gatorsmg Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 The 3rd Annual Spartan Fishing Tournament is already looking like we are going to be even bigger than last year! Some of you already know but for those that don't... Same place as always- La Siesta in Islamorada and Same dates as always August 26 and 27. Registrations and brochures will be ready very soon! Grab the family and join us at La Siesta that weekend for a great time! Check out the website for more info including results and pics from last year: PaceAnglersClub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsmg Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Some info from last year's tournament... With everyone that helped us organize the event (Benny Blanco, Ray Kooser at La Siesta, Mike Forster of Mangrove Mike's and many many more) we had an awesome time! 100 people joined us between anglers, guides, sponsors and guests. It's great to see everyone from pros to kids come together to share their p***ion for fishing. There were even a few people from this forum that fished last year... Capt. Benny Blanco, Dave Nickles (limitless) and Rainer Schael (Rainer S). 14 teams competed in the inshore division 7 teams competed in the offshore division 13 guides joined us last year... Capt. Benny Blanco Capt. Steven Tejera Capt. Troy Mel Capt. Jason Swenson Capt. Joe Costadura Capt. Raul Montoro Capt. Bill Wert Capt. Mike Kozma Capt. Bruce Pollock Capt. Rich Burson Capt. Juan Garcia Capt. Cliff Tatje Capt. Greg Poland Over 20 sponsors donated items to give away and/or raffle... Rapala Pelagic David Wirth IGFA Scales gear Bacardi Presidente beer Dolphin boats Flanigans TTI Blakemore Quality Aircraft Trophyland USA etc... Here are a couple pics from last year Team and individual awards... Benny with his clients... First place inshore team with artist David Wirth... First place offshore team with artist David Wirth... Captain Jason Swenson with his clients... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer S Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Looking forward to it. Noel and I had a blast last year. Idling out of La Siesta in the morning. Captain Steve Tejera, Scott & Coach Tom heading across Florida Bay to Flamingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsmg Posted April 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 Glad to have you guys back out there Rainer! I have a picture of you guys running back to Flamingo somewhere but I can't find it :susel: Here are some other pics though: Team "11" getting ready to head out of La Siesta Dave Nickles (Limitless) with Captain Rich Burson Captain Troy Mell with Les Brown and his sons Offshore team "Quality Aircraft Parts" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer S Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Think is was this one. It's always cool to see pic of your skiff running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsmg Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Registrations are almost done! La Siesta will be ready to start taking room reservations this week... they are giving us awesome rates for the weekend!! 1 bedroom = $129 per night 2 bedroom = $219 per night 3 bedroom = $309 per night * They are also waiving all resort fees and docking fees for the event! Hope to see some of you guys there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocksail Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Looks like a great event! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer S Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Hey dude - Chatted with Rob Clift of NPCA yesterday (the Eco-Mariner guy). He's in to provide NPCA's 19' Pathfinder for some non fishing folks. We discussed either him doing an eco tour of Florida Bay, or swinging by Flamingo, etc. to heckle those fishing the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsmg Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Sweet, thanks Rainer! I should give Rob a call... I want to talk to him about the whole "eco-mariner in schools thing" I got a cool phone call last week... artist David Wirth offered to make us a new tournament logo! Now we just need to figure out what we want it to look like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsmg Posted June 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Lots of great news for the tournament... The brochure/ registration and the sponsorship information are now available on our website: www.paceanglersclub.com Sponsor updates: Marine Artist David Wirth is joining us again this year! He making our first place trophies for each division as well as some great raffle items. He is also re-designing our tournament logo... our shirts are going to be awesome!! His website: http://www.davidwirth.com Quality Aircraft Parts is also showing their support as they do every year by being one of our major sponsors. They have been a tremendous help in getting the tournament to where it is today! their website: http://www.qualityaircraftparts.com Mangrove Mike's will be catering the awards BBQ again this year. For those of you that have eaten at Mike's restaurant in Islamorada you know how happy we are to have his support... the food is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsmg Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 We are in the middle of securing all of the guides to fish the tournament with us. Here is the list of participating guides as of today: Benny Blanco Steven Tejera Troy Mell Jason Sensson Joe Costadura Juan Garcia Greg Poland Peter Frezza More updates coming soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsmg Posted July 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 The tournament is blowing up right now... should be a great year!! Our sponsors have been very good to us and there are still new sponsors jumping on board!! I love checking the mail and finding boxes from sponsors with goodies for our raffle and to give away to anglers. Here is the current list of sponsors: Pelagic David Wirth (Marine Wildlife Artist) IGFA Scales Dolphin Boats Markey Marine Fish Florida La Siesta Resort Mangrove Mike's Cafe TTI Blakemore Fishing Gear Dynasty Apparel Eco-Mariner Trophyland USA ... There are about 7 or 8 others that we are currently working with and should be added to the list soon! We've also got an AWESOME group of guides that are joining us again this year! We are very thankful to the guides that have pledged their continued support of our tournament and the goal of raising money for kids and their youth fishing club!! Capt. Benny Blanco Capt. Steven Tejera Capt. Troy Mell Capt. Jason Swensson Capt. Joe Costadura Capt. Peter Frezza Capt. Rich Burson Capt. Greg Poland Capt. Juan Garcia Capt. Mike Kozma Capt. James Chappell Capt. Ron Varona I'm looking forward to a great weekend at La Siesta...I hope to see some of you there!! Check out our website for more info: www.paceanglersclub.com Or give me a call: 305 389-9752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsmg Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Check out the art Marine Wildlife Artist David Wirth made for us... This is our new club logo (also going on the tournament shirts) This is the Dolphin he did in Pace colors for the back of our tournament shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer S Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Very cool - I'm actually wearing last year's shirt. If you gotta be in the office at 5am, you might as wear a shirt that WAKES YOU UP? What color are they this year? You talk to Rob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsmg Posted July 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Lol. I love that the reflection causes everything around you to look yellow!! Blue this year. I think it's our best shirt yet I talked to Rob last week. He/ Eco-Mariner are going to spend the weekend at the tournament! Friday night he is going to bring some freebies to toss around and give a quick talk about what they do at Eco-Mariner. On Saturday he is going to have the Pathfinder at La Siesta to give tours of the bay to people that aren't fishing the tournament. Did Rob tell you about the revised online course for Eco-Mariner? It sounds great PLUS everyone that completes it gets a rewards card good for some nice discounts in the Keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsmg Posted August 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 3 weeks until the tournament...can't wait! We've added a few more sponsors and guides to the list of AWESOME SUPPORTERS!!! This is going to be our best year yet! If you haven't sent in your registration yet try to get it in as soon as possible so we can ***ign guides to the guided teams. All of the details and registration info are here: http://paceanglersclub.com/Pace_Anglers_Club/Tournament.html Let me know if you have any questions Cell: 305 389-9752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorsmg Posted August 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 We had a great time at the 3rd Annual Spartan Fishing Tournament! The event was held at La Siesta Resort and Marina in Islamorada. We spent the weekend with approximately 110 parents, students, faculty, staff, alumni, sponsors and people from the community. This was our largest and most successful tournament yet! The incredible amount of support and participation keeps growing every year and we are able to provide more help to Pace families through the Spartans 4 Spartan program!! Of course the tournament also helps to support the Pace Angles Club... I invite all of you to participate in the club as well. Be sure to check out the Anglers Club website with all of the details and pictures: www.paceanglersclub.com I will be updating the site as I get more pictures so feel free to send me pictures that you took. RESULTS INSHORE DIVISION 1st Place - Team 87 (171 points) 2nd Place - Team 3 Stooges (77points) w/ Capt. Benny Blanco 3rd Place - Team Li & Leung (53 points) w/ Capt. Mike Kozma OFFSHORE DIVISION 1st Place - Team Harke (174 points) w/ Capt. James Chappell on the CatchaLottaFish 2nd Place - Team ReelTease (71 points) 3rd Place - Team Yoham, Rouco & Torres (58 points) w/ Capt. Ron Varona on the GreenEyedGirl INDIVIDUAL Biggest Fish - Les Brown (11’ Hammerhead) w/ Capt. Juan Garcia Top Jr. Angler - Matthew Harke w/ Capt. James Chappell on the CatchaLottaFish Smallest Fish - Elysse Bernstein (4†Mangrove Snapper) w/ Capt. Bill Wert SPECIAL THANKS To all of the sponsors, guides, all of those that helped during the weekend and La Siesta for making sure everyone had a great time! EVENT SPONSOR: QUALITY AIRCRAFT PARTS INC- http://www.qualityaircraftparts.com/ SPARTAN SPONSORS: DAVID WIRTH MARINE ART- http://www.davidwirth.com & DYNASTY APPAREL- http://www.dynastyapparel.com/ CATERING: MANGROVE MIKES CAFÉ- http://mangrovemikes.com/ GUIDES: (I encourage you to get in touch with them to book a day of fishing!) BENNY BLANCO: www.fishingflamingo.com TROY MELL: www.reelmello.com JAMES CHAPPELL: www.catchalottafish.com RICH BURSON: www.rufishingyet.com JUAN GARCIA: www.beatslandcharters.com BILL WERT: www.keysbackcountry-fishing.com RON VARONA: www.greeneyedgirlcharters.com GREG POLAND: www.gregpoland.com MIKE KOZMA: www.mikekozma.com PETER FREZZA: pfrezza@audubon.org SPONSORS: (please visit their websites) GATOR AUTO GL***: 305 821-1708 HARKE CLASBY & BUSHAMAN LLP: www.harkeclasby.com BACARDI: www.bacardi.com BNV VENDING CARRABBAS: www.carrabbas.com ECO-MARINER: www.ecomariner.org FISH FLORIDA: www.fishfloridatag.org FLANIGANS: www.flanigans.net FRAMES EXPRESS: www.frames-express.com IGFA: www.igfa.org MARKEY MARINE (in Islamorada): www.markeymarine.com OLIVA CIGARS: www.olivacigars.com OUTBACK: www.outback.com PELAGIC high performance offshore gear: www.pelagicgear.com SALTWATER STYLE: www.saltwaterstyle.com *there is a 10% discount when you use the code: PACE... 10% will also be donated back to Pace! SCALES on the water gear: www.scalesgear.com TROPHYLAND: www.trophyland.com TTI-BLAKEMORE FISHING GROUP: www.ttiblakemore.com VICKY BAKERY: www.vickybakery.com A COMPLETE LIST OF GUIDES, SPONSORS ETC CAN BE FOUND ON OUR CLUB WEBSITE: http://paceanglersclub.com/Pace_Anglers_Club/Tournament.html On our website you will also find: * information and links to all of our sponsors * information about how you can be more involved and learn how organizations like the FWC and IGFA are working to protect our fishing resources. * contact information for all of the great guides that joined us for the tournament. They are all full time guides and can be booked for a day of fishing THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT THIS PAST WEEKEND... EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED/ SPONSORED THE EVENT HELPED PACE TO RAISE MONEY FOR OUR STUDENTS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer S Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Thanks for a great tournament. Noel and I had our worst fishing day in months, but other than that, had a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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