THE TUI DIRTY DOZEN FISHING CONTEST (entry forms and rules etc below)
The last Day of Postal entries is Monday 16th October. After that tickets are available at the Bridge House Lodge in Warkworth, or by making special arrangements with Bill (09) 425-6797. We will be at the Bridge House Lodge all day Saturday from 10am selling tickets.
The Camp Hohepa Fundraising contest on Labour Weekend Sunday 22nd October 2006 -
Our thanks to DB Breweries and their Tui brand for their support as the naming right sponsor for this contest.
The contest is called THE TUI DIRTY DOZEN FISHING CONTEST, which will start and end at the Bridgehouse Lodge in Elizabeth St in Warkworth. There are many contests that have a ‘raffle system’ in place to determine the winner of the contest’s major prize. This is so that the contest can be seen as being fair to all contestants; just by buying a ticket people are in with a chance at winning the big prize. Also look at the odds of actually winning with a big snapper in a lot of contests. In the big contests the odds of winning can be something like 1500 to one. Also there are those who say that fishing in the ‘raffle’ type contests leaves no room for recognition and reward of angling skills. The TUI DIRTY DOZEN contest will be in this category, the rewarding of angling skills. It also addresses the 'odds' factor of actually winning a major prize. In our contest the odds are 12 to 1 of winning a $1000 cash prize. So the TUI DIRTY DOZEN contest will go like this.
There are x number of sections comprising of a group of 12 anglers who will be competing against each other for 1st place in their section. The person who weighs in the heaviest snapper is the winner in each section. Each ticket holder can only weigh in one snapper. Remember 'keeping the contest fair' bit above? The contest will be over in one day. The day will begin at the Bridgehouse Lodge in Warkworth with all competitors attending the contest breakfast at 6.am. There will be a briefing, and at 7am competitors will be allowed to leave for the fishing grounds. There are plenty of launching ramps and anchorages in the contest area, and there is plenty of parking in the Warkworth village on Sunday morning. The weigh in areas will close at 5.30pm with the weigh in officials being at designated boat ramps. At 6.30pm the contest dinner will commence at the Bridgehouse Lodge with the prize giving beginning at approximately 7.30pm with great entertainment after that. We have chosen Warkworth Village as the contest base because it's easy to get to, it's central to the launching ramps and anchorages in the area and being a Sunday presents minimal parking problems for vehicles and trailers with the whole village to park in. In good old Camp Ho tradition, everyone will go away from this contest a winner, with a good variety of prizes over and above the major cash prize of $1000 in each group 12 section. So if you’re keen to support this unique fundraising event, print out the entry form and post it off to us. If you're interested in supporting this contest as a sponsor please contact us (09) 425-6797 or email Billhohepa@xtra.co.nz Our Sponsors so far are: DB Breweries with their TUI brand beer - Wiltek Maintenence Ltd- Jackson Estate Wines - Windsheer Jerseys - Wobbly Berley Pots - Bill Hohepa Enterprises Ltd - Ezi Flag - Wheeler Knives - Mount Gay Rum - Searles Murphies Brew berley - Inox Products
ENTRY FORM FOR THE TUI DIRTY DOZEN FISHING CONTEST SUNDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2006
Tickets are also available direct from the Bridgehouse Lodge in Elizabeth St in Warkworth, and we will be there all day Saturday selling tickets. They will however be allocated to spaces available, the time of chosing your place is gone.
The Breakfast is $15 per head, and the dinner is free to ticket holders.
There will be a charity auction prior to the prizegiving of Bill Hohepa's old GPS unit still loaded with all its weighpoints and some other great fishing gear. There is a raffle running on the night for a 26" LCD TV.
What happens on Sunday morning: On Sunday the teams of 12 will be finalised so that there are complete teams of 12. That means you may be put in a team with one of your mates, so early entry is recommended. In the event of late entries, and there not being enough people to make up a team of 12, they will make up a team of how many people there are, say for instance there are 7 people left over wanting tickets that last group will be competing for $700. So simply the number of odd contestants left over through late entries (Sunday morning for instance) are competing for the $Hundred's value of how many are in that last group. So get in before that happens. (09) 425-6797 or email Billhohepa@xtra.co.nz.