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North Carolina
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| for those who like gift certificates
The Cherry Blossom will be giving gift certificates for Absolute Fencing Gear to the top 4 finishers in each event + a profesional engraving (instead of medals) to the top 4. Let me know what you all think
P.S. Absolute will also be the on-site vendor | |
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03-01-2006, 12:32 PM
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#27 | | Just Joined
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| I won a BF FIE foil and a vniti FIE epee at our Lost and Found Open.. I even fenced sabre jsut so I could win a new body cord. I love it when the NACs come here!! | |
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03-01-2006, 12:40 PM
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#28 | | Just Joined
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| How about the pencils they gave out at the last NAC, or maybe the gift certificate for a pair of socks! | |
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03-01-2006, 05:32 PM
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#29 | | Fencing Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Originally Posted by seak The Cherry Blossom will be giving gift certificates for Absolute Fencing Gear to the top 4 finishers in each event + a profesional engraving (instead of medals) to the top 4. Let me know what you all think
P.S. Absolute will also be the on-site vendor | Sweet, I wish I could get a big vendor to come and help sponsor us for our regional event in June...
~HINT HINT~ Vendors..... Anyone! | |
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03-01-2006, 06:57 PM
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#30 | | Just Joined
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| A tournament I went to last year gave trays of carrot cake to the top four in each event. | |
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03-01-2006, 10:12 PM
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#31 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Ordway I got a potato once at the Pomme de Terre. I think now they do potato-themed prizes, but that one they gave out actual potatoes. Being a poor college undergrad at the time, I took it home, baked it, and ate it. Yum. | With entry fees, and considering the money you could have made instead of fencing, that is probably one of the most expensive potatoes ever eaten. | |
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03-01-2006, 10:25 PM
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#32 | | Fencing Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Amarillo, Texas
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| Many of you have been following my tournament patches thread. Would be be cool to have a patch for each of the top 8 in each evetn to go along with the metals?
Keep the ideas flowing, I like what youre sending this way. | |
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