What to do with my now grownup daughters dance trophies

Magenta8

Phew. There are advantages in having children who never won an award for anything after all.

Haha, made me laugh x

This thread makes me think of the 20+ photo albums I have of the boys from their scan photos to adulthood. I used to love using my little camera, taking the film to Boots, and the excitement of picking the packet of photos up a couple of days later and putting them in the album. Photos of my late grandparents holding the babies for the first time, fun days out, playschool, primary school, middle and high school friends, sports days, birthday parties, holidays etc. I said in passing that I have all the albums in the sideboard, all numbered in date order, neither of the boys are interested in having them, they'd take up too much room 🙄. Me and my mum enjoyed looking through them over the winter, but I guess when we're gone, the photo albums will be discarded with everything else they don't want. What a thought 😥.

This thread got me wondering if now is the time for organisations to stop issuing cups and trophies as it seems such a waste .As this thread proves, there's not much you can do with them afterwards if a person goes on to win numerous cups etc.It does create a problem as there is the sentimental aspect to throwing away something that someone close to you won a prize for.Then there's the details , maybe the cup is engraved with name and surname and date of birth, another thing which would make disposal difficult. In this world where we are trying to stop wasting resources etc, might it not be better to give a certificate and then maybe a gift voucher or whatever, something useable.Certs are easy to keep and store if you wanted to or shred if you don't.
What do other people think ?

The other thing is photographs. This is our next big sort out and I think we will have a huge cull. I will never forget an old neighbour putting his slides in the wheels bin and after they were emptied half of them were blowing up and down the road! I’d want to avoid that happening here. We are going to buy a garden incinerator for things like old photos, paperwork etc,

As I'm not involved in any such organizations, I wonder if cups and trophies are still given 🤔. We used to have a shop in town where you could buy them and get them engraved, but it's long gone. With so many pubs closing down there aren't the darts and pool teams any more, football is still popular but I'm not involved, so I have no idea what they get given. A certificate and a medal would be nice to receive and easier to dispose of than a trophy, which took up lots of space on shelves and as my nanny would say "dust harbourers" 😂.

I agree Rocketstop.

Times have changed, you don’t need tacky medals and trophies to show how good you are at something.

Things like that mattered years ago, they were like family heirlooms and passed down, but it’s all so different now.

My GD won a lovely trophy for dancing, we had it engraved. A couple of years later, the dance teacher retired and doled out all the trophies (they were awarded on an annual basis and returned).

GD was given one, but not the one with her name on.

Silly to be bothered, of course, but I wish she’d received her trophy!

(To be dumped in the future, no doubt though).🥲

TheSunRisesInTheEast

As I'm not involved in any such organizations, I wonder if cups and trophies are still given 🤔. We used to have a shop in town where you could buy them and get them engraved, but it's long gone. With so many pubs closing down there aren't the darts and pool teams any more, football is still popular but I'm not involved, so I have no idea what they get given. A certificate and a medal would be nice to receive and easier to dispose of than a trophy, which took up lots of space on shelves and as my nanny would say "dust harbourers" 😂.

Yes, they are. We have a local family-run business not far from us which does trophies and engraving (as well as shoe repairs, key cutting and so on) and they are kept very busy supplying sports clubs and other organisations.

Shelflife

If your daughters don't want them - dump them! Sounds harsh , they hold sentimental value I recognise that but they have served their purpose ! They are of no use/ value to anyone else. Photograph them if that helps then dispose of them. Once you have done the deed you will wonder why you didn't do it earlier ! Be brave and just do it.

I agree

ViceVersa, still going strong then 🏆. I remember the joy of receiving a medal for ballet & tap dancing🏅. Maybe we are looking at it through too sensible eyes and we should think of the pleasure it gives the recipient, even if short lived 🙄.

Do they have the names of your children on. Can this be removed then take them back to the club for reusing.

Trophies and medals are still very much part of the Sporting and Arts world. They reward hard work and achievement. There's no point in having competitions if you don't actually win anything! Certainly for youngsters.

Very true. If I've achieved something, cut the grass, cleaned the windows, hoovered throughout, I reward myself with a cup. A cup of tea ☕!! 😂

Thank you all for your replies. It seems that we are not the only one with this problem.
I asked them again last night and they are adamant they do not want them. They said they are happy with their memories, so it seems they are going to the tip. I have photos of them in a glass cabinet we used to have in our old house. Thanks again for making my mind up.

And the GN Trophy for the best solution goes to.....
TheSunRisesInTheEast 🏆

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I'll drink (tea) to that!
Here's a pot for you to go with your cup,
TheSunRisesInTheEast.

I would not dispose of them Box them up and leave the girls to sort them out. I do appreciate that space is needed to store all these things and, very often, the young just don't have the room in their shoeboxes. I have kept nearly everything which belonged to my children. They can sort it when I pop my clogs.

The reason: I still cannot forgive my mother for disposing of my things when she moved to a smaller house. That was about 40 years ago! Everything from a train set to a tin car to Dinky toys to a set of encyclopaedias to a brass microscope with all the slides which I had collected. And so on. Just remembered - there was a white £5 note with an authenticated signature of Lloyd George on the back!!!

Bin them ...thats what's I did with my DDs gymnastic trophies and dance one and both my boys footy ones .... they belong to a time that has passed ....its the next generation now

Photograph them, put pix on snapfish or similar and make a book of the trophies as a gift then dump the trophies. Still got the memories but not the objects

Why don’t you put them on freecycle before you take them to the tip? One man’s rubbish and all that! There are people who collect old photos as well, for art projects and collages etc.

Can't believe that pp are advising that you throw them away.
I'm sure they can be recycled. Put them on social media someone somewhere
might be able to use them. The old clubs might reuse to save money.
No wonder the environment is in a bad state.

M0nica

Put them in boxes, sorted by daughter, and give them to them and insist they dispose of them. That is what we did last year with DD's collection of dolls in national costumes and DS's childhood books.

When we visited AC, we walked in the door holding boxes, put them down in the their halls and left them there.

Good idea Monica. Seems like the best solution.

Thanks for the trophy 🏆, Maremia, and MartavTaurus, that's a posh pot, something else to polish 😂.

Willow11

Can't believe that pp are advising that you throw them away.
I'm sure they can be recycled. Put them on social media someone somewhere
might be able to use them. The old clubs might reuse to save money.
No wonder the environment is in a bad state.

Ours weren’t Olympic medals!

The trophies my AC had were plastic, not metal, though some were earned for competing at a high level. Some were engraved with the event and date, but not their names. Not suitable for recycling at all.

The ones they won that were for annual events were returned to the organiser for reuse each year. Those were metal and did have names on, in some cases going back many years.

I've just done some research, and one of my medals is worth, (or selling for), £18! 💰

"We copied all our family photos on a stick"

Make sure you have a backup. Those memory sticks are notoriously unreliable for long-term storage.