Angling For Autism Results

[Bill Hutcheson]

This Saturday marked the first annual "Angling For Autism" Charity tournament held at Diamond Valley Lake. 22 teams participated in this innaguaral event aimed at raising funds for Lyme induced Autism.

When the dust settled on this 6 hour summer event, the team of John and Tammy Morrow emerged victorious on the shoulders of a 7.44 Largemouth which also held up as big fish of the event. The teams total weight of 20.92 pounds was good for nearly $2,500 in first place cash and options. Additionally the duo took home the custom big fish trophy provided by High Sierra Woodcarvings worth $500.

Tami Duncan, the tournament coordinator pulled all the strings out and gathered nearly $6,000 in raffle prizes for this event including a Forever Resorts houseboat trip, WON BASS team entries for a season, guide trip with Mike Folkestad, and so much more that it is impossible to list.

Addtionally, lunch was provided to all contestants courtesy of ChicK-Fil-A and waters from Aquarious Waters.

Thanks to the multitude of sponsors who Tami will have to get on and list individually. Also, thanks to the volunteer staff including Robert Schnieder and Larry Duncan from WON BASS and Lynne Peterson from National Bass West for thier help during the event.

A permit has been pulled for a night tournament for "Angling for Autism" next year. Look for information on this event as the new year rolls around.

Complete contest results are as follows:

2007 LIAF “Angling For Autismâ€

[engineeringBASS]

I would like to thank everyone who put this awsome tournement together. It was by far the best prizes, raffle, gift bags etc. I would say it was first notch! Planned perfectly and i loved the fact everyone who fished got something!

Well worth the enrty fee and for a great cause!!!

I will be fishing next year for sure!

Thanks again to everyone who put this event on!

[some guy]

Hutch and Ponting threw one heck of an event in ironman..Its sad that you didnt think it was a great event. I guess if you have 86 teams and 172 anglers your going to find one guy that wants to cry about it. I think if its the prizes your interested in you should not enter the tournament and just sit in the parking lot and buy raffle tickets. Anglers Marine and Wonbass always throw class act events.

[Bill Hutcheson]

Well, I guess I am the most confused person of all here since I was the tournament director for both events which were both run on the same body of water.

Unfortunately, Anglers are not always privy to what it takes to get prizes from sponsors. Unlike many imagine, factories don't just give away stuff for the heck of it. I can tell you that a sponsor is much more likely to give prizes to a "501C3 tax deductable charity event" than they are a for profit event. The quality and mechanics of running a tournament have little or nothing to do with the level of prizes that are offered at an event. "Angling for Autism" had roughly $6K worth of Raffle prizes that were split among a relatively small field, so yes, your chances of winning were proportional to the number of anglers who bought tickets.

The Ironman tournament had roughly $3K in raffle prizes that were distributed among a much larger number of anglers. These anglers however did not have to purchase raffle tickets as they were a part of the contest.

Tami Duncan did indeed do a great job of procuring prizes for the Angling for Autism event. I can tell you that you can expect even more prizes for next year's tourament. I would however concur with Someguy that if it all you are about is the prizes, then save your entry fee and use it to buy raffle tickets.

I am glad that you enjoyed the "Angling for Autism" event as a quite a bit of work went into the event. I would however like to know where you feel the Ironman event fell short so that I can address your concerns and try to make it better next season. My number is below.

Bill Hutcheson
WON BASS
(949) 366-0030 ext 29

[Basn Dan]

Ya know Hutch... you're not only one of the BEST TD's around, but you're a gentleman. I personally want to thank you for your time to make that event great. My wife, Jill worked the event and my partner Scott and I fished it. We had a great time, fished poorly but still took some things home for our donation. Remember, a lot of the entry went to the charity and I believe all of the raffle money did.

My wife and I want to thank Tami, Troy and all the volunteers for doing your part in the war on Autism, as parents of 2 Autistic children, we appreciate everything being done to help our kids and others. We WILL be there next year to help and participate.

Danny & Jill Batinich

[engineeringBASS]

Ok...sorry I didn't realize you were TD for both. As far as the other things about Iron man. For a 500 entry...no shirts? I spent over an hour in line to weigh fish and raffle?? when did that happen? maybe when i was in line. Any way.

My point was....I had fun at both but thought some thing could have been better for the amount of money and people.
Is that better?

[some guy]

maybe we can raffle off some hooked on phonics tapes next event. Just a thought.

[engineeringBASS]

is that a dig at me some gay?

[some guy]

damn right it was.. You come on here talking out yer @$$ like a moron. To top off how stupid you looked with your original post you can't even put a sentence together.I suggest next time you want to bash an event at least know what your talking about and not spit out meaningless crap. Good luck with winning your raffles sparkles, the rest of us will actually be trying to boat fish. Thanks for all your donations.

[engineeringBASS]

Well, Some guy......i was only stating that for $500 enrty.....it would of been nice to get something back. Maybe a shirt of a hat that told people.....i fished the event. That's about all i was saying. and as far as my proper english....i didn't know you graded peoples sencene structure.

Ironman was a great event.
Angling for Autism was also.

The differance was, i guess, it was for charity and not for the anglers.....like you!
enjoy your fish....you boat! At the end....it's all you got.

[some guy]

lol..hope fully next tournament i can get some of your money again.

[engineeringBASS]

I'm sure you will......after all you get paid to kiss a s s.

and i'm sure i have gotten some of yours!

[engineeringBASS]

For Future postings here.....if i don't have an a s s to kiss like some gay gays. i will not post.

It's too bad you can't send a little constructive criticism to people who can take it.

Sorry if i affended the TD.

[engineeringBASS]

your 26 have a 188 champion with a 200 on it, all white/gun metal. You should come say hi.

I will!!!

[macinckirk]

[MCSPIN]

Good job John and Tammy. Good to see you guys in the winners circle.

Gary

[jigs]

I just wanted to thank you for your kind words my wife left early sunday morning to go back east for business. I'm sure when she gets back she will post all the details of the tournament. Are goal was to make sure every one was to get something and they were with all of her hard work she was able to do that. This wouldn't have happen if not from all the sponsors she contacted. I would also like to thank Anglers Marine on donating two $100 gift cards that Joe brought with him after 2hrs of sleep thanks joe An thanks Rick you are always helping out. Those who did not fish hopefully next year you will we are hoping to make it bigger and better. Thanks again to Hutch Robert S , Larry Duncan, Kristi Brooks and Kami Duncan They were in charge of raffle sales Lynn from national bass who help out Jeff from Dvl Jill Batininch Steve Linter for donating awsome angle tickets and every one who made it Possible. I would also like to thank my wife putting on a great tournament I'm a very pround of her. Also congrats to John and Tami on wining alot of money a nice trophy and to top it off they won 7 free entrys to won team tournaments in the rafffle.

Thanks Again to all that came

Troy Duncan

[EP]

Congrats to John and Tammy, Two of the most friendly folks out there!

[JasperW]

congrats john and tamm.. Is John the one with blonde hair and drives the I think suburban?? has the Ranger

[Lynne]

My husband Mike finally got to fish a tournament and what fun he had. We had the grand boys for five days and decided that Saturday we would go out to the charity event and cheer on grandpa. The grand boys, Ethan 11 and Tanner, 6 had the best time. They really enjoyed selling (and buying) raffle tickets. They both won some fabulous “secretâ€

[Lynne]

oops submitted it twice

[Brian Linehan]

John snagged them all "San Diego" style.

[jsoregon]

I'm new to SoCal, this was my first event I've fished down here ever, it was a very fun time. The events sure are run a lot better in SoCal then in Oregon I have to say...

Looking forward to fishing out here more..

J. Smiley

[some guy]

BRIAN!!!! shhhhh no one is catching them san diego style!!!!!!!! how dare you..lol.

[some guy]

Im not hard to find queering bass. infact theres a pic of me otay posted under lake hodges saturday ..come say hi!

[tamiduncan]

Thank you so much for all of the great and entertaining comments. I really appreciate everyone's support on this event. I already have a list of things I can do better next year. I'm really proud of all of the raffles we were able to get. It sure does help to be a 501c3.

We had SO many raffles that I actually got tired of calling tickets and we ended up giving the rest away to those who hadn't won a prize yet. So everyone did, indeed get a goodie bag, lunch, waters and a raffle prize of some sort.

Thank you again to all that participated and donated and to those who just showed up to check it out. You have all helped us to raise money towards the autism research and awareness programs and I can tell you that the money will be used wisely and in a way to benefit these kids.

As for a tournament next year....we plan to make it bigger and better. Can you say night tournament? Pre-tournament event and a night tournament in July. (more boats = more money for all!) We'll keep you posted as we firm things up.

Take care,

Tami Duncan
www.liafoundation.org