Club Tournament Rules 2001 |
These Tournamnet rules are intended to promote good sportsmanship and a willingness to come to know your fellow club member better. Your observance of the following rules will make for a better club. Be careful and have fun. |
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1. Draw for partners will be held at the meeting prior to each tournament date. ALL TOURNAMENTS ARE? DRAW.
2. Draw Night; A. Any member(s) who wish to fish, but cannot be present for the draw, must personally contact a
?????????????????????????????? ? member of the tournament committe or an elected officer who will be present for the draw. If
?????????????????????????????? ? contact is not made by the night of the draw, the angler is not eligible to fish the tournament.
???????????????????? ?? ? B. Members wishing to fish a tournament, held the second Saturday following the draw , must
?????????????????????????????? ? contact a tournament official by 8:00 pm the Wednesday of the tournament week to be eligible.
??????????????????????????????? Partners drawn on draw night may or may not be changed to compensate for late entries.
3. Each club member with a serviceable boat is asked to enter his name in the "Boat Pot". If you do not have a
??????????serviceable boat or no boat at all, you will enter your name in the "No Boat Pot". When two partners are drawn
??????????from the "Boat Pot", the first drawn partner has the option of bringing his boat.
4. In case partners are drawn that have already fished a club tournament together during the current season, the
??????????angler that is in the "No Boat Pot" or whose name was drawn last will be returned to the pot and another angler
?????????? will be drawn. In case the last two names drawn have fished together, the second partner drawn from the last
?????????? boat is paired with the first drawn partner of the last pair. In case partners from the last two boats drawn (one
?????????? or both) have fished together previously, the last pair drawn will be rematched with the third from last drawn
?????????? pair as described above, etc.
5. Starting and quitting times, and launch site for each tournament will be announced by the Tournament Committe at
?????????? the club meeting prior to the tournament. Maximum tournament length is twelve (12) hours-day tournaments,
?????????? thirteen (13) hours-night tournaments.
6. No club member may fish with another club member in more than one club tournament a year. Any club member
?????????? who participates with the same partner in more then one tournament (UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE
?????????? TOURNAMENT COMMITTE) will be disqualified for the second tournament.
7. All tournament committe members in each tournament will officiate the tournament including take-offs and check-
?????????? ins. If one or more tournament committe members is/are absent, a club officer will stand in for each absent
?????????? official in the following order of precedence; President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Recorder.
8. Anyone wishing to protest or report a violation of the tournament rules's must do so , in person, to the tournament
?????????? chairman prior to the termination of the weigh-in.
9. Participants must be in the immediate area of the launch site at quitting time. Any boat that has not arrived at that
?????????? time will be penalized as follows; A. Anyone late will be penalized one (1) lb per minute, up to ten (10) minutes.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? B. After ten (10) minutes, both partners will be awarded points as if they
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? ? ?? caught no fish, and they will not qualify for Big Fish Pot or Boat Pot.
10. A type III Coast Gaurd approved life vest must be worn by all participants on all tournament take-offs, and is
?????????? to be worn during the remainder of the tournament when under power.
11. Only Black Bass i.e., largemouth, spotted, smallmouth, and red-eye will count for weigh -in.
12. A limit of five (5) bass shall apply for all tournaments. Anyone bringing more then five (5) fish to the weigh-in
?????????? area will be disqualified.
13. Any fish less than twelve (12) inches presented for weigh-in shall result in culling of largest fish. Fish will be
?????????? measured with mouth and gills closed; tail will be manipulated to check measurement by the Officials.
14. Artificial bait only; no trolling, no jigger-poling. All fishing must be done from the boat. Only one rod and reel
?????????? is permitted in use at any given time.
15. All fishing must be done on the designated reservoir (s).
16. A functional "Kill" switch must be worn at all times when the big motor is in operation.
17. In case of boat breakdown; A. Anglers in broken boat shall be allowed to give their fish to helping boat to weigh
?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? ?? in for them. If possible, one of the party from the disabled vessel should
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? accompany the assisting boat?
???????????????????????????????????????? ? ? ? ? ?? B. A boat late (with in five (5) minutes maximum) to weigh-in because of
???????????????????????????????????????? ? ? ? ??????????providing assistance to a fellow club member (while on the way to check-in)
?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? ? participating in our tournament will be allowed to weigh-in.
18. Tournament lakes are off limits to all club members from 12:00 midnight. Wednesday night before the Tournament
?????????? until tournament day. On the day of the tournament, participants must run their boats directly from the
?????????? launch site to the starting line, or if they spend the night before the tournament on the tournament lake, they
?????????? can run directly from that point to the tournament starting place. They must not use this as an excuse to scout.
19. Point System; A. Trophies ( or plaques) for each tournament - 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Big Fish.
??????????????????????????????B. One trophy (or plaque) awarded each five (5) tournament periods to the points leader for that
????????????????????????????????????????period without drops.
??????????????????????????????C. Annual to the Top Ten based on the best eight (8) tournament points totals out of ten (10).
20. In the event of a tie, scheme to be followed for the breaker is; A. First Place ONLY.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ?? B. Most wins in a given period.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ?? C. Total pounds in a given period.
21. Any participant who violates any of these rules is disqualified from the tournament (except for violations of
?????????? rule #8) and is subject to further discipline by the club membership.
22. Any arbitrary situation not covered by the above listed rules will be decided by the Tournament Committe.
23.? All tournaments will start with an "Ease-off" type start by the number that you were drawn.
24. The Tournament Committe will set time for the weigh-in after each tournament.
25. The non-boater will be responsible for one-half (1/2) of the tournament trip expenses if his partner is not notified
?????????? within twenty-four (24) hours of tournament time.
26. All boaters are required to have valid liability insurance. Proof? to be shown to Tournament Director on demand.
27. Possession of any illegal substance while going to, during or returning from a scheduled tournament, will result
?????????? in termination of your club membership.
28. Alcohol (beer, etc.) is discouraged. Anyone found to be operating a boat while intoxicated will be subject to
?????????? disciplinary action by the Steering Committe.
SCORING: 1st? place 100 points...2nd place 99 points... 3rd place 98 points... and so on.
?????????? Persons without measurable fish will get? points based on the total number of fisherman
?????????? subtracted from 100.? There will always be at least a 2 point difference between last weighed
??????????and zero fish.? Anglers must be present at weigh-in to recieve zeroed points.
????????????????????????????????????????EXAMPLE 1. SCORING FOR 22 ANGLERS; 1 ZEROED
POSITION????????????????????????????????????????POINTS???????????????????????????????????????? ?? LBS/OZ
? ? 1.......................................................... 100 ......................................................... 57/00
? ? 2 ......................................................... ? 99 ......................................................... 56/15
? ? 3 ......................................................... ? 98 ......................................................... 53/02
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? ? 21 ....................................................... ? 80 ......................................................... 42/10
? ? 22 ....................................................... ? 78 ..........................................................? 0/0
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