With the beginning of the new school year, the after school recreational programs have also started.  This year< i have volunteered to help out and my first assignment was to look for and make recommendations on where to purchase the trophies.  It seems that in previous years not much thought had been given to this and there were a lot of bad mistakes that occured because of it.  For instance, 2 years ago, the after school sports leagu received a shipment of golf trophies instead of Basketball Trophies.  Needless to say this led to a last minute scramble and twice the amount of money was spent to remedy this situation.

This past example has led everyone on the committee to be extra careful and cautious for this year.  That is why we are ordering our soccer trophies at the beginning of the season to make certain that if there is an error in shipping, we have ample time to make the change and have our trophies in time for the end of the season.  We all remember how it was when we were younger,  the trophies were what we were all playing for and waited all season long to get our hands on the next year’s trophies.  Things haven’t changed.  Kids today are the same way and we as parents and coaches understand and will do what it takes so that our children are not disappointed.