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vscott 
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 Topic: What is nice to win as a prize?Posted: 14 Nov 06 at 6:52pm |
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Thank you all for your contributions! You have confirmed that we haven't missed any obvious ideas, that alchohol is often the best option, that useful is good, especially if useful on the boat, that engraved or named gives an extra something to an otherwise ordinary thing, that sponsors are VERY good to have. I especially like TurnTurtles ideas |
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mike ellis
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Posted: 14 Nov 06 at 6:07pm |
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
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Iain C
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Posted: 14 Nov 06 at 5:59pm |
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We used to dish out silly prizes at our fleet dinner...engraved (ok written on) hatch cover medallions for the people who went sailing without hatch covers in...armbands for the swimmers...a "Start Fireballing" kit for a couple who bought a boat and tried to sail it everytime it was honking, it had L plates and some bog roll. There was a highly desireable bog brush "boatpark bimbling bullsh*t award" for the guy who was "tuning" by using a loos gauge on his kicker and saying that this was the way forward. And finally for the guy who NEVER made the startline on time we got him something to attach to his bulkhead to ensure he hit the start line bang on everytime...a calendar.
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timnoyce
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Posted: 13 Nov 06 at 1:48pm |
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The Bradford Barrel team racing event has the prize of a barrel of beer! Can't go far wrong with that I am thinking
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Isis
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Posted: 13 Nov 06 at 1:43pm |
No vomit from the first scottish league event! well... perhaps a little. Not from any forumites though (or at least none that calums admitting too) Prizes were beer crates incidentaly And im not skiving lectures, honest. |
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Matt Jackson
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Posted: 13 Nov 06 at 1:12pm |
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When you don't win much
 it's nice to have some silver and a bottle. I'm always a bit disapointed when, after struggling for a whole season or (less regularly these days) event and eventually get called up for a snog with the commordore and a photo I get presented with something I could have bought myself from P&B for less then the cost of the diesel it took to get to the event/series.
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English Dave
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 12:13pm |
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I see the above was a little ambiguous. Elaine will take reins as new Commodore in December. She will not be taking reins as Commodore's spouse. That'll be DT |
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 12:11pm |
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I think many sailing clubs have this issue. We have money set aside through the year to put towards prizes but its hard to get it right. If you want to include lots of people in the prizes, then you have to go for cheap mass ordering which in our club results in glassware. But if you want good prizes like sailing kit, ropes, blocks, then the price of course goes up substantially and you cant award anywhere near as many people for their acheivement. Unless a club has a LOT of money or a good sponsership deal then good prizes can be a hard one to muster. |
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English Dave
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Posted: 10 Nov 06 at 11:09am |
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Prizes are traditionally handed out by the Commodore's spouse. So, when Elaine Taylor takes over the reins this December it looks like I'll be kissing some bald bloke with a silver moustache if I win anything. No offence DT, but that's not exactly incentive is it?
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laser47
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Posted: 09 Nov 06 at 10:47pm |
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Is that for use in the goonishly large traffic jam just beside the exit?
I'd go with the boat bits/sailing kit prizes because it's always nice to get somthing you can acctually use. |
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