AXTON'S TEXAS TOP TEAMS ANNUAL LAKE FORK BASS TOURNAMENT

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PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
 
"Wish To Fish" Foundation 
Team Leader - Lew Conder
          214-864-7507  
Raised $555.00 
Winner of 2nd place Individual with Most Pledges Awarded $250.00
Winner of Charity with most pledges and lbs, Awarded $500.00
           
American Legion of Point, TX.
Diana Weeks
Raised $225.00
Winner of 3rd Place Individual with most Pledges, Awarded $150.00
 
World Wildlife Foundation, DC
Barbara
Raised $66.00
 
Thinkin Pink 3 Day Breast Cancer
Gail Newsome
Raised $1523.40
Winner of Charity with most money pledges, Awarded $1000.00
Winner of Individual With most money pledges, Awarded $500.00
 
 

INTRODUCTION OF OUR
CHARITY
FISH-A-THON
 
Axtons Texas Top Teams Bass Tournament, the City of Emory would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join us in a new unique and exciting program.  Our one of a kind FISH-A-THON, gives any and all non profit organizations the opportunity to raise funds for themselves or other community based projects.  This program will bring the community together to work as one; it will also bring a sense of pride, fellowship and accomplishment, not to mention the amount of money that each organization will be able to raise.  All participants will have the potential to raise thousands of dollars for their favorite causes.
 
Come join in the family fun on Friday evening during our registration event, which will include a free concert, vendor booths and hot dogs.  The evening will end with the charities being connected with the top five places by way of drawing at 9:00pm.
 
On Sunday, join us to follow your team and the total amount of money that goes to your organization, through our Live Charity Board.  Throughout the day there will be hourly door prizes.  The awards ceremonies will start at 3:00pm after all team results are final.
 
All pledge totals will be announced for each charity.  Tournament sponsored awards and prize money will be awarded to the top finishers.
 
Remember, this is your charity!  The opportunity is there to take full advantage of our program.  This program is set up to allow you to raise as much money as possible.  Make a difference, show people you care. 100% of all money raised through the FISH-A-THON goes directly to the Charities themselves.
 
Thanks to everyone's participation in this tournament, Joe Axton's dream has come to fruition, combining businesses, community, and the anglers of Lake Fork, to come together as a family.
 
 

WIN    WIN   WIN
 
Charity Raffle held on Saturday 30 May 2009
 
Prizes donated by Zales, Andrews Beverage, Amigos, J&J Marine, Sartin Marine, Autolube, Falcon Rods, Ben E. Keith, Republic Beverage and much much more.

LIVE CHARITY BOARD
Follow all the live action at the tournament site or via live webcast of the Anglers weights and standings along with the Charities pledge donation totals.
livecharityboard.jpg

 

Purpose of the FISH-A-THON:

 To provide an outlet for local civic groups and charities wherever based, to raise monies for their organizations.

 

All non-profit groups are eligible, including charities, bass clubs, civic groups, volunteer fire departments, and churches etc.

 

The organization will select a team leader who MUST turn in the combined pledge slip with the total of all pledges on Friday at the Tournament registration, located at Rains County Fair Ground in Emory, TX, 5pm - 8pm, May 29, 2009.

 

A drawing will be held on Friday evening at the fair grounds for team placement for Sundays final. Sunday’s finalist will be based on the top 5 teams from Saturday.

 

Saturday’s top 5 teams will be fishing for the charities on Sunday. Tournament times on Saturday, May 30th and Sunday, May 31st are from 6:00am to 2:00pm. The weigh in line will close at 2:00pm each day.

 

In the event a team finishes with a weight less than 30 pounds a minimum weight of 30 pounds will be calculated toward your pledge.

 

On the final day of the tournament, the pounds of all fish caught per team will be recorded to our Live Charity Board at the tournament site. Final results of places will be made official after all teams have reported in.  Team Leaders MUST be present to win.

 

Combined pledge slips will be returned to all team leaders at the end of the tournament.

 

A plaque will be awarded on Sunday after the tournament to the top five finishers of the FISH-A-THON. The official results of the pledges will be published in the newspaper,”Rains County Leader”.

 

Each team member is responsible for collecting their pledge money and turning it into their team leader.

 

Validation Procedures for Collection of Tournament Awarded Prize Money: The Charity Name, copy of all pledge sheets, address, and phone number, along with a receipt from the Charity must be mailed to the Tournament Secretary, 3021 CR1165, Brashear, TX 75420.

 

BE A HERO!!!

BECOME A TEAM LEADER

All organizations require one team leader to step up and collect all your team members pledge sheets and combine the totals. The combined totals will then be entered onto our Live Charity Board by organizational name.

 

 

COMBINED PLEDGE SLIP

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TOTAL OF ALL PLEDGES COMBINE  

 

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TOP  INDIVIDUAL PLEDGES

   Name                                                                                  Amount

                                                                                     

 

 

 

 

ORGANIZATION NAME___________________________________________________

 

TEAM LEADER__________________________________

 

PHONE NUMBER________________________________

 

ADDRESS________________________________________________________________

 

SIGNATURE______________________________________________________________

BELOW FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

 

 

 

 

                                           PLEDGES  X   POUNDS  = DOLLAR       

                                                                                         AMOUNT

                                                                     

                                                      TEAM PLACE     TEAM NUMBER

 

 

 

 

Click here to download and print Combined Pledge Sheet

INDIVIDUAL

TEAM MEMBER

PLEDGE SHEETS

Individual members of the team use this form to collect all of their pledges. This will then be turned into the team leader who will combine all pledges for posting on the Live Charity board.

 

     WHAT TO DO:

1.      Ask family, friends, businesses, suppliers and vendors to make a pledge based on this year’s results of one of the top five teams.  A drawing on Friday night will determine team placement. Use last years results as a guideline which ranged from 26 to 88 pounds.

2008 RESULTS

Place 1   88 lbs

Place 2   87 lbs

Place 3   71 lbs

Place 4   56 lbs

Place 5   26 lbs

2.       Have sponsors write name, address, and amount of pledge. Any amount of pledge is acceptable.

3.       Turn all pledge sheets into team leader for recording, keep this copy for collections. Make copies if necessary.

4.      Team leader will combine all pledges and turn in the combined pledge sheet during the tournament registration 5pm to 8pm on Friday, 29 May 2009, at the Rains County Fair Grounds in Emory, TX.

5.      On Sunday May 31st at the tournament site Axton’s Bass City, a running total of pounds for each team will be displayed on our Live Charity Board so that each organization will be able to follow their totals through out the day.

6.      After official results are final, each team leader will be given an official list of placement and poundage.

7.      Collect all pledge money from your sponsors. Provide cash receipt if requested.

8.      Turn money directly into team leader.

100% of all money raised goes directly to the Charities themselves.            

                                                                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                    These two

   sections to be filled out

after the final results

NAME

ADDRESS

PHONE #

PLEDGE PER LB

TOTAL

POUNDS

30lbs min

TOTAL $ DUE

EXAMPLE

John Smith

2061   CR1386

Emory, Tx

    903-    321-    0987

.50

X 60  

=$30.00      

 

EXAMPLE

James Jones

      3021 CR 1543

      Yantis, Tx

903-543-7654

$1.00

X 60  

 =$60.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     PHOTO COPIES ACCEPTABLE

                 

click here to download and print Individual Pledge Sheet

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