2010 EVENTS
The 8th Annual Fishing for Dreams tournament was held on April 24, 2010, at the St. Augustine Boating Club. They have generously donate their Club since FFD’s inception in 2003.
OUR 2010 DREAM CHILD – ROCKY
Beautiful weather prevailed on tournament day, and, once again, the community rallied around FFD’s very special children and graciously gave their support. (Please see our impressive sponsor page.) MDI Holdings, Inc., is our Grand Sponsor and First Coast Trailers donated a boat trailer as our top prize. We have several new sponsors on board this year (welcome Silver Sponor Merrill Lynch) and other donors have doubled their donations (thank you Gold Sponsor St. Augustine Elks #829). We are very thankful and blessed by all the support which enables FFD to fulfill dreams for the children.
The dream for playground equipment became a reality for Dream Child Rocky and her siblings, Chi-Chi, Paige, Jacob, Kevin, Devin and Tyger. They are a delightful family (more children for us to fall in love with) and we appreciate the community’s support and the army of volunteers who make the dreams happen.
Anglers, sponsors and volunteers met the evening before the tournament to socialize and swap fish tales. The highlight of the evening was the introduction of the Dream Family as well as welcoming back several of our former dream families. We were so pleased to see Tierney, Alex and Jessica. The evening concluded with a huge raffle. Congratulations to Nedra for winning the boat trailer, our top prize.
The weather was perfect on tournament day. However, the noon-time low tide made for an interesting weigh-in. The majority of the fish were brought to the weigh station about an hour before the scale closed. Only 25 bass, 17 trout and 7 flounder were weighed, approximately half the usual number. Congratulations to our winners:
Fishing for Dreams Tournament 2010 Winners |
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Red Bass |
Spotted Seatrout |
Flounder |
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1st | Jimbo Smith | 7.31 lbs. | Kevin Parry | 5.95 lbs. | Kyle Leonheardt | 1.87 lbs. | ||
2nd | Danny Conlin | 7.03 lbs. | Garrett Sims | 4.95 lbs. | John Ravan | 1.80 lbs. | ||
3rd | Amy Roberts | 6.67 lbs. | Vikki Sims | 3.28 lbs. | Nedra Nash | 1.72 lbs. | ||
4th | Derrick Allen | 6.51 lbs. | Debbie Vaughn | 2.90 lbs. | Scott Stanley | 1.68 lbs. | ||
5th |
Dana Lundquist |
6.28 lbs. | Patrick McGee | 2.82 lbs. | Scott Shank | 1.31 lbs. |
Fishing for Dreams Tournament Record Holders (as of 2009) |
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Red Bass | David Edwards | 8.69 LBS. | 2008 |
Spotted Seatrout | Michael McQuaig | 7.39 LBS. | 2009 |
Flounder | Scott Shank | 6.46 LBS. | 2008 |