Taken out of order, they cost money. Choose a piece before you know your numbers and you will pay twice; write the wording before the list is confirmed and you will pay for a re-run.
Buying guide
How to choose
trophies
Five decisions, in the order they actually matter. Material, size, quantity, wording, and what has to be locked before anything is engraved — because engraving is the one step that cannot be undone.
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The shape of it
Five decisions, in this order
The five decisionsMaterials comparedSize & how it readsHow many to orderWording & engravingQuestions
01
Who is receiving one
Every recipient, not just the headline awards. A club presentation is usually a trophy for every player on the list with best and fairest, most improved and club champion sitting on top of it. Count that first — it sets the budget, the material and the lead time.
Settle first: the full list, spelled the way it will be engraved
02
What the award has to survive
A player trophy lives on a shelf for a decade. A perpetual cup goes back on a wall and gains a plate every year. A corporate piece sits under office lighting where fingerprints show. Material is a durability decision before it is an aesthetic one.
Settle first: shelf, cabinet or handled every year
03
How it reads in the room
Height carries from the back of a hall; engraved detail does not. Pick a height for the room and a plate size for the wording, and be honest about which one the recipient will look at afterwards.
Settle first: stage presentation or handed over at a table
04
Where the hierarchy sits
Most nights need three tiers, not one: a consistent series for every recipient, a step up for the graded awards, and one piece that is obviously the award of the night. Mixing materials is how you show that without announcing it.
Settle first: how many tiers your night actually has
05
What goes on the plate
Recipient, award title, organisation, year. Roughly 20–40 characters a line, two to four lines, recipient name largest, date last. We email a digital proof before anything is engraved — spelling is permanent, and the proof is the last point at which it is free to change.
Settle first: who signs off the proof
Decision two, in detail
What each material actually does
Not a taste chart. What it survives, what it costs you in engraving, and where it stops being the right answer.
Resin
Metal & cups
Crystal
Timber
Acrylic
Materials compared
Material
Best for
How it engraves
Where it stops working
Typical price band
Resin
Player trophies at volume, junior sport
Engraved plate fixed to the base
Anything that has to look handmade
TBC
Metal & cups
Perpetual awards, premierships
Direct engraving or annual plates
Tight budgets at high volume
TBC
Crystal & glass
Corporate, service and milestone awards
Etched, best with short wording
Junior sport — it chips and it is heavy
TBC
Timber
Honour boards, life membership
Plates, added year after year
One-off awards that never grow
TBC
Acrylic
Modern corporate, colour printing
Print or laser, holds full colour
Formal or traditional presentations
TBC
Price bands are shown as bands on purpose — the number that decides your order is the quantity break, not the shelf price. Quantity pricing applies at 25+ (6% off), 50+ (12%) and 100+ (24%).
Decision three, in detail
Size is a room decision
01
Small · up to 200mm
Every player. Reads on a shelf, not from the back of a hall — the right answer when everyone receives one and the plate does the work.
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Mid · 200–300mm
Graded awards. Visible from a stage, still liftable by a ten-year-old. Where most best-and-fairest awards sit.
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Large · 300mm+
The award of the night. One or two per presentation; beyond this, height stops adding meaning and starts adding freight.
The mistake worth avoiding
Ordering one size for everyone. It saves nothing at the quantity breaks and removes the only visual cue the room has for which award matters.
Decision four, in detail
How many, and how to not order twice
01
Count every recipient
The list, not the highlights. This is 80–90% of a club order.
02
Add the graded awards
Best and fairest, most improved, coaches award, club champion.
03
Add two or three spares
Late registrations and misspellings. Far cheaper than a second freight run.
04
Check the quantity break
25+, 50+ and 100+ change the per-award price. Sometimes the spares pay for themselves.
Decision five, in detail
What the plate says
Four elements, in this order, every time. Copy one of these and change the names — that is what they are for.
Whatever the piece costs, this is the part the recipient reads.
2026 · 1st Grade
Jordan Ellis
Most Valuable Player
Under 16s
Maya Singh
Best & Fairest · 2026
In recognition of
30 Years of Service
Michael Chen · 1996–2026
Full library: Award wording examples
Good to know
Questions we get asked
How many trophies should we order?
Count every recipient first, then add the special awards on top — for most clubs the bulk of the order is a trophy for every player, not just best and fairest. Order two or three spares: a late registration or a misspelled name is far cheaper to cover than a second freight run.
Does a bigger trophy read as a better award?
Only up to a point. On a stage, height reads from the back of the room and detail does not; on a shelf the opposite is true. Match the height to the room, then spend the difference on the plate and the engraving, which is the part the recipient actually reads.
Can we mix materials across one presentation?
Yes, and most organisations should. A consistent resin or metal series for every player, then a crystal or timber piece for the major awards, gives the night a hierarchy people can see without you saying anything.
What has to be settled before artwork?
The recipient list with correct spellings, the award titles, the year, and who signs off. Everything else can move; those four cannot, because engraving is permanent and a proof is only as good as the list it was built from.
How far ahead should we order?
Work back from the presentation date rather than forward from today. Tell us the date and the quote carries dated timings for your own order; the four award types run on different clocks.
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Where people go from here
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Not sure which award is the right one?
Tell us the numbers, the date and the room. We will put a set in front of you with dated timings against your presentation night.