Cup in two parts. Sterling silver cup with two crossed silver darts applied to the front and an engraved inscription on the reverse, 'GRIFFIN INDIVIDUAL DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY PRESENTED BY W.C. GURR, ESQ 1939.' The cup has two handles and features a hallmark indicating that it was made in Birmingham in 1938.
The cup rests on a three tier wood and plastic stand with 37 shield-shaped metal plates and 12 rectangular metal plates (each engraved with a winner's name and date) pinned to its surfaces. The stand has a green synthetic felt base.
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Griffin Individual Darts Championship Cup 1939
- Ref. No: SA/AWA/6
- Format: Object
- Date: 1938
- Level: Item
- Extent: 1 item
- Access: Open
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My name is David Staines and I worked at Sainsburys at 222 St Albans Road North Watford, Herts Branch 322. I worked at this manual (not self service branch) from August 1959 to 1968 as junior, leading and Senior leading salesman. My manager during that time was Ken Collins and Assistant manager Lawrence Symons. I believe our weekly takings were in the region of £2,000. I had many happy memories of the shop and the company . My major memory was winning the Griffin Athletic Gurr Cup for darts in 1963 at the age of 19 in front of a large crowd at Blackfriars. I won many trophies for various sports but the Gurr cup is the only one I have kept because it meant more to me than anything else I had won.
David Staines, 8 April 2020