NBAA DAYS @ D & R SPORTS

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Stacey King Seminar at D&R's NBAA Days!


NTRO Pro Team member Stacey King is coming to D&R Sports to officially kick off the new partnership between Tracker marine and NBAA! Be sure to come down to D&R Sports in Kalamazoo on February 9th for a great seminar and information on NBAA's big plans for 2008.

This special event will officially start at 11:00 am with Stacey's seminar starting at 1:00 pm. NBAA will be on hand signing up members and answering questions about the 2008 season. We'll also be announcing the championship site for next season. So come on down to D&R Sports Saturday and stop by and talk with the pro-staff from NBAA and take in a fantastic seminar by Stacey King.

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Hope this is what you are looking for:

First I'd like to thank everyone who was able to make it to D&R for the Directors meeting Saturday.  We had a great time and I hope for those of you that attended you found this very informative and helpful for the upcoming season.  And, congratulations to all of the directors who won a prize in our drawing after the meeting, including Brian Purwin who won a new Humminbird graph. 



For those of you who were not able to attend I have the notes from the meeting below.  As you go through the notes you'll notice that some of the items are incomplete as these notes were used for discussion points.  However, some of the information discussed at this meeting will be in the next issue of the National Angler which is scheduled to be mailed out at the end of this week.  We'll also be updating the web with these new changes and updates over the next couple of weeks.



Notes for D&R Sports Directors Meeting February 9th



·         Nitro/Tracker-Mercury announcement – New major sponsor- Director deals and programs to be announced very soon.

·         One on One Super Qualifiers – –Sunday June 22 - Lake St Clair/ Harley Ensign

Sunday July 13 – White Lake/Municipal Ram

Saturday August 10 – Gun Lake/Allegan County Park

        CHAMPIONSHIP – SUNDAY AUGUST 24 – MUSKEGON LAKE/FISHERMANS LANDING

·         Directors Championship

o    DATE – September 5th – Banquet at Bass Pro Shops in Auburn Hills

o    Event – September 6th – Cass Lake Near Bass Pro Shops in Auburn Hills

·         NEW - Weekend Entry Fee

o    Was $115 + $10 big bass = $125

o    Now $95 + $5 big bass = $100

·         NEW – Membership Fee = $35 for all members – Includes family, One on One and singles.

·         RED, WHITE & BLUE BRAKETS!

o    30% of the field will qualify in all divisions

o    No drawing for the boat – fishing for the boat all 3 days

o    Smaller Championships – faster weigh ins

o    fish 3 consecutive days – Eliminates Ultimate and Lunker Shootout

o    Please look at attached PDF file for explanation of the NEW Red, White and Blue brackets.

o    Your division will be assigned to a Red, White or Blue bracket in the upcoming issue of the National Angler magazine. If you see a conflict with your division in these new brackets please let me know.

·         2009 Championship site - Houghton Lake

·         Director Distribution Meeting at the Lansing Show, Saturday April 12.  Details and times to follow.

NEW RULES –

o    TEAMS:  Teams must be declared at the first event fished in any one specific division by either member of the team.  If both members of the team are present for any event in a specific division that they have declared themselves as a team they must fish together for their points to count towards their total team points.  Members of a team that decide to fish apart during the same event in a specific division where they have declared themselves as a team no points will be awarded to the original declared team.



o    LIABILITY INSURANCE: All members must carry a minimum of $100,000 of liability insurance on any boat they might use during an NBAA Tournament Event. Failure to do so or reporting of false information will result in disqualification. Anglers must provide proof of insurance upon request.



·         Schedules – If any of you would like me to print out schedules of your division for you to post and handout at sport shops, c-stores, or other places in your area please let me know.  I'll get these printed and sent out to you as soon as possible.



Also, I will be out of the office until Thursday, February 14th with limited access to voice mail and e-mail but if you do have any questions please send them through and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.



Thanks,



Jack Horning