2007 Triumph Owners Tournament Online Registration

[NCangler]

You can now enter your registration online for the 2007 Triumph Owners Tournament to be held July 27-28 in Southport, NC. To register online, fill out the form located here, print out your email confirmation and send with a check made out to Blackbarry Marine to:

Triumph Owners Tournament
c/o Blackbarry Marine
4888 Coastal Drive South East
Southport, NC 28461

All the information on the event is listed on the registration page. There is additional information regarding hotels, etc. along with an attendance poll in this thread:
2007 Triumph Boats Fishing Tournament & Get Together

Special thanks to Triumph Boats and to these Triumph Dealers for their sponsorship of this event:

• Blackbarry Marine Southport, NC
• Grubbs Marine Winston Salem, NC
• Huntley Marine Charlotte, NC
• Merritt Marine Hillsborough, NC
• Plantation Marine Walterboro, SC
• Portside Marina/Miramar Boats Morehead City, NC
• Tideline Marine Jacksonville, NC

50% percent of the proceeds from the tournament will go to support the Cameron Boys Wilderness Camping program of NC Baptist Children's Homes. However, the Calcutta "Big Fish" events will be 100% payout. Again details are listed on the Registration page.

NOTE: Here is some information regarding the entry fees. Please send any questions to us via email.

Entry fees - Offshore King Mackerel and/or Inshore Flounder:

• Inshore Flounder Division - $100 per boat ($125 after July 1st)
• Offshore King Mackerel Division - $100 per boat ($125 after July 1st)
• Enter both Divisions for $200 per boat ($250 after July 1st)
• $50 Calcutta entry per Division (Inshore/Offshore) - ($100 for both)
• $25 Lady Angler entry per boat
• $25 Kid Angler entry per boat

Prizes:

• 1st-5th Place cash prizes (up to 3 Fish Aggregate)
• CALCUTTA - 100% payout for largest fish in each division - (1st-50%; 2nd-30%; 3rd-20%)
• Top Lady Angler
• Top Kid Angler (12 & Under)

The entry fees are for each boat, not each person. You can have a crew of one or more people with you fishing on your boat but the entry is just for the boat. So if you're fishing inshore for flounder the fee is $100 for your boat. Same with offshore for King Mackerel. If you want to enter both divisions it is $200 for the boat no matter how many are on board. Our charity receives 50% of the proceeds from the Inshore/Offshore competition and then the remaining 50% is divided among the top five winners in each division. These prizes are based on the total weight of the largest three fish weighed by each boat in each division.

If you have a Lady Angler on board and want to enter her (1 or more) that is $25 per boat (not per person). Same is true for kid anglers under the age of 12. It is $25 per boat to have a kid angler in contention to win the Kid Angler division.

The Calcutta is a "Big Fish" payout. Everyone that enters the Calcutta has a chance to win all the money from the entries in that Calcutta event. So for instance if 20 boats enter the Inshore Flounder Calcutta at $50 per boat, the total payout in that division would be $1000, divided among three boats with the largest Flounder winning $500, 2nd largest winning $300 and third place winning $200, based on the payout percentages listed on the registration form. The payout is determined by the number of boats that enter that Calcutta event, but our charity does not receive proceeds from the Calcutta event so 100% of the entries in each Calcutta event are paid out to the biggest fish winners in that division.

Also, each person on the boat fishing will need to secure a NC fishing license. You can learn more about this here and you can purchase the license online (NC residents and non-residents) by going to: http://www.ncwildlife.org/
Click on the "Purchase Licenses" button and follow the instructions to purchase an annual or short-term fishing license. State Coastal Recreational Fishing — 10 Day licenses are $5.00 for NC residents and $10.00 for non-residents. Here is a direct link to the NC Fishing License online purchase site.

[NCangler]

Hi folks. Just a quick reminder to get your Triumph Owners Tournament online registrations in before July 1st. The cost is less and it will help the Dealers of the Carolinas and Triumph Boats prepare for the event. I hope we'll have 50+ Triumph Boats fishing the waters around Southport, NC the last weekend of July. That would be very cool! Lots of prizes, the new 235 and 2008 models to see, good food and new friends to be found, all while supporting a great charity in the Baptist Children's Homes of NC. I hope to see you there!

[NCangler]

Hi folks. Just a reminder that our 2007 Triumph Boat Owners Tournament is just around the corner! We'll be gathering in less than 2 weeks in South Port, NC for a great two days of fishing and fun on July 27-28. If you haven't sent in your registration yet please do so soon. You can file your online reqistration here. If you are concerned about mailing the registration this late then just bring a check with you but be sure to fill out the registration form online in advance so we have an idea of how many boats to expect and how many people to plan food for. More information is available here. We look forward to seeing you there!

[NCangler]

Well I'll be heading out in a couple of hours to South Port. I hope many of you will be down this weekend for the Triumph Owners Tournament. If you haven't sent in your registration yet you can still participate by registering and paying this afternoon prior to the Captains meeting. Again there are two divisions: Offshore for King Mackerel and Inshore for Flounder. If you'd like to stop by but aren't interested in fishing we'll be at the Moose Lodge. Or you can drop by Blackbarry Marine, this year's tournament headquarters.

The Friday and Saturday evening events will be held at the Moose Lodge located at 4239 Long Beach Rd, Southport, just about a mile from the Wildlife Ramp. The weigh-in on Saturday afternoon will also take place at the Moose Lodge. I'm told there is plenty of parking at the Moose Lodge for boat and trailers.

The Friday night social will include hot dogs and hamburgers and the Saturday night awards dinner at 6PM will be a catered BBQ dinner. It looks like the weather this year will be much better for fishing than last year. Thanks again to Triumph Boats and the Triumph Dealers of the Carolinas for putting on this event for Triumph owners. Tight lines all!

[NCangler]

This past weekend was great. It was good to meet some new folks in person and the weather was awesome for fishing. However only two Kings were caught in the King Mackerel division. I'm not sure how many flounder were caught. One Triumph boat however did catch a 65 lb. Wahoo! Silly me forgot my camera for the awards dinner so I'll have to try to round up some photos from other sources. Hopefully some of the folks that attended will post some of their pictures of the weekend.

I want to thank the Triumph factory folks that attended along with all the dealers that participated. The event raised $2230.25 for the Cameron Boys Camp program of the Baptist Children's Homes. It is a ministry to help family in crisis. The Camp director and Director of Communications brought two boys down to speak at the dinner and they both did a great job.

Here are a couple of photos of the 65 lb. Wahoo caught by Capt. Adam Kunda and Marlin Biggers of the "AFISHANADO" out of Chesapeake City, Maryland. They are assisted in getting the fish off the boat by two campers from Cameron Boys Camp, this year's charity organization. Way to go guys!

[NCangler]

Here is the final tally from the 2007 Triumph Boat Owners Tournament.

Offshore King Mackerel Division:
1st Place: Adam Kunda and Marlin Biggers on the AFISHANADO 7.14 lbs
2nd Place: Randy Durham and Mike Becker on the NCangler 4.42 lbs.

Inshore Flounder Division:
1st Place: Jerry Harrison, Jay Railey and Renee Railey on the FISH TRACE 3.68 lbs
2nd Place: Leo Griffin and Anthony Bridgeman on the G-FORCE 3.38 lbs.
3rd Place: Vanessa Martin and Kim Stutts on the NAUTIGIRL 3.02 lbs. They also won the Ladies Division.

We have more pictures coming from Blackbarry Marine and I'll post them as soon as I can. Thanks to Donna at Blackbarry for all her hard work and sending this information!