Trophies. I had bowling trophies too, but gave them away quickly. Loved remembering the games, but the trophies just required dusting. Again, personal perspective.
Sportsmanship is a big deal to me, so in the many years I was associated with clubs that sponsored contests (for that matter, I was often the CD), I sometimes purchased a special trophy on my own and asked a couple of friends to observe the contest and pick a winner for the Sportsmanship Award.
A special memory for me is the year my friends picked a young Jim Ehlen as the winner. Jim didn't even fly in that contest if I remember correctly, but was so busy helping his brother and anyone else that needed help that he simply stood out.
Some here might recognize the name. Jim went on to place 2nd in Senior Combat at the Nats way back when, and I believe finished 2nd in Open Combat twice in the last 5 years or so.
It's people like him and those memories that have made this hobby special to me.
If I may digress: I grew up in a Southern Minnesota town of perhaps 10,000 people and was fortunate to be able to wrestle in a state championship program, when all schools were combined. We narrowly defeated our closest rival and then went on to set what was then a state record by going undefeated in dual meets for 3 years, even taking on the Iowa State Champions annually for good measure.
And I will never forget, as probably an impressionable 12 or 13-year old, defeating that rival on their home turf and then retiring to a cafeteria, where we were feasted and treated like long-lost family.
So, if I may offer a suggestion: do what you can to convert your unwanted awards to Sportsmanship Awards for youth. God knows we need that as much as anything today!
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