THE
REEL THING July
1995
This
will be a short, but very important version of our monthly bulletin.
Please read and save it carefully.
Thanks to splendid efforts by many of our club members, especially
Irene, John, Steve, Scott, Donald and others, everything is falling into place
beautifully for the A.C.A. Championships.
However, once again we all owe Mike Dinner a huge vote of thanks for
the tireless efforts he has given to raising the necessary sponsorship to make
the entire endeavour a success. Thanks
to his efforts we now have as sponsors, Shannahan Ford and Molsons Export,
with Mark's Work Wear only awaiting a final meeting tomorrow at Milliken Park
to wrap up a deal whereby they will be our principal sponsor.
In
addition to the folks mentioned above, we have commitments from the following
people to assist with the tournament, either for the full week, or a few days
or so: Paul Quarrington (Captain)
Fred Bigioni, Peter Durnford, Paulo Conceicao, Rick Matusiak, Matt Ross and
his father Don, Debbie Osborne, Rod Sills, Chris Seipio, Kip Van Kempen, Joe
Degeer and Tony Whittingham. There
are also a number of other friends and relatives who have indicated that they
will definitely be involved in helping us with the event.
The
registrations at the Sheraton Hotel are coming along quite nicely and John
reports many early casting registrations, as well.
It is shaping up to be a super tournament and will go a long way, with
the television, radio and newspaper coverage to making our sport better known
in the eyes of the public.
On
Monday, July 31st there will be only the one casting event, 1 Ounce spinning
distance at 10 A.M. However, the
opening ceremonies (informal) will be held at our Hospitality Room at the
Sheraton at 7.00 P.M., followed by the final pre-tournament meeting of the
A.C.A. Casting Committee and our club Casting Committee to go over any final
details and ground rules etc. It
is extremely important that all our people attend, both for the opening as
well as the following meeting. There
will be a number of dignitaries to officially preside over the ceremonies and
I think it is imperative for us to have a good showing of club members on
hand.
We
are announcing officially here that any of our members giving of two or
more days of their time to assisting with the myriad details involved will
be able to attend the wind-up banquet and awards presentation on the Saturday
night without having to pay for their ticket. ($25.00)
But to be eligible for the banquet draw prize, they must buy the
ticket. Committee members' wives' tickets will have to be paid for
(at our cost, $20.00).
Most
of you are unaware that one of the most cherished awards made at these annual
tournaments is the club competitor attendance trophy.
This is, of course, almost always won by the host club and we trust
that 1995 will not be an exception. PLEASE!
PLEASE! PLEASE! Make every effort
to at least cast in one or more of the games.
Just to say afterwards that you have competed in the North American
Championships is an honour - and you are supporting your club at the same
time. Afterall, the targets are
the same size as the ones in the gym and imagine how great it would be to be
able to say that you finished in the top 25 - or even 10 places.
The
last day, Saturday, is dedicated to 5/8th accuracy only, first the individual
competition, followed by the team (five casters) event.
As the hosting club we are allowed two teams and we will select them
from the best scores in the earlier game.
One or two members have said that the entry fee is too high for them to
justify casting because their chances of winning are almost nil.
This is nonsense! It is
the A.C.A. CHAMPIONSHIPS! The
cost is less than going out to a movie and I can guarantee your memory of the
event will last much, much longer!
There
will be folks attending and competing in this tournament who will have
travelled here from all over North America, spending a great deal, just so
that they could say they cast in these championships.
They know that they will have competed with the best in the business
and had a wonderful time doing it. Many
of these folks make this effort to attend every year even though their chances
of ever winning a medal are small.
Just
think what a thrill it will be next winter when you are watching the T.S.N.
Canadian Sportfishing television show on the tournament and you see yourself
casting alongside world champion Steve Rajeff.
I will close this bulletin with a few lines from a lovely letter I
received from a novice caster, Bill Van Natter, who lives in Seattle,
Washington.
"Dear Gord:
I just received the current Creel and wish to tell you that Peg and I
appreciate the efforts of your group in putting on
the Nationals this year. I
read between the lines a little bit, as
well. I note that a T.V.show and
video stressing the advantages of target casting in fishing is in the works.
This is a good thought since
there is always the pleasure and poetry of a satisfying cast even when there
are no fish. I believe that all would learn that the discipline of target
casting pays big dividends on the water.
Thanks again to your club for taking the trouble to give us the '95
Nationals.
See you in Scarborough,"
Bill Van Natter
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