This year’s SFEC Kids’ Surf Fishing Tournament was held on Saturday, September 1. The weather was gorgeous – it could not have been nicer!
Tournament Co-chairs Ed Dimarcantonio and Mike Olley did a super job coordinating the event.
They report we had 169 kids register to fish. What a treat to watch the kids!
The tournament winners were:
Girls under 12: 1st place: Abigail Braun
Boys under 12: 1st place: Rocco Quarrante; 2nd place: Mike Scanlan
Boys over 12: 1st Place: Dan DiBenedetto; 2nd Place: Jacob Foley
Ed and Mike want to thank all of our sponsors (see below), particularly “My Wife’s Rod and Reel”, and all of the Club members and their family members who volunteered this year to make the tournament the great success that it was!
Here are a few of our younger volunteers with Bill Alexander at “My Wife’s Rod and Reel” getting ready to prepare the “bait bags”…
Preparing the “bait bags”…
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Showing off the tournament tee shirts are CJ Furey, Grace Olley, Brian Furey, Noelle Perri, Emily DiMarcantonio and Colleen DiMarcantonio…
Mike gets help raising the pennants…
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Registration.
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Almost ready…
Then – it’s time to begin the fishing!
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The Fire Company separates surf fishers from bathers…
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Do crabs count?
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Time to announce the winners!
That’s Ed (with Bud) on the megaphone.
Nice rods!
The winner of the bike was Matt McGovern from Warminster, Pa.
The sponsors who made the tournament successful were “in Memory of John Johnson (Connie & Ollie Twist’s grandson)”; My Wife’s Rod and Reel; Southampton Window and Janitorial Cleaning; Uno Chicago Grill; Riordan Real Estate; Sea Isle Bait and Tackle; Joe Boyle Insurance Agency; Two Chums Bait and Tackle; Avalon Marine Center; and Fin-atics.
Our thanks to all!
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