2014 LADIES TOURNAMENT SUPPORTING SALTWATER SISTERS

                     

Saltwater Sisters and their dolphin caught on Instigator II

 





Nearly 50 women participated in the Ladies Tournament supporting Saltwater Sisters to raise money for local breast cancer patients, but the meaning in the numbers is even greater.  The Tournament, hosted by Stuart Sailfish Club, was held on October 24 -26 and raised more than $40,000, with profits to benefit Friends in Pink, Windsor Community Angels and the Stuart Sailfish Club Scholarship program.   Friends in Pink is a nonprofit organization that assists local breast cancer patients who are uninsured or under insured.  Windsor Community Angels provides local uninsured women with free mammograms. 

 Event Chairperson Margaret Dyer couldn’t be more pleased with the final results.  “We are thrilled with the turnout for this event and most especially with the money raised,” she said. “We will be able to help people in our community who are dealing with the devastating illness of breast cancer.  Because the money will benefit Friends in Pink, we know it will go directly to patient care and treatment.” Friends in Pink will be celebrating their 10 Year Anniversary in 2015 and they have already helped more than 250 local men and women survive breast cancer.

 The Tournament, which was open to the public, was unique in that there were several fun elements to the event.  A Pre-party “Tie One On”, took place October 1 at Pirates Cove Resort and Marina.  The Tournament Captains Party was held on Friday, Oct 24 at the Resort and fishing took place on Saturday and Sunday of that same weekend, beginning with a boat parade and water gun fight.  4-6’ seas challenged anglers on Saturday, but Sunday’s anglers saw much calmer seas. The event culminated with an Awards Ceremony Sunday evening.  The event also included a live auction, silent auction and raffles.  Unique art items, Bahama trips and fishing gear were some of the items up for bid. 

“We received an abundance of praise for a very well run event,” said Dyer. “Comments like “it looked like a 100 boat tournament”, “the tournament was run like a well-oiled machine” and “will fish again next year” were heard throughout the weekend.  We cannot thank our sponsors enough; without them we could not have put on such a first class tournament.  Without the participants, we could not have raised so much money for the cause.” 

 Sponsors of the event included Ted Glasrud Associates Inc., Fogel Capital Management Inc., Floridian Charters, American Custom Yachts, Hinckley Yacht Sales, Sailfish Marina of Stuart, Pirate’s Cove Resort & Marina, HMY Yacht Sales, Windsor Imaging Group, Global Neuro & Spine Institute, Scripps/TC Palm, Coast 101.3, J Weiss PR, American Custom Yachts, Bausch American Towers, Geoffrey Smith Galleries, Lewis Marine, Shurhold Industries, TentLogix, Treasure Coast Propeller, Whiticar Boat Works, A&J Boatworks, Ace Marine Diesel, Celedinas Insurance, Charles Schwab, Dorado Marine Electronics, Fish Heads of Stuart, Diamond Fishing Products, Tequesta Insurance Agency and Marine Max.  Many local donors graciously contributed auction items that resulted in very successful auctions.

The Stuart Sailfish Club’s 29^th Ladies Tournament, Salt Water Sisters Results

 

Top Junior Anglers Sailfish

1.      First Place to Anya Pickard, Aboard Base Camp at 9:42 am 50 Points

2.      Second Place to Skyler Smith, aboard Double D at 10:06 am 50 Points

Top Mother Daughter Team

1.      Kristine Pickard and daughter Anya Pickard, aboard Base Camp 50 Points

Top Dolphin Winners

1.      Tish Gelineau, aboard Show Time 9.44 pounds

2.      Mitzie Fisher, aboard Andiamo 9.18 pounds

3.      Angie Sherlock, aboard Angies Revenage 8.25 pounds

Top Sailfish Winners

1.      Patti Miller, aboard Floridian at 11:59 am and 12:13 pm 100 Points

2.      Cam Welden, aboard Unicity at 12:33 pm 50 Points

3.      Jodi Fogel, aboard Challenge at 1:09 pm 50 Points

Top Boat Winner

 

1.      Floridian, Owners Rob and Patti Miller, Captain Glen Cameron 100 Points

Polly Whippen Award for Top Female Angler

2.      Patti Miller, aboard Floridian with 2 Sailfish Releases

 

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