Bowling Trophies for Leagues and Company Nights

Short answer

A bowling league usually awards a matching trophy to each member of the champion team, individual awards for high game, high series and high average, and a most improved award at the end-of-season banquet. A company bowling night needs far less: a winning team set and a couple of fun awards. We design either around your league or company logo in acrylic, wood and metal, cut to shape and printed in full color, with no minimum order and a design proof before anything is produced.

First, second and third place awards on wood bases with printed acrylic faces and cut metal numerals

Awards for a season, or for one night

Bowling has two very different kinds of award order. A league runs for months, keeps detailed statistics and ends with a banquet where a dozen awards are handed out. A company or charity bowling night lasts one evening, half the room has not bowled in years, and the awards are mostly about a good time.

Both are better with trophies that say whose event it was. A league’s name and logo, a company’s branding or a charity’s mark can be the shape of the award itself, since acrylic is cut to any outline and printed in full color.

See custom awards for designs built from scratch. Leagues that want the same piece for every member of a large roster often choose semi-custom awards, which put custom artwork on a stock body.

What a bowling league awards

League champions

One matching trophy per team member, with the team name, the league and the season.

High game

The best single game of the season. Often split into scratch and handicap, and into men’s and women’s.

High series

The best total across a night’s games. Split the same way as high game.

High average

The season-long measure, and the award serious league bowlers care most about.

Most improved

The biggest rise in average over the season. The one award a newer bowler can win.

Milestone pins

Small pins for a personal best or a perfect attendance season, handed out through the year.

An award list to copy

A full league banquet list looks like this. Smaller leagues drop the splits and present one award per line.

Typical award list for a bowling league
Award	How many	Notes
League champions	One per team member	Team name and season on each
Second place team	One per team member	Same design, smaller
High game, scratch	1 or 2	Split men’s and women’s in a mixed league
High game, handicap	1 or 2	As above
High series, scratch	1 or 2	As above
High series, handicap	1 or 2	As above
High average	1 or 2	Decided on the final night
Most improved	1 or 2	Compare first and final averages
League officer thanks	1	For the secretary who kept the sheets all season

Individual award winners are often not final until the last night. Make those trophies with the award and season on them and add a name plate afterward, or wait for final standings before sending names.

Company bowling nights and fundraisers

For a one-night event, simplify. Nobody has a handicap and nobody wants a ten-minute awards ceremony.

Winning team: a matching award for each member.
High game of the night: one award, announced from the score screens.
Fun awards: most gutter balls, best celebration, best team shirts. See funny award ideas for more, and keep them good-natured.
A perpetual for the office: if the night is annual, a trophy that returns each year with a new team plate gives departments something to argue about. Perpetual trophies explains how to plan one.
Sponsor thanks: for a charity night with lane sponsors, see sponsor plaques.

If several departments compete across more than one event through the year, team awards covers matching sets.

What to put on a bowling trophy

League, award, season. For team awards add the team name; for individual awards add the bowler’s name once it is known.

Thursday Night Mixed League
League Champions
Team Name
2025–2026 Season

Annual Company Bowling Night
High Game
2026

Bowling seasons often span two calendar years, so write the season as a range. Scores are best left off: the award name says enough, and a number invites a recount. More examples are in the plaque wording guide.

What to send us

The league or event name, the season or date, and any logo.
The award list, with the number of members per team.
Team and bowler names where they are already known.
Whether the same design should be kept for next season.

We send a design proof and you approve it before anything is produced. Tell us the banquet or event date and request a quote against it. More guides for leagues and company events are in the Recognition Library.

Bowling Trophies FAQs

What awards does a bowling league usually give?

A trophy for each member of the champion team, plus individual awards for high game, high series, high average and most improved. Many leagues split the individual awards into scratch and handicap.

How many trophies does a company bowling night need?

Far fewer than a league: one per member of the winning team, one for high game of the night and one or two fun awards.

Can the trophies carry our league or company logo?

Yes. Awards are designed around your artwork and printed in full color, and acrylic can be cut to the shape of the logo or of a pin or ball.

Can names be added after the final night?

Plan for it. Awards can be made with the award name and season and a name plate planned for once the standings are final. Tell us when you request the quote.

Can we order a single award for a company bowling night?

Yes. There is no minimum, so one perpetual trophy or one high-game award is fine.

Can we reorder the same trophies next season?

Yes. The design can be repeated with the season changed, so each year’s awards match the last.

Racer in a helmet raising both arms as gold confetti falls under stage lights

SEASON WRAPPING UP?

Send the award list and we will design the set

Send the league or event name, the awards you need and any logo. We design the set and send a proof for approval before anything is produced.

Tell us the banquet or event date and when final standings will be known, and request a quote against it.

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