Wooden Trophies and Medals for Sports Clubs and Schools: A Buyer's Guide

Personalised wooden trophies and medals are laser-engraved oak awards that sports clubs, schools and businesses order for presentations, sports days and staff recognition. Medals suit events where many people each receive one, trophies suit a single winner and a shelf, and rosettes suit shows and competitions. This guide matches each award to the occasion.

Which award suits which occasion

• Sports days, fun runs and club events: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place medals, sports medals in two sizes and fun run and Santa Dash medals
• Large school events on a budget: 40mm budget school medals with a names spreadsheet upload, and star achievement medals for subject awards
• Club championships and season-end trophies: the sailing trophy, tennis trophy, any-sport trophy and freestanding sports trophy
• Staff and business recognition: the employee hero trophy, the art deco trophy, freestanding business award trophies and business award medals
• Shows and competitions: wooden rosettes, by occasion in rosettes by occasion
• Runners' keepsakes: skyline medal hangers for race medals

Sizes at a glance

• Medals: 65 x 72mm Standard or 72 x 80mm Large on the two-size medals, and 40mm on the budget medals
• Shaped trophies: sailing 200mm tall, tennis 185mm tall, any-sport shield 143mm tall, art deco 198 x 195mm and the hero trophy 200mm tall
• Freestanding trophies: Standard 74 x 112mm or Large 115 x 168mm, plus a removable base
• Rosettes: 90mm ribbon with a 60mm engraved disc

What they are made from

The medals, rosette discs and trophy uprights are made from FSC-certified oak veneered MDF, laser-engraved to order in our workshop in North Wales. Some trophy bases are black stained MDF or wood, as each product page states. Wooden awards are for indoor use only.

Personalising an award

Every award takes your wording, such as the event, the recipient's name and the year. Many also take a logo through the Upload Your Logo button, in colour or black and white, we will convert it. Our design service is free and templated. Each name can be different: list them one per line in the personalisation box, or upload a names spreadsheet on the budget school medals.

Ordering in bulk

Bulk discounts are applied automatically at checkout: 10% off from 20 units, 15% from 50, 20% from 100, 25% from 250, 30% from 500 and 35% from 1,000. All items are made to order. Dispatch time is shown at checkout. UK orders via Royal Mail Tracked 24. International via Royal Mail International Tracked.

More on choosing

• Choosing medals for your club: metal, plastic or wood
• Are wooden medals more sustainable than metal or plastic?
• All wooden medals, trophies and rosettes
• School awards

Frequently asked questions

What is the best award for a club presentation evening?

A trophy for the main winners and medals or rosettes for everyone else is the usual mix. Order the trophy engraved with the club logo and the year.

Do the trophies arrive assembled?

The sailing, tennis, any-sport, art deco and freestanding trophies ship flat-pack and push-fit together on arrival. Some include an optional glue for a permanent bond.

Can every winner have a different name?

Yes. List each name and award on its own line in the personalisation box and every piece is engraved individually.

Is there a minimum order?

No. Medals, trophies and rosettes can be ordered one at a time, with bulk discounts applied automatically from 20 units.