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Commonwealth Cup Breaks into Three Pieces
While ABC 13 was looking for a picture of the Commonwealth Cup getting cleaned, we found it in three pieces at AAA trophy on Williamson Road
For the past 30 years Kelley Willaimson and her sister Kim Bessell have been in the trophy business and even in that line of work, sometimes the weight of the world or in this case the Commonwealth, can end up on your shoulders.
"I was [worried] because I knew we were under a time constraint with the holiday and the fact that if we had to get parts in... if it needed parts replaced we were going to have to overnight them," Willaimson said.
On the day before Thanksgiving, these two Roanokers are 4-and-20, deep in their own territory, all because of a frantic Tuesday morning call.
"We got a call from the football office at Virginia Tech and the Commonwealth Cup was in some need of some work to get it ready for the game this weekend," Willaimson said.
To start with, it came in three pieces.
"The whole top was off and it looked like it'd been well worn... and it was in need of some... of some work," Willaimson said with a laugh.
Two hours to polish the cup, another few hours to let the glue dry and a whole night of worrying whether the ordered part would even fit.
"On no, I got a couple. I covered myself on that... but then again, we weren't sure what we were going to have to do with it until we got it here and the parts came in this morning," Willaimson said.
"It looks great. It looks really good," Bessell said.
"Looks great. It's all back together and hopefully if it's treated well this weekend then they will be able to keep it in great shape until next year," Williamson added.
The Commonwealth Cup Trophy was made in 1995.
In all, the women had to put nine new parts on the trophy to get it back into game shape. But they do warn, regardless who wins, to treat it more like a trophy and less like a football.
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Latest Comments on "Commonwealth Cup Breaks into Three Pieces"
posted by: dawgswrestler on 11:57 pm on 11/25/09
d-bag? please. have a sense of humor. it's not like you haven't said similar things about Hoo fans. it's called a rivalry for a reason Ali.
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