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Stainless Steel Groundbreaking Shovel

This is a quality made, full sized, polished stainless steel shovel with natural Timber (Ashwood) OUr expert engravers will turn this ceremonial spade into a personalised, high-quality memento for your major sod turning occasion.

Select the engraving option below, we recommend etched and paint filled with a superb finish and guarantee an excellent quality engraving worthy of your event. Logos and text can be engraved and colour filled. Multiple coloured filled engraving can be achieved See the Info button next to the engraving option for further details.

  • Engraving Area: 20cm x 17cm
  • Overall height (spade and handle) is 103cm. Spade Height 30cm,. Spade width 18cm

 

Price: $135.25 $135.25
Current production time: 10 Working Days (Mon-Fri) Plus delivery time | Need it Sooner? Call us & we will see what we can do for you.

Ground Breaking Shovels – Ceremonial Shovels

Our groundbreaking shovels are high-quality real shovels in gold or silver finishes. In silver, we offer polished stainless steel ceremonial shovel and in gold Steel with gold plating. They make a quality statement at your sod turning groundbreaking ceremony.

Our specialised groundbreaking shovels offer an excellent surface for engraving. We are experts at engraving ceremonial shovels. You can have intricate logos and plenty of text expertly laid out by our professional graphic artists.  We can engrave any image on your shovel face.

Engraving Options

Most people opt for the etched and paint filled option to make it stand out and easy to read during the ceremony, photo shoots and after Ground Breaking display. We only produce the best quality sharp edges engraving at Premier Awards. Nothing short of the best in the industry.

Etched and Paint Filled

We etch into the metal surface of the ceremonial shovel and then add a paint fill to produce an excellent engraved result. As a standard, we use black paint for engraving fill but you can have any colour you like. We can also optionally add multiple colours such as logo PMS colours.

Etched with No paint fill

You may choose to not have the engraving colour filled. This option created a frosted grey etching filing and stands out nicely on the gold shovels and is ok with the silver shovels. No paint fill works but it is just a bit harder to read than the classy paint filled finish

Shovel Handle Engraving

The timber handle of your ceremonial shovel cannot be engraved, but can have a vinyl sticker added with a logo or text in an area up to 200mm long x 60mm wide. Remember it is a long narrow handle so the width is limited and the pricing of the website is for a simple short message or logo. If using a logo consider if the shape of the logo will work will suit the engrave-able space.

More on Ground Breaking Ceremonial Shovels

We can ship sod turning shovels anywhere in the world. Packaging is done by bubble wrapping your shovel and then cardboard protection. They are pretty sturdy shovels.

Ground Breaking Shovels provide a lasting memento of your event, ideal for building projects, new mines and council events.

We also offer opening ribbons, Ceremonial Plaques and many more products for ceremonies.

What people say about us

Parents and players alike were very impressed with all the trophies Premiers Awards supplied. Thanks very much for the great job you all do.

Peter

Panania RSL Soccer Club - New South WAles

 

Thank you VERY much for the awards - for getting them here in plenty of time and they look amazing! To say I am happy is an understatement. Please pass on my thanks to your team.

Julie Pidgeon 

Training & Development Manager

AIMM. Sydney New South Wales

Thank you so much for your help, You have been amazing. 

I really thought when this was dumped on me that We wouldn’t have anything ready in time, and I really appreciate it.

Nic James

Red Jam Design

Thanks so much, they just turned up to the Wacol site. I really appreciate your service and how fast you got them out to our branch!

Paul Sarno
Komatsu Australia - North Ryde, New South Wales

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Thanks so much for the amazingly quick turn around on the medal and shields production.
They look fantastic – many impressed guests last night :)

Erin Rathborne

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

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Thanks for having those awards completed at such short notice, very happy with them and appreciate the ease of dealing with your company

Andrea

318 Squadron

Thank you so much for the amazing work you both contributed to the production of our absolutely beautiful perpetual Jason Award. The finished product is much admired by the whole staff and we look forward to worthy names being added as the years go on.

Yours sincerely in gratitude,

Maria Ross - Principal

Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School - Earlwood, New South WAles

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Just wanted to drop you a message to say that the trophies look wonderful and thank you so much for getting them to me so quickly - much appreciated.

Jennifer Stewart,

Keep Australia Beautiful - New South Wales

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On behalf of Fly Casting NSW and Sydney Flyrodders I wish to thank you all for the splendid award you created for us. We presented the member with the award and on his and our members behalf I have been asked to congratulate you on a fine job, well done.

Jim Gilchrist

New South Wales

A huge thanks to Premier Awards the medallions made so quickly and getting them to me a day earlier than expected!!! I'm extremely grateful for you doing them in such a short time - such fantastic service so close to the Christmas break!

Mrs Darlene McGown

Monash University

Just wanted to say thank you very much for the support and patience you displayed while we finalised the trophy list for Skandia Geelong Week -- you showed true customer service.

We have had a number of compliments on the trophies and they were delivered in time and well labelled allowing us to prepare well for the presentation.

Once again - really appreciate your effort and support.

Regards

Linda Carr

Skandia Geelong Week

Just wanted to thank you so much for getting our office opening plaque organised so quickly. Couldn’t believe it when it arrived last week!

Thanks so much

Leesa

Santos Ltd.

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The Twenty20 medals were fantastic. Everyone loved them. Thanks very much for the great service and quality medal you made for the West Indies Twenty20 International competition.

 Vivienne Brown

International Cricket Council, Dubai

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I’d just like to pass on my thanks to you and your team for the service and product we received recently. Premier Awards were very helpful all the way from my initial enquiry through to delivery. Many thanks

Andrew Yapp

Newcastle University Sport (NUsport) - Newcastle, New South Wales

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I just wanted to send thanks to you and your team for the amazing trophies you put together for our Business Excellence Awards. I am delighted that you were able to take my initial idea and turn it into a superb keep-sake for all our winners. I have no doubts they will be treasured!

 Shari

Bovis Lend Lease, Sydney New South Wales

The trophies arrived today and look FANTASTIC!!!! I would like to thank you for your help with this order and I hope you have a lovely week.

Cara

NAB - Sydney, New South Wales

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Hi Angela, We just received the Infiniti Crystal Sail Trophy – it is absolutely beautiful and we are thrilled to bits.  Thank you so much for all your help. 

Jennifer Veness,

St Margaret Mary's Merrylands

 

Thanks so much for the great awards and service. The service was refreshingly reliable and your art team did an incredible job. Well done Premier!

Scott Cutler

Gemac, Katherine, Northern Territory

I wish to thank you for the superb work you put into the custom designed perpetual trophy – The Phyllis Akins Memorial Award.  It was a real work of art!

Dena Blackman

DIAL-AN-ANGEL Pty Limited, Edgecliff, New South Wales

 

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Just wanted to send you a quick Thank You !!  The trophies looked fantastic !! Thanks again for a great job !!

Helen Blackburn

Watch24 Security Services

Great Job guys!! Everybody loved the new look awards. The whole job was so much better than previous suppliers. I look forward to working with you again next year.

Daizy Kazzi

Laing & Simmons Corporation - Sydney, New South WAles

Thank you so much for your speedy delivery of our plaque. We have received it and it looks fantastic.

Elena

RPC Technologies - Seven Hills, New South Wales

 

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Received!! Hooray, they're looking pretty schmick - thanks for all your help in getting this project done. We'll be back to you next year! Have a fabulous Friday and a great weekend,

Cheers,
Kirsten -  Cooparoo, Queensland

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Good afternoon Sarah, Angela (and anyone else that helped us)

Just wanted to let you know we received the awards today and they are just perfect.Thanks you very much, especially for being so understanding at the end with the million last minute add-on requests!

Tara

ARUP

The plaques are great, very happy.  You will definitely be receiving more orders from us in the near future. Thank you for your service.

Anastasia Kotycheva

Capitol Theatre, Sydney New South Wales

Thanks to all at Premiers Awards for once again producing fabulous trophies for our event on Australia Day. They are truly distinctive and appropriate for our athletes and our event, which showcases Sydney’s best on our national day!!

Kathleen Nicholls

Wheelchair Sports NSW

I would just like to say THANK YOU. They are exactly how they appear on the website, and the engraving is exceptional. Great price, fast service and a terrific product.

Thank you again !!!!!

Amy Craig

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Received the plaque today!  Thank you very much for the excellent customer service and the plaque looks great.  Thank you again

Kind Regards

Tina

Suzanne Cory High School

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Thank you so much for the Trophy design and production, they looked fantastic!

Ross,

Redbull  Australia - Alexandria New South Wales

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Premier Awards have been looking after us for over 16 years.

As a party plan company we are all about recognition, so our annual awards are extremely important. They are committed to providing excellent customer service, never missing a deadline, and have always offered an outstanding quality product range. Premier Awards make things easy, they take care of everything.

Allison Bennette

Bessemer, Sydney New South Wales

I just wanted to thank both of you for all your work you did in producing the trophies for the Telstra Wholesale awards. They looked fantastic!! It was a pleasure to work with such professionals that understood and met the brief. Special thank you to you Dylan for your patience in managing all my changes and being able to offer advice on  the best approach for these trophies. Look forward to working with you in the future.

Josie
Telstra
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Thank you Janice , once again, for providing brilliant service with the trophies. They are fantastic and arrived in plenty of time. Look forward dealing with you again next year.

Michelle Ferguson

Dean of Mathematics

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Many thanks for all your efforts to deliver our awards ahead of the previously scheduled date. I understand that it was a big ask, and we didn't have all the information to you at the right time. We are very happy with the awards; they'll look great at the symposium in Singapore.

Alicia Hoopmann - Research Analyst

Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
Sydney New South Wales

I just wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you for everything you have done for me this year.  I appreciate the speed with which you have processed all my requests.

Kind regards,

Chris

Travelex

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We received the trophies and plaques today. They are fantastic. Many thanks for getting them to us ahead of time.

Sally Jarvis

Australian Paralympic Committee, Homebush New South Wales

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Your product has completely fulfilled the hopes and intentions of the NSWAFI Committee. I Thank you and your staff for your most prompt and professional service in producing a first class product, which I do recall you guaranteed me, would be exceptional.
Barry Sutherland

New South Wales Association of Fire Investigators

 

Just confirming we received the shipment of medals yesterday.  Have taken a quick look and the quality looks great compared to the previous supplier.

Good job, thanks again.

Steve

My sincere thanks to the Premier Awards team – You’ve been awesome to deal with. I’m thrilled to receive such a great product, and within such a short time frame too! They look absolutely amazing.  I’ll definitely be calling Premier for future requirements, and will be singing your praises to everyone I know. Great service.

Dean
Carbon Systems, Everleigh, New South Wales

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Do you realise next month it will be 6 years since our first order with Premier Awards and it is not often you can applaud the consistency of quality & on time deliveries from a supplier but we can certainly do that with your performances over the years. Continue this now welcomed performance, quality & consistency with us & your other customers and you’re certain to have on-going respect as well as a healthy order book.

Jim Churchill

Stemar Electrical Products P/L

 

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...let your need be our challenge...

Thank you so much.It has been a pleasure dealing with your company.  You guys have been great to work with, and nothing has been any trouble, even when we decided to change one of our awards.  You are total professionals

Christine

Noni B Ltd. - Kings Park, New South Wales

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I have had nothing but praise for the trophies – they really made a statement. Thanks

Kerri Richards

Master Builders, Newcastle, New South Wales
 

Hi Sarah, I just received my embedment's. They are brilliant!  Exactly what I had hoped for. Can you please convey my sincere appreciation to all involved. Many thanks.

Peter Moy - Digisurf

You guys do a great Job. Many thanks for having all the trophies ready for the day. All went off really well. You guys do a great Job.

Steve

Mounties JRLFC - Mt Pritchard, New South Wales

Thank you so much for the amazingly fast turnaround, we always know we can rely on Premier Awards.
Thuy Ngo | People & Culture Coordinator
MetLife
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I wanted to say thank you for the awards they look fantastic. Kind Regards

Kylie Weston
Rockdale City Council  - New South Wales

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Received the brass plaque.  It is wonderful.  Fantastic workmanship. Thank you so much for all your help.

 Dr Elizabeth McCloghry

Blue Mountains Ultrasound, New South Wales

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Just a short note to say thank you on the unbelievable job you have done on our perpetual trophy and individual awards. You have truly exceeded our expectations. Fantastic!

Trevor McCrystal
BHP Billiton Iron Ore

Thank you for all your help and your staff for their assistance..  Although it was a bit close with the USB we were appreciative of your quick response with a solution.  Please extend our thanks to everyone and we’ll see you again next year.

Lesley

Ashbury Netball, Ashbury New South Wales

 

I have shown the Contemporary Honour Board to the Principal and he is really happy with it.  Thank you so much for the promptness of putting it all together.

April Jackson

International School of Grammar, Ultimo, New South Wales

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The Plaques arrived today and look great!  Thank you very much!

Sonja,

Liverpool City Council, New South Wales

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Thanks Sarah. A HUGE thank you to your team for getting the over to us so quick!!!! I am extremely happy, it looks great!  You really do mean the below!

We guarantee the quality of our workmanship and the efficiency of our service.
Our quality assurance and crosscheck system ensures your order is correct every time.
Deadlines are deadlines; we never miss them.

Inna -  Rombii - North Sydney, NSW

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Also just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for all of your help with getting these plaques made in such a short time frame. I really appreciate it!!

Thanks again!

Kerin

Tabcorp

 

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Well I have finally got to see the trophies and what ‘Magnificent Beasts’ they are!!!  Well done to Premier Awards and the guys involved in that process.  THEY LOOK FANTASTIC!!!!  Saturday night they were all given out and the comments we have received are amazing.  Thanks Geoff for not letting us down.

Tarra Croft

Malouf Group - Teneriffe, Queensland

Just a thank you for the delivery of the honour board this week – it looks great!

Andrew

Mediacom - North Sydney, New South Wales

Just wanted to say a very big thank you.  The awards arrived today and they look great.  I appreciate your speedy service with this order.

Fiona

Roche Diagnostics Australia - Bella Vista, New South WAles

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Bessemer Cookware has been dealing with Premier Awards since the 1980’s. They are accurate and reliable, well priced, and have a large selection of exciting designs. Most importantly my people love receiving their awards. I’d recommend them without hesitation.

John McLean

Bessemer Sales

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I picked up my BAppSc(SpMgt) award replication today and was very impressed (wife thinks it is great as well). Brilliant work at a great price!!

Sean Morgan

Your outstanding customer service is very much appreciated and it’s really nice to know there are people out there who care and take pride in what they do.

Sonja. Liverpool Council

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I received the plaques today. That was very quick! Thank you very much. I only confirmed the artwork on Monday afternoon!! All are very pleased with the plaques.

 Your promptness and professionalism have been exceptional. We will be ordering some more plaques shortly! Many thanks.

Christy Lyon

Australian Wholesale Lending, Sydney New South Wales

Just received the trophy today. It looks fantastic!! Love the engraving!! Keep up the great work!!

 Grant Dear

Ellenbrook, Western Australia

 

Thanks so much for producing such great awards for us. Everyone has been delighted with them and we’ll definitely be running with these again in future years across the country.

Jenni Holmes

AFI, Perth Western Australia

Just would like to say thank you for all your help and input, the trophies look great and everyone is very pleased with them.

 

Regards

Brenda Davis

Saleslink Operations Co-ordinator

 

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Hi Sarah,

Thank you so much to all you lovely people for helping me out of a bind yesterday. Please thank Burc he is an absolute gem of a graphic artist. Thank you a thousand times.

Ros, Nowra

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I just wanted to say that I received the trophies today. They are fantastic!! Thank you so much for providing such fantastic and speedy service :) I will definitely be back next year!

Jessie

Glenbrook Ballet Theatre, New South Wales

Wow! The Honour board has arrived. Its really really great!!!  thank you.

Sharon Strong

Scout Leader - Drummoyne Scout Group

The awards are great, delivered on time and high quality.

Courteny

Trafalgar Tours

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Thank you for our wonderful awards. Once again they were extremely impressive.

Margaret Fisk

Defence Special Needs - Point Cook, Victoria

Just wanted to say a big thank you for making the plate happen so quickly!

Jason Turicken

Men of League

I just wanted to thank your guys for ensuring I had such a pleasant buying experience for the trophies for our Nationals this year. The service was prompt and efficient and the delivery on time. The quality of the trophies was great and we will be back with you again. I am especially grateful with how fast the alterations were processed when I needed one more trophy at the end. Thanks!

Peter

Multihull Yacht Club of Qld - Braken Ridge, Queensland

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Just wanted to let you know that we received the award and it looks great!  Thank you very much for your help.

Best regards.

Marilia de Souza

The Laminex Group

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