Dr. Raymond Lee Worsham Scholarship Bass Fishing Tournament

Dr.RaymondLeeWorshamScholarshipBassFishingTournament
HostedbySFACampusRecreationandtheSFAAlumniAssociation
TournamentDetails:
Date:Saturday,June25,2016
Location:JacksonHillParkMarinaonLakeSamRayburn
Entry:$150perboat
AllproceedswillbenefittheDr.RaymondLeeWorshamScholarship.
TournamentRegistration:
AllregistrationswillbetakenthroughtheSFAAlumniAssociation.
Tomailyourregistrationform:
MailedregistrationformsmustbepostmarkedbyMonday,June20,2016.
PleasemailyourregistrationformtotheSFAAlumniAssociationatthefollowingaddress:
SFAAlumniAssociation
POBox6096SFAStation
300EastVistaDrive
Nacogdoches,Texas,75962
Toregisteronline:
Foronlineregistration,teamsmustregisterbyFriday,June24,2016at12:00pm.Youcanfillouta
registrationformthroughtheSFAAlumniAssociationatthefollowingwebsite:
Goto:www.sfaalumni.com
On-siteregistration:
Youmayregisteron-siteatJacksonHillParkMarinafrom4:30amto5:30am.Paymentswillbetakenvia
Cashonly.
TournamentRules:
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Rules:Alldecisionsmadebythetournamentdirectorandorthetournamentofficialswillbefinal.The
tournamentdirectorcanmakeachangeathisdiscretionorwhenthesafetyoftheanglersisinquestion.
Interpretationoftheseruleswillbeleftexclusivelytothetournamentdirector.
Eligibility:Thisisanopentournament.Youmustbe18yearsofageoroldertofishasanindividualorone
teammembermustbe18yearsorolder.Nooneotherthanpaidcontestantsareallowedintheboat
duringtournamenthours.Youmusthaveavalidfishinglicenseandstateissueddriverslicenseorphoto
identificationcardinyourpossessionduringtournamenthours.
BaitsandTackle:Onlyartificialluresmaybeusedwithexceptionofporkrindsandliquidbaitattractants.
Nolivebait.Notrollingwiththemainengine.Onlyonerodmaybeusedatatime.Acastmustbefully
retrievedbeforeanotherrodispickedup.Youmaynotsnagorfoulhookbeddingfish.
PermissibleWaters:Nofishingwithin50yardsofanoperatinggaspump,within25yardsofanonanchoredboatwithoutpermissionor50yardsofananchoredortiedboatwithatrollmotorupondeck
withoutpermission.Contestantmustbeabletodriveintoallfishingareas.Contestantcannotleaveboat
tolandafish.
WeighIn:Weighinwillbeginat3pmatJacksonHillParkMarinaonSaturday,June25.Intheeventof
multipleflightsbeingassigned,alternateweighintimesmayoccur.Youmanyweighinanytimebefore
yourassignedweighintime.
LatePenalty:Anyboatnotinbytheassignedweigh-intimewillbedisqualifiedfromthetournament.
BoatLaunch:Anglersarepermittedtolaunchtheirboatfromanylocationonthelakeaftersafelight.All
anglersMUSTcheckinattournamentregistrationbeforetheyareallowedintothewater,failuretodoso
willresultinforfeiturefromthetournament.Anyanglerslaunchingfromtournamentmarinawilllaunch
oncethetournamentdirectorhasdetermineditsafe.
TournamentCancellation:Shouldthetournamentdirectorcancelthetournamentfordangerous
conditions,etc,refundswillbeavailablethroughtheSFAAlumniAssociation.
AlcoholicBeveragesandDrugs:Anyoneconsumingalcoholicbeveragesordrugs(otherthanprescription)
duringtournamenthourswillbedisqualified.Ifyoufeelyoumayhavebigbassoryourfishmayputyou
inthemoney,donotconsumealcoholordrugsuntilweigh-inhasconcludedandpolygraphshavebeen
determined.NOalcoholordrugswillbeallowedintheboatduringtournamenthours.
Sportsmanship:Allcontestantsareexpectedtopracticecourtesy,safety,andfollowlocalandstategame
laws.Anyonedisplayingpoorsportsmanshiporviolatinglocalandstategamelawswillbedisqualified.
Polygraph:Eachcontestantagreestosubmittoapolygraphexaminationbyenteringthistournament
andmustabidebyitsconclusion.Allpolygraphsmustbepassedinordertoreceivecashorproduct.If
youhaveeverfailedforanyformofcheating,youcannotparticipateinSFATournaments.
BoatsandMotors:Noengineshallexceedthemaximumhorsepowerratingfortheboatonwhichitis
used.AllboatsshallmeetU.S.CoastGuardandstateregulations.Allboatsmusthaveanemergencyshut
offdevice.Allboatsmusthaveaeratedlivewellsinworkingorder,unlessotheraeratedsetupsare
approvedbytheTournamentDirector.
Safety:Coastguardapprovedlifevestsmustbewornandsecured,andtheshutoffdeviceattachedto
driverwhilemainengineisoperating.Thisissuggestedatalltimesandwillbeenforcedoncompetition
days.Cellphonesmaybeusedforemergency,orbreakdownsonlyduringtournamenthours.Incaseof
breakdown,youmaygetintoanothercontestant’sboattocometoweigh-in.
14. ScoringFish:Amaximumoffivefishperteamorindividualwillbeweighedpertournament.Adeadfish
penaltyof.50(onehalfpound)perfishwillbedeductedfromthetotalweight.Penaltyof.50willbe
deductedoffanydeadBigBassweighed.Onlylargemouth,Kentuckyspotted,orsmallmouthbasswillbe
weighed.Anyteamorindividualbringinginmorethanfivefishtoweigh-inwillbedisqualified.Allfish
mustmeasureatleast14inchesinlength.Shortfish–youwillloseshortfishplusa1lb.penalty.
15. Culling:Noteamorindividualmayhavemorethanfivefishintheirlivewellatanyonetime.Youmust
cullafteryouareinpossessionofthesixthbass.Deadfishcannotbeculled.
16. Ties:Tieswillbebrokenbysplittingthemoneybetweenthetiedteams.
17. Protests:Allprotestsmustbesubmittedinwritingwithin15minutesafterweigh-intothetournament
director.
18. NOTOURNAMENTANGLERSHALLLEAVETHEBOATFORANYREASONUNLESSOFANEMERGENCY.
TournamentAwards:
60%oftheregistrationcostswillgotowardsacashprizetobegiventothetopthreeplacefinisherin
thetournament.AdditionalprizeswillbeawardedforBigBass.
Parking:
Therewillbea$3traileringfeeassessedtoallboats.Paymentmustbemadebycashwhentheboat
arrivesatJacksonHillParkMarina.
Lodging:
JacksonHillParkMarina
1705FM2851
Broaddus,Texas75929
TomakeareservationattheJacksonHillParkMarina,pleasecontactTerrySimpsonat936.872.9266or
[email protected].