BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 4.7.24//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:Community Calendar NAME:Community Calendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20180325T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2018 Southtowns Walleye Association Annual Tournament DTSTAMP:20180228T154124Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:12-1-4d10411ad296ebe436046481654c2daa@www.lakeerieunited.com ORGANIZER;CN="STWA":info@lakeerieunited.com DESCRIPTION:\n\n \n \n Southtowns Walleye Association Annual Tourname nt\n \n\n \n Click Here to Visit Our Tournament Sponsors\n \n\n \n \n  \n \n\n \n 2018 Tournament News\n \n\n \n The Official Sout htowns Walleye Association Tournament Dates are June 9th through 17th\, 20 18\n \n\n \n It has come to the attention of the Tournament Committee that there have been many questions and rumors regarding the upcoming 2018 tournament and the changes that have been implemented this year.\n\n \n \n This article will answer many of these questions that you may have. F irstly we will list the changes and or improvements that have been made an d then explain them in detail below.\n\n \n\n Changes and or improveme nts made in 2018 versus 2017:\n \n\n \n 1st - Increased the tournament entry fee by $15.00 (Change)\n\n 2nd - Increased Cash Payouts by 68 per cent (Improvement)\n\n 3rd - Weigh station locations (Change)\n\n 4th - Existing Calcutta and the addition of a new Calcutta (Change/Improvement )\n\n 5th - Corporate Days (Change)\n \n\n \n \n The $15.00 incre ase in the tournament fee. Why was this implemented? The tournament commit tee wanted to increase the payouts to participants versus the payouts that had been in place for years\, this small increase and sponsor monies we o btained were able to make this happen and quite substantially. We know you feel $15.00 dollars is a big jump\, but when you look below and see the i ncreases that your money went towards\, we didn't increase it by that much to hit these prize values and it is still less than the price of 2 lures. \n\n  \n \n \n We have had a 68% increase in the total cash pay outs for 2018\, this in itself is a great improvement over previous tourna ments\, and as you can see we increased them all substantially through all places\, not just the top end.\n\n  \n \n \n\n \n New 2018 Payo ut Structure                  2017 Payout Structure\n \n\n \n 1st- $6500.00                                       1s t-- $5000.00\n\n 2nd - $4000.00                                      2nd - $3000.00\n\n 3rd - $2000.00                                       3rd - $1000.00\n\n 4th - $1600.00                                       4th-10th - $ 500.00\n\n 5th - $1500.00                                       11th - 50th - $100.00\n\n 6th - $1 400.00                                       51st -200t h - $ 50.00\n\n 7th - $1300.00\n\n 8th - $1200.00\n\n 9th - $1100.0 0\n\n 10th - $1000.00\n\n 11th - 15th - $500.00\n\n 16th- 200th - $1 00.00\n\n \n\n This gives you a side by side comparison of this year ’s payouts and last year’s payouts\, not bad.\n \n\n \n \n Weig h stations location changes. After looking at the number of fish brought i n at each station in previous years and the number of people required to m an each location we have decided to close the Small Boat Harbor and Sturge on Point weigh stations and in doing so we will be opening the Southtowns Walleye Clubhouse as a weigh station\, which will be open from 2pm until 8 pm every day. This was done in order to get people out fishing the tournam ent more often\, for example after work or school and still be able to wei gh in your catch without having to wait until the following day.\n\n \n \n We will still be keeping Barcelona and Cattaraugus Creek weigh stati ons open\, but we are changing the hours from 2pm to 5pm daily. These new hours will let our volunteers be able to fish longer each day and not have to get in as early to get to the stations and setup. Also\, we are workin g on opening a Dunkirk weigh station\, but are still in the process of fin alizing the details\, and we will keep you posted as soon as we receive co nfirmation.\n\n  \n \n \n Calcutta's. Another change and improv ement will be on the 3 day Calcutta\, We will be adding the last Sunday of the tournament onto this Calcutta and the price will increase from $30.00 to $40.00. This Calcutta will still continue to pay the top 3 heaviest wa lleyes for each day on Sat. June 9th\, Sun. June 10th\, Sat. June 16th and Sun. June 17th. This Calcutta will continue to be a 90% payout and is spo nsored by C. Guenther Deck Restorations.\n\n \n\n The next improveme nt is the addition of the 9 day\, 100% payout Calcutta sponsored by Curly' s Grill and Banquet Center on Ridge Rd.\, Lackawanna N.Y. This Calcutta wi ll cost $100.00 and will run for the full 9 days of the tournament and as mentioned above this is a 100 percent payout.\n\n \n\n This Calcutta will pay the top 5 heaviest Walleyes of the 9 days of the tournament. (NO T 5 PER DAY). You will also be able to enter more than 1 walleye in this Calcutta (Example: If you enter the 1st heaviest walleye on one day and sa y the 5th heaviest on a preceding day\, you will win both payouts). This C alcutta has the potential to payout more than the main tournament\, with t he possibility for you to go home with over $10\,000 in cash. Why? Because you are just as lucky as the next guy\, and all it takes is that One Fish . So get in on the Calcutta’s today. You too can Be In It to Win It.\n\n  \n \n \n Corporate Days - Let me start out by saying there wi ll be 2 corporate sponsors each day this year\, however the change comes f rom this - You will know all of the sponsors\, but you will not know what day they will be sponsoring until the close of the tournament on Sunday Ju ne 17th. The sponsor names will be randomly drawn and placed on a day duri ng the picnic\, so it will be important this year to make sure you mark do wn sponsor product that you used on your weigh slips accordingly.\n \n \n\n \n \n\n So there you have it\, these are the current changes and improvements we have made to the 34th Annual Southtowns Walleye Tournamen t 2018 our general rules have stayed the same except for a few word clarif ications. We will keep you updated on the progress of the tournament plans through our monthly publication the FishLine\, website (www.southtownswal leye.org) and Facebook page along with our general membership meetings.\n\ n \n\n Also we would like to inform all of our members and non-members that we are now able to accept credit cards at the club and pay-pal on ou r website for membership and tournament sign-ups\, so don’t delay on get ting in for those early bird prizes.\n \n\n \n Thank You to our Tourna ment Committee for all of their hard work and dedication so far to making this an Epic Tournament.\n \n\n \n Rob Kroh\n\n Tournament Chairman\ n\n \n\n Jim Skoczylas\n\n Tournament Co-Chairman\n \n\n \n 2018 Southtowns Walleye Association Tournament Sponsor Information\n\n If yo u desire information on sponsoring the 2018 STWA Walleye Tournament\,\n\n please contact us at: tournament@southtownswalleye.com\n \n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180609 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180618 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR