Top 10 Non Sporting Trophies and Awards
Today there are many reasons why trophies and awards are handed out to people. Not only are there the more easily recognizable sports types such as the Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. There are other non sporting trophies and awards that can be presented to people as well. In this article we take a look at what we consider to be the Top 10 Non Sporting Trophies and Awards that are presented.
1. Academy Awards – Also more commonly referred to as the Oscars people involved in the world of movies would like to be presented with one of these human stylized awards. Normally the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will give these out in March each year and is one of the longest running award ceremonies in the world today.
2. Hugo Awards – This award is named after the founder of the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, Hugo Gernsbeck. It is presented annually and has been given out since 1955 to those who from the previous year have produced the best science fiction or fantasy work and is why we list it as part of the top 10 non sporting trophies and awards given in this list.
3. Victoria Cross – There are many medals that military personnel in the UK and the Commonwealth Countries can be presented with but the highest decoration that has been awarded is the Victoria Cross. This is the one that will be presented to such members of the armed forces who have shown extreme bravery when faced with their enemy. The medal was introduced in 1856 and since then awarded to 1,353 individuals. However, after the Second World War only a further 13 of these medals have been awarded to members of the British and Australian army.
4. Military Cross – This medal will be presented to military personnel in British or Commonwealth armed forces when they have carried out an act or acts of exemplary gallantry when against an enemy. There have been several times since 1979 when this actual medal has been awarded to military personnel posthumously.
5. George Cross – This non sporting trophy is one that can be awarded to both military personnel and civilians who live not only in the UK but are Commonwealth citizens also. It is the non combative counterpart of the Victoria Cross and will be presented to people who perform an act of bravery at any time.
6. Queens Gallantry Medal – This medal came into being in 1974 and replaced the Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry, The British Empire Medal for Gallantry and the British Empire for Gallantry medals. This is a medal that is awarded to both civilian and military personnel who have carried out an act of extreme bravery.
7. BAFTA’s – This is the award presented like the Oscars each year and is for both film and television. The BAFTA award looks like a theatrical mask rather than a person and was designed by the American sculptor Mitzi Cunliffe in 1955.
8. BRIT Awards – Most often called the BRITS these are presented each year by the British Phonographic Industry to those involved in the world of music. This is a show that is watched by millions each year not only to see their favorite singers perform but to see how badly the show is presented.
9. Nobel Peace Prize – Of the top 10 non sporting trophies and awards presented annually this is one that is most well recognized. Every year the Novel Committee will create a short list of candidates who feel are deserving of this honour. Some of the most well known names to be presented with this particular prize bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel include Nelson Mandela.
10. The Man Booker Prize -When it comes to this top 10 non sporting trophies and awards it is presented to one author who a committee feel has produced an outstanding novel in the English language. The people who are entitled to be nominated for this prize must prove to be a citizen of the UK, Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe. Yet even if an author does not receive this coveted prize they feel just as honored to be nominated for it.
These trophies and awards are amongst the most famous in the world at the moment. There are some trophies and awards which are a bit more crazy, for example those a trophy is often given to winners of crazy golf competitions which can be a lot of fun – but be warned some people take their crazy golf competitions seriously!
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