Open team benefit tournament

[hardestyeric]

The MIBA is going to have an open team tournament to benefit Carl Wooten on September 30th at Monroe. Carl has been diagnosed with MS and the disease has progressed to the point where Carl needs some financial help paying for his medical bills. Carl no longer can work so his income is very limited.

We will be launching from Cutright ramp at 7am. Entry fee is $75 per team with $10 going towards the big bass pot. We will be paying back 75% of the entries. We will have a 6 fish limit per team. We will NOT weigh any dead fish.

If you can not make the tournament any donations will go directly to Carl and his family. If you know of any organization that is willing to help sponsor the event please contact me. So far we have two companies that are going to donate some items. Please help us by supporting both of them.

Redshad.com

ALbaits.com

If you have any questions or plan on attending please contact me via e-mail at hardestyeric@netscape.net. Please help support a fellow fisherman in need.

Thanks,
Eric H.



Modified by hardestyeric at 7:46 PM 9/20/2007

[JJohnSind]

Eric,

I can give you some gift certificates from my restaurant if you want. Email me your mailing address. How do you know Carl?

JohnS

[hardestyeric]

John,
E-mail sent.
We will be glad to take any donations. This tourney is for a real good cause and hopefully we can help Carl out.
Thanks,
Eric H.

[hardestyeric]

Our sponsor list has grown since my original post. We will be having a raffle after the tournament with all the money going to Carl. So far we have the following people donating items for our raffle:

Mark's High Performance Propellor - Shelbyville, IN
Albaits.com
Redshad.com
Dagwood's Deli-Sub Shop - Bloomington & Broadripple, IN
Honeycreektackle.com
Tackle Service Center - Mooresville, IN

As the list grows I will update the list.
Look forward to seeing some of you there.
Thanks,
Eric H.


Modified by hardestyeric at 7:49 PM 9/19/2007

[hardestyeric]

Another update to our sponsor/raffle list:

Blackhawk Custom Outfitters
Got2LoveIt Tournaments
Hoosier Open Tournaments
Last Cast Bait Company
Gator Grip
The Outdoorsman 9/21/07
Big River 9/24/07
Skeeter Boats 9/25/07

Please help us by coming out to the tournament and supporting our sponsors.
Thanks,
Eric H.


Modified by hardestyeric at 2:38 PM 9/21/2007


Modified by hardestyeric at 4:38 PM 9/24/2007


Modified by hardestyeric at 3:43 PM 9/25/2007

[hardestyeric]

Due to a great response we are moving this tournament to Cutright ramp. Please pass the word along.
Thanks,
Eric H.

[hardestyeric]

From all the phone calls we have been getting it looks like we are going to have a great turn out.

Plus we have added one of our club members, that works in the upholstery business, is going to throw in some deals on re-upholstery work on boat seats. We have a ton of great stuff for the raffle.

We are taking registration at the ramp.
Thanks,
Eric H.

[hardestyeric]

We wound up having just over 40 boats. It took around 15-1/2 pounds in a 6 fish limit to win. The weather was perfect. We managed to raise almost 2000 for Carl.
Thanks to those of you that fished and donated raffle items.
Eric H.