**** IMPORTANT NEWS****

Due to the upcoming events for TBF of SC that are of major importance to our future,we will be moving up the dates for our elections. It is my feeling that the President that will preside next year needs to be in place before the FLW Championship in August, as well as responsible for the 2009 Southern Division. We will be accepting nominations for the following positions until Sunday, the weekend after our Greenwood tournament. We will post those nominations the next day, Monday, and the voting will begin.You will have a week to consider and place your vote. Please take into consideration what would in the best interest of TBF when both nominating and voting. The Officers up for re-election are:

Chuck Kinard - President

Mike Boatright - Tournament Director

Joe Worley - Treasurer

You may e-mail your nominations and votes to ckinard@sc.rr.com. If you wish to cast your vote annonimously, please feel free to send them to our PO Box listed below. This will be individual voting. One Person - One Vote. Any changes resulting from this election will takes place immediately

For everyones information, here are the responsibilities of the Officers.

President - Preside over TBF of SC events, pursue sponsorships, speak at events for aquiring new members, act as a tie breaker if needed, and act as liason between Sponsors, TBF National, and our local sponsors.

Vice - President - Be able to step into the President's role in case of emergency, be active in the pusuit of new partners, be the lead in membership growth and their functions, and work with the Tournament Director in the operation of the Tournament Trail.

Secretary - Keep accurate records of membership, dues, club rosters, FLW staus, Admin. for the website, weight recording at tournaments, tournament postings, pairings, and results to the website. Record all official TBF of SC busines, notes, or applicable business related subjects. Pursue partners, memebers, and record weights at the tournaments.

Treasurer - Receive all dues, entries, and monies on behalf of the TBF of SC. Issue all Tournament and official checks. Maintain the banking relationship with our financial institution. Help with the running of tournaments and pursue new partners.

Tournament Director - Run all aspects of the Tournament Trail. Be the final word in all decisions stemming from the trail. Be the contact on on everything tournament related. Be the contact and fascillitator for our insurance policy. Enforce all tournament and insurance related rules.

Youth Director - Responsible for all aspects of this division of TBF, including the Youth Championship. Procure sponsors and partners for this event. Hold membership drives and meetings, build the club count in this division,and conduct Casting Kids events. Co-Ordinate with the Tournament Director, the Youth Championship.

Congratulations go out to Robert Rikard and Craig Fredrychowski. They represented

the TBF of SC and the State of South Carolina at the TBF National Championship April 24th

through the 27th on Lake Wylie in North Carolina. On the boater side, Robert overcame some

difficult partner draws to finish 15th out of 46. Craig, also with a tough last day draw, overcame

everyone and WON THE CO-ANGLER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!! That is correct, he won the

Co-Angler division for the ENTIRE TBF! I could not be prouder of these two gentlemen. They

represented us in a very professional manner and came home with some cash for their effort.

Not to bad for our first trip to the dance. Craig will now move on to fish the BFL All-American

Tournament AND the FLW CUP here on Murray in August. Please congratulate these two

gentlemen who reprsented us so well. Also take a look at the pictures tab to see them on

stage.

With that great news covered, we need to cover a few house cleaning issues. Effective immediately, I will no longer be involved with the handling of Tournaments, their procedures, or the money involved. Your contacts for all things related to TBF of SC Tournaments will be:

Mike Boatright - Tournament Director - (803)979-1785 - cell

Craig Fredrychowski - Vice-President - (814)282-3270 - cell

Joe Worley - Treasurer - (803)467-3375 - cell

Mr. Randy Allen has agreed to come onboard as our Secretary. Welcome and thank you to Randy. Everyone needs to welcome Randy at the Greenwood tournament. Randy will be a tremendous help to us(me). I will be transitioning the web site responsibilities over to him. He will also be doing the pairings and results. I will be publishing his contact information at a later date.