Gifts, Trophies and Awards
Trophy Makers & Custom Design Service
We are highly respected trophy makers and Silversmiths, working with some of the most prestigious sporting events, sponsors and venues throughout the world to create high quality trophies, awards and medals. We’ve designed and manufactured an extensive range of bespoke trophies showcased at The Grand National, The Cheltenham Festival, The Derby, Qatar Goodwood Festival, Goodwood Festival of Speed, ECB, Royal London, Formula 1, The Bahrain Turf Series, The Netball Quad Series and many more.
If you would like to discuss the manufacture of a trophy, a special project or replica please email hello@inkerman.co.uk or call 01892 752 211 or complete the quick enquiry form below
What an honour for Inkerman to have been commissioned by FAW (Football Association of Wales) to make their new Women’s Trophy, The Bute Energy Welsh Cup. Made in the UK by traditional silversmiths and engravers, the trophy went through seven processes of manufacturer including spinning, modelling, casting, silversmithing, polishing, plating and engraving and in total took 180 hours to complete.
Watch the video to see how it was made.
We were challenged to create a truly bespoke modern trophy for the historic King George VI Steeple Chase. The design team drew up an impression of a stylised horse's head through the use of three nickel plated precision cut aluminium layers, with polished and brushed finish.
It was then fitted to a mirror polished reflecting plate and two tier acrylic plinth in the sponsor's distinctive colours. Finished with the historic winners going back to 1967.
Standing close to 40cm tall, the trophy was first presented at the Boxing Day race at Kempton Park in 2019. Pictured: Winners Sam Twiston-Davies and Paul Nicholls.
Inkerman helped to create this one-off trophy for Bright Partnerships, DHL's global sponsorship Agency, who created a truly intricate and complex design. How to create a trophy which when seen from above featured a Formula 1 car but when seen from the side showed the DHL logo.
The main body of the design was created by pouring individual layers of acrylic which were then printed with each layer of the car. This process was repeated 20 times to create the 3 dimensional car within the block. This was fitted to the yellow acrylic base with hand painted red accent and printed award details and logos.
The finished piece was shipped by DHL to the end of season race, the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix before being presented to the winners Aston Martin Red Bull Racing. The team managed to break the world record three times that season ending up with a time of 1.82 seconds during Max Verstappen's pit stop in the Brazilian Grand Prix. A remarkable trophy with impressive detailing, leaving the motoring world wondering how it was created.
Inkerman has been commissioned to do the Grand National trophies for 15 years, we were asked to create a new Liverpool Hurdle trophy for the Aintree Festival in 2017. Ryanair was the sponsor so the brief was to design and create a trophy incorporating the Ryan air wings the low-cost airline, Ryanair. The logo is the Irish harp, the official symbol of Ireland.
The design was created in Sterling Silver with a 12" diameter revere bowl with hand crafted Liverpool 'Liver Bird' handles fitted to a mahogany plinth with a generous engraving band. Finished with a gold plated interior, engraved detailing around the trim and winners on the plinth since 2004. Standing 33cms tall.
First presented at the Liverpool Hurdle during the Aintree Festival 2017 and will be a perpetual trophy going forward.
Many of the world’s greatest trophies and awards start with a great concept. At Inkerman, we have a highly experienced and professional in house team specialising in turning a design concept into reality. Our dedicated and experienced team are always on hand to help with ideas, design and ensure our clients expectations are always exceeded.
As trophy designers, we take a huge amount of pride in our work. Our in house design team excel at corporate awards, working with clients until the final design, until handing over to our expert craftsmen in the manufacturing team.
For the sports clubs trophy cabinet, we can add trophy engraving with details of the competition, winning team and own logo. Plus custom awards and medals for players. We have experience restoring, designing and making golf trophies, football trophies, sports trophies, rugby trophies, sports medals, and cricket trophies.
We strive to be a trophy supplier to be trusted, dedicated to our craft as a custom trophy maker to deliver exceptional quality every time. We offer a range of trophy services, including creating full size exact replicas, bespoke trophy design and bespoke awards, all with personalised engraving options on plagues.
Celebrate remarkable sporting achievements with beautiful, personalised trophies. We carefully outsource each part of the trophy to design specialists before our team pieces together the finished item.
We also offer a range of personalisation services to make each trophy unique and memorable, whatever the occasion. Our products are all carefully packaged in our bespoke red gifting boxes to be delivered to the sporting event of your choice.
