Our last get together was on Oct. 10th following a successful charity Surf Fishing Tournament and Beach Dune Grass Planting. Randy would like to thank all who participated and donated food and money for the Church of the Resurrection Food Bank in Marmora. Our special thanks go out to Linda Phillips for coordinating the food donations. Linda & Ernie’s car was loaded with food and $326.00 was raised thanks to all of you. We hope to do this again at our Dec. meeting, because in these tough times the need is there and the food banks need our help. We all enjoyed great food thanks to Ed & Lyn Tettemer for the Chili, Rich & Jan Hollinger for the clam chowder, Kathy Adams, Ronnie Roash and Robin Henry for desserts, the SIC Mayor Len Desidario owner of Kix’s Package Goods for donating all of the beverage and Whale Creek Marina and My Wife’s Rod and Reel Shop for their support. Last but not least we would like to thank President Roash for running a fun tournament.
All of the fish caught were mainly King fish and Bluefish and all were on the small side so we won’t mention sizes. Congratulations to the following winners.
MENS WOMENS KIDS
1st Bob Adam 1st Kathy Adam 1st Brian Adam
2nd Bob Babezski 2nd Emily DeMarcantonio 2nd Ian Sterling
3rd Kurt Henry 3rd Robin Henry 3rd Adam Sempowski
Environmental Committee– Dick Omrod, environmental committee person was on hand to report to the club that the dune planting went well and was completed in a couple of hours. 2500 dune grass plugs were planted by 40 volunteers. Chairperson Carol Ferguson would like to thank the Strathmere Fire Co. who prepped the area by watering down 3 blocks of dunes.
WEAKFISH TOURNAMENT– Another successful tournament took place recently. Congratulations to LuAnn & Steve Burin for running a terrific weakfish tournament. This tournament is a tribute to past president Glenn Cunningham, LuAnn’s father. The fishing was postponed for 1 day because of stormy weather, but despite that, the tournament & dinner both turned out great and we thank all who participated. This year the rules were changed to include Stripers and Bluefish due to fishing conditions. Congratulations to the following winners.
MENS KIDS
1st Dick Omrod 9.4lb Striper 1st Drew Tursi 1.5lb Bluefish
2nd Shane Whitehouse 8.4 Striper 2nd Reed Rech 1.4lb Bluefish
3rd Herb Hollinger Jr. 1.0lb Bluefish
SICK & WELFARE– Our deepest sympathy goes out to Frank McCloskey Sr. and family on the loss of Frank’s brother-in-law. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Get well wishes go out to club member Tom Leonard who has been feeling under the weather lately. Feel better soon Tom.
STRIPER BOARD– Since fall striper season is in full swing we would like to remind you that the club striper board is up at Whale Creek Marina. Using the honor system, if you catch a nice fish, please record it on the board.
LAST CAST TOURNAMENT– The 4th Annual Last Cast Tournament will be coming up on Nov. 27th the Friday after Thanksgiving and concluding on Nov. 28th, followed by Awards and food. Please check out the attached / enclosed flyer for all of the details.
NEXT MEETING– Our next meeting will be held on Nov. 7th at the firehouse at 4pm. This is our nomination meeting which means that there are some openings on the Executive Board for 2010. Please contact Nomination Officer Dick Omrod if you are interested or know someone who is. Dick will be presenting his list of nominations at our December 5th Election Meeting.
UP-COMING EVENTS
Nov. 7 Meeting/Nominations Firehouse 4pm
Nov. 27 Last Cast Tournament begins 6am; Tournament concludes 4pm Nov 28
Awards & Food Firehouse 5pm
Dec. 5 Meeting/Elections Food Donations Firehouse 4pm
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our members and their families.