I'm coordinating BOC/BRC 2024 in the North East next year, but also getting medals ordered for all British Champs and JK competitions in 2024 (half the challenge is finding suppliers, getting quotes, providing artwork etc. and easier to just do it once for all of them). For many years British and JK medals have been largely the same. British medals all have same design for every competition in every year, and the ribbon says which year it is, and which competition e.g. long, middle, etc. JK medals have that year's JK logo as the medal design and on the ribbon.
Two questions I'm interested in polling for views on. Firstly, usually the class name has been engraved on the reverse. I guess that could be nice if you are lucky enough to win frequently, and keep all your medals, and want to remember exactly what they were for. But it costs a bit more, and it adds hassle for organisers giving out the right medals for the right classes. So I'm considering not getting engraving.
Secondly, previous medals have been metal. I don't know the facts, but I don't believe they are especially environmentally friendly to manufacture and ship (often from the far east). So I'm looking into more environmental alternatives e.g. https://wooden-medals.co.uk/ (wooden medals, but also do slate). The downside would be again for those lucky enough to win in many years they won't all look the same.
Views welcome.
British and JK medals
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Re: British and JK medals
Keep the previous design and metal - consistency over the long term is important for National Championship medals.
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Often the same people do win medals year on year, and it is nice to know which race they were from, so entirely generic ones with no hint of which event / category can become a bit meaningless.
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Scottish Champs this year awarded wooden "medals".
Personally, I like them.
Less heavy, less clanky, less glittery than the metal ones.
Nice design - rather classy in my opinion.
I think the ribbon colour denotes 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
The event title and year, plus class and position are on a tidy label on the reverse.
I think all those details are important, and should be included. A stick-on label must be less cost than engraving?
Staying with metal because it's always been that way? Not sure I'd agree with that.
Using a British firm and materials should be more environmentally friendly.
How do the costs compare?
Edited to ask "where did the Scottish get their wooden medals?"
Personally, I like them.
Less heavy, less clanky, less glittery than the metal ones.
Nice design - rather classy in my opinion.
I think the ribbon colour denotes 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
The event title and year, plus class and position are on a tidy label on the reverse.
I think all those details are important, and should be included. A stick-on label must be less cost than engraving?
Staying with metal because it's always been that way? Not sure I'd agree with that.
Using a British firm and materials should be more environmentally friendly.
How do the costs compare?
Edited to ask "where did the Scottish get their wooden medals?"
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gg wrote:Often the same people do win medals year on year, and it is nice to know which race they were from, so entirely generic ones with no hint of which event / category can become a bit meaningless.
To me consistency of design with previous years is unnecessary but the medal should say what it was won for. Wooden medal sounds like exactly the sort of thing I'd expect in Orienteering and would be easy to get laser marked - if you really wanted to impress you could probably buy a laser engraver and put the names on the back yourself immediately before the ceremony!
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I think Nopesport has a rather limited range of members now?
Is there a better way of getting the opinion of younger orienteers who will be winning the medals in the future?
A request for newsletter editors to ask their members perhaps?
Is there a better way of getting the opinion of younger orienteers who will be winning the medals in the future?
A request for newsletter editors to ask their members perhaps?
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Karen wrote:I think Nopesport has a rather limited range of members now?
Is there a better way of getting the opinion of younger orienteers who will be winning the medals in the future?
A request for newsletter editors to ask their members perhaps?
It's got to be via social media surely for the younger input? Although I draw the line at Tiktok
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