This tournament honors the memory of Jack Clements, who started this club, was the president more than once and for whom our reef is named. Jack loved to fish and this is the kind of tournament he would have been involved in. It’s only fitting that the Captains’ Meeting and the weigh-in were held at the old Corson’s Inlet Marina.
Despite extreme heat and humidity, the tournament took place on July 24th with 15 boats participating.
The boats head out to the reef…
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The winning boat crew, the “Pure Pleasure”, shows off their catch.
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Rich Vandegrift accepts the first place trophy on behalf of Lenny Dinote’s boat, “Pure Pleasure”
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Joining Rich are Bud Lyon (“Miss Bee Haven”) and Joey Callahan (“Motion”)
with their second and third place awards, respectively
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Raising a toast…
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Camaraderie at the old “Larry’s Dock” (on the hottest day of the summer)…
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Telling fish tales…
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Jack Clements Reef Tournament Tee Shirt hanging on display…
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Jack Clement’s family enjoys the evening.
From left to right: Mick Dickinson – Son-in-Law, Jacey Dickinson – Granddaughter,
Jacquelyn (Clements) Dickinson – Daughter, Michael Dickinson – Grandson
and Allison Dickinson – Granddaughter
Special thanks go to Gary Seagraves and Mike Clifford for running a terrific tournament. Thanks also to Dave Townsend for his generous donation that was used towards prize money for the event.
And thanks to all who participated. We look forward to having this great tournament again next year!