Netball Awards: Trophy & Medal Ideas for Clubs

End of season netball award categories

Netball is a team game where every position matters, so try to spread awards across the court rather than letting the scoring positions dominate.

• Player of the Season (per team)
• Players' Player, voted by teammates
• Coach's Award
• Most Improved Player
• Best Shooter or Top Goal Scorer
• Best Defender
• Best Centre Court Player
• Best Attitude or Team Spirit Award
• Umpire or Volunteer of the Year

Junior and school netball awards

For junior squads and school teams, a medal for every player plus a couple of trophies per team works brilliantly. Medals typically cost around £2 each before discount, and you can choose a single design for the whole club so everyone matches.

Effort-based awards such as Most Improved, Best Listener at Training or Star of the Match tend to motivate younger players more than performance-only categories.

Schools running inter-house or inter-school netball can also use a perpetual trophy for the winning team, with medals for the players. Engraving the year and the competition name on every medal turns it into a keepsake that pupils remember long after they leave, and a shared design across years makes the school's netball awards instantly recognisable.

Netball tournament and league awards

For a tournament or league, start by counting teams and squad sizes. A netball squad is usually up to 12 players, so medals for winners and runners-up in one competition could mean around 24 medals plus two trophies.

• Winners: a trophy or cup for the team, plus a medal for every squad member.
• Runners-up: a smaller trophy and medals.
• Third place or plate competition: medals only, or a small trophy.
• Player of the Tournament: an individual trophy.
• Fair Play or Spirit of Netball award for one team.

Choosing and ordering netball trophies

Our dedicated netball range has six trophy designs from £4.50 to £9. If you want something bigger for a league title or a perpetual club trophy, a cup works well; our cups range from £2.25 to £31.50, typically around £12.50.

You can also browse hundreds more designs in the Trendsetting Awards 2026 catalogue on our site. Just send us the trophy number on WhatsApp and we will quote for it.

Ellen T. from Stiniog Netball described our service as "Service of a great quality, friendly and very prompt." Standard orders are usually dispatched in 3–7 working days and bulk orders typically in 10–14 working days, so aim to order 3–4 weeks before your presentation or tournament.

Engraving wording for netball awards

• 'Player of the Season · Under 14s · 2025/26'
• 'Best Defender · 2025/26'
• 'League Champions · Division 2 · 2026'
• 'Players' Player · Senior Squad · 2026'
• 'Netball Tournament 2026 · Winners'

A worked budget for a netball club

To give you a feel for costs, here is an example for a community netball club with four teams: an under 11s, an under 14s, an under 16s and a senior squad, each with around 10 players.

The club gives every player a medal and presents four trophies per team: Player of the Season, Players' Player, Coach's Award and Most Improved. It also presents a cup for a club-wide Volunteer of the Year award.

• 40 medals at around £2 each: roughly £80 before discount.
• 16 netball trophies at £4.50–£9 each: roughly £72–£144 before discount.
• 1 cup at around £12.50.
• Total: 57 items, which takes the order past the 50-item discount point.

Making the presentation inclusive

Netball clubs often include players from very young juniors to back-to-netball members, so the awards evening should feel welcoming to everyone. A few simple choices help.

Give every award a short reason when it is read out. Recognising a defender for her interceptions or a junior for never missing training shows that every position and every kind of effort is valued, not just goals scored.

• Present junior awards first so younger players can head home.
• Let team captains or coaches present their own team's awards.
• Include a volunteer or umpire award: most clubs could not run without them.
• Take a team photo with every squad and their medals.
• Thank parents, drivers and helpers by name before the awards begin.