Getting ready to host a meet again this year and we were talking about meet awards, team awards, etc.
The question is - what do people want?
In the past 4 years we have cards (blue, red, and white) premade that we paste stickers on (event with times, name, place ,etc).
Recently for team awards- we gave pizza coupons to the teams with the MOST spirited people.
FYI - we are a small meet 30-70 people most are local swimmers.
We stopped giving t-shirts - cause the price of t-shirts was making the meet too expensive...(lastyear our pre-meet entry was $7.50 - I think).
Obviously cost is an issue.
But in general - do USMS swimmers keep medals and trophies?
Jack
If you can get some other type awards for a good price, they are always nice. Like a mug, a plastic glass or something unique. I keep my medals but they don't come out of the box much at all. My Nationals medals are on my dresser and will stay there for a while :)
We had a meet where all heat winners got a coupon for a free burger at a local place. The meet became more about getting a burger than it did the actual meet. It made the whole thing a lot more fun. The motto of the meet was "It's all about the burger".
If you can get some other type awards for a good price, they are always nice. Like a mug, a plastic glass or something unique. I keep my medals but they don't come out of the box much at all. My Nationals medals are on my dresser and will stay there for a while :)
We had a meet where all heat winners got a coupon for a free burger at a local place. The meet became more about getting a burger than it did the actual meet. It made the whole thing a lot more fun. The motto of the meet was "It's all about the burger".
