New Trophies for AYC Racers

Thistle start picture used on the new trophy for Lake Pleasant winners. Photo: Mike Ferring

We’re making a major change in trophies this year that I hope you’ll like. Instead of giving a pickle dish or wine glass for each series, you’ll receive your own AYC Member Trophy plaque and add awards to it in the years to come.
The first time you’re eligible for a trophy, you’ll get one of these AYC Member Trophy plaques with space for 12 award plates describing how you finished in various races or series. As you win more (I’m looking at you Mike Hester), you’ll receive an additional trophy plate that you’ll stick on the plaque.
The trophies were custom made by Prisma Graphic in Phoenix. The plaque itself is an acrylic with the graphically-treated photo adhered to the back. The AYC disc on the upper left is a three-dimensional piece produced on two layers and attached to the front of the plaque.
The member trophy will look like one of these when filled with plates. Instead of a trophy for each time you place in a series, you’ll get a brass-colored plate to stick on the trophy.