Dear Team Captain MERCURY BAY GAME FISHING CLUB (INC.) STABICRAFT TRAILER BOAT TOURNAMENT 8-10 MARCH 2018 (Incorporating Last Round of the Furuno Snapper World Cup) Welcome to the Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club s 2018 Stabicraft Trailer Boat Tournament. We invite you to enter this season s tournament. Enclosed is all the information you will need to enter all the anglers fishing on your boat for the tournament and all other relevant information that we need to make this the successful tournament that it is. Please fill all the necessary sheets out and return them to us as soon as possible, to PO Box 150, Whitianga. PLEASE READ ALL THE ENCLOSED INFORMATION CAREFULLY VENUE The venue for the Stabicraft Trailer Boat Tournament briefing, nightly prizegiving and entertainment is at the Club. Briefing starts at 1930 sharp on Wednesday 7 March 2018. ENTRIES Please enter the tournament before Wednesday 7 March if at all possible to keep that day free for registration. REGISTRATION Registration will be in the Clubrooms from Wednesday 7 March, from 1100 until 1915. Please try and register early to avoid a long queue and pressure on staff. N.B. Registration (and late entries) will cease at 1915 to allow briefing to proceed on time. Late registration and entries will resume after 2000. All anglers fishing must be members of the Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club or members of a Club affiliated to the NZSFC or IGFA. We MUST SIGHT your current membership card either before or at registration. If you are unsure whether your Club is affiliated please phone the office. If you or any angler on your vessel is a member of another Club you must send a copy of such membership/s when returning your registration forms. Failure to supply this will invalidate your entry. Day membership of the Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club is available at $15 per day per person. ENTRY FEES The entry fee $150 per angler. RULES The Tournament Rules are on the club website www.gamebase.co.nz. CANCELLATIONS You may have an emergency making you unable to fish the Stabicraft Trailer Boat Tournament and need to cancel. Please let us know as soon as possible. Entry fees will be refunded in full if the tournament is cancelled. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS Please read the enclosed radio communications policy and complete and return the information sheet with your registration form. ALAN PROCTOR MANAGER GOOD LUCK & GOOD FISHING
(2) ENTRY FORM VESSEL NAME: SKIPPER:... ADDRESS: CONTACT PHONE NO: HOME.. MOBILE ANGLERS NAMES CLUB NAME & MEMBERSHIP NO If a member of another Club copy of Membership MUST be attached otherwise day membership is available 1 2 3 4 5 6 PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR ENTRY WILL BE INVALID IF ANGLERS ARE MEMBERS OF ANOTHER CLUB AND YOU FAIL TO PRODUCE VERIFICATION WITH THIS ENTRY Skipper or Team Captains Declaration The team agrees to fish by the tournament rules. Signed..
(3) PAYMENT CHECK LIST $150 X... anglers MEMBERSHIPS (Application forms available) $75 plus $40 Nomination Fee = $115 x.. anglers DAY MEMBERSHIPS $15 per day x 3 days = $45 x anglers TOTAL PAYMENT DO YOU REQUIRE A GST TAX INVOICE PLEASE RETURN PAYMENT TO: YES / NO PO BOX 150 WHITIANGA PHONE 07 866 4121 Email: mbgfc@xtra.co.nz
(4) RADIO COMMUNICATIONS POLICY NOTICE TO OWNERS & SKIPPERS OF VESSELS FISHING IN THE 2018 STABICRAFT TRAILER BOAT TOURNAMENT In the interest of safety at sea and to assist in the efficient day to day running of its activities the Club will provide Base Radio Station facilities for vessels fishing our tournaments and contests. Game Club/Office phone number: 07 866 4121 Gamebase Radio (CH61) Mobile 021 0256 2849 It is therefore required that all vessels registering for these activities be equipped with an efficient VHF radio capable of accessing the Club s working frequencies on Channel 61. Please use this facility to let Gamebase know where you are and check in when the day is over when you reach your Boat Ramp. This is very important as we like to be sure you are home safely. Failure to report in each evening means you will be deemed as NOT fishing the following day. The same will apply if you fail to report when leaving the harbour. Except in an emergency all radio transmissions should be made by certified operators and a good standard of procedure is requested. With changes to the legislation on marine radio usage being considered stations is regularly being monitored by radio inspectors with attention being given to VHF repeater usage or perhaps their misuse. It is in all our interest to do the job right. Good luck to you all
(5) RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND SAFETY INFORMATION SHEET WHEN USING CHANNEL 61 AS REQUIRED IN THE RULES OR OTHERWISE, YOU ARE NOTIFYING VESSEL INTENTIONS ONLY. SAR TRIP REPORTS AND EMERGENCIES SHOULD BE COMMUNICATED ON CHANNEL 63 COASTGUARD. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY AND RETURN THIS SHEET WITH YOUR ENTRY Vessel Name:.. Boat Make: Boat Length Callsign. Mobile Number. PLEASE TICK WHERE APPROPRIATE RADIO VHF...... EPIRB GPS.. LIFEJACKETS. FLARES.. FIRE EXTINGUISHER... WHAT IS YOUR MAIN BOAT RAMP:. Signature of Skipper: ** The information on this form may be passed to Coastguard solely for the purposes of assisting should a SAR be initiated**