I am wondering if anyone has some good ideas for prizes, for top swimmers in the club...I am looking for something other than T-shirts & trophies...everyone is very tired of those.
They must be under $20., at least most of them.
Is anyone buying some innovative products? Share your ideas...
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An award story I'm fond of: Browning Ross (who passed away several years ago) directed a lot of southern NJ area races. A former Olympic steeple chaser, he owned a sporting goods store, and after a race would set up a table full of goodies from that store. Then he'd call names from first place to last so that everyone got prizes.
There's a software company out in Redmond, WA that does this at their training events. To encourage people to fill out the evaluation forms they draw about five of them at the end, and people come up to pick their prizes.
A nice thing about this is that people get to pick their own prizes (if they come in first;) ). Target has stopwatches under 20 bucks, then there are those underwater slates like scuba divers use. I've been thinking about getting one of those myself to keep track of workouts. Paper gets soaked at the Y even if it's in a plastic sleeve.
An award story I'm fond of: Browning Ross (who passed away several years ago) directed a lot of southern NJ area races. A former Olympic steeple chaser, he owned a sporting goods store, and after a race would set up a table full of goodies from that store. Then he'd call names from first place to last so that everyone got prizes.
There's a software company out in Redmond, WA that does this at their training events. To encourage people to fill out the evaluation forms they draw about five of them at the end, and people come up to pick their prizes.
A nice thing about this is that people get to pick their own prizes (if they come in first;) ). Target has stopwatches under 20 bucks, then there are those underwater slates like scuba divers use. I've been thinking about getting one of those myself to keep track of workouts. Paper gets soaked at the Y even if it's in a plastic sleeve.
