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Award - Sherbrooke Netball Association 17B Perpetual Trophy Plaque 1982-2003, Trophy Town, 1982

  • A wooden perpetual trophy plaque with brass plates and a brass netball hoop and ball in the center.

    Obverse of Trophy Plaque

  • The wooden reverse of a trophy plaque, with a green sticker in the center-top.

    Reverse of Trophy Plaque

  • The side-view of a wooden perpetual trophy plaque, showing brass plates and a brass netball hoop and ball relief from the side.

    Side View of Trophy Plaque

  • A wooden perpetual trophy plaque with brass plates and a brass netball hoop and ball in the center.
  • The wooden reverse of a trophy plaque, with a green sticker in the center-top.
  • The side-view of a wooden perpetual trophy plaque, showing brass plates and a brass netball hoop and ball relief from the side.

Historical information

The Sherbrooke Netball Association (SNA) ran competitions from the mid-1970s until 2017-18, with Emerald teams still competing in the final roster available online from August 2017. This plaque was used to record the premiers of the 17B competition from 1982 until 2003; however, it was not used continuously. There are consistent winners marked from 1982 until 1995, with only a one-year gap in 1984. However, the plaque was then not used for 7 years, before the 2003 Emerald victory was recorded. The shield was not used again after 2003 leaving six engraving slots blank.

It was manufactured by defunct trophy company Trophy Town, likely through their Kilsyth location.

Significance

This shield recalls a long-standing, now-defunct local netball competition, including several victories by the Emerald team.

Physical description

This item is a rectangular wooden trophy. Affixed to it in a rectangular grid (eight rows and three columns) are rectangular brass plates, engraved with the year and name of premiership winners. The middle space in the first four columns of plates is replaced with a brass relief of a netball falling into a netball hoop. A larger brass plate at the top of the trophy shows the name of the competition. On the reverse there is a slot allowing the plaque to be mounted on a wall, and a green sticker with yellow writing. Several of the engraved names use different fonts to their predecessors or successors, indicating that the engraver or engraving style may not have been fixed.

Inscriptions & markings

Top: "Sherbrooke Netball Association / 17B / PREMIERS"
1st Engraving: "SOUTH BELGRAVE / GREEN / 1982"
2nd Engraving: "EMERALD / BLACK / 1983"
3rd Engraving: "MACCLESFIELD / 1985"
4th Engraving: "MONBULK / 1986"
5th Engraving: "SASSY-FERNY CREEK / 1987"
6th Engraving: "EMERALD / BLACK / 1988"
7th Engraving: "MONBULK / GOLD / 1989"
8th Engraving: "EMERALD BLACK / 1990"
9th Engraving: "MONBULK GOLD / 1991"
10th Engraving: "EMERALD / 1992"
11th Engraving: "MENZIES CREEK / 1993"
12th Engraving: "MENZIES CREEK / 1994"
13th Engraving: "MACCLESFIELD / 1995"
14th Engraving: "EMERALD / 2003"

Rear, Sticker: "TROPHY TOWN / KILSYTH 720 6399 / DANDENONG 792 9048 / SURREY HILLS 836 3437"

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