Larry’s first order of business was introducing Tracy and Steve Bohmer and Erin and Jason Cromleigh to club members. Both couples joined the club at the August meeting. We hope the Bohmer’s and Cromleigh’s find our club fun and even at times educational.

Larry gave special greetings to Allen Logan, Candee Barris, Jerry Gold, Gary Schrempp and new member Tracy Bohmer who all have birthdays in August. Larry and MMBC Secretary, Brenda Davis, presented Amy Hartgrove with a gift from MMBC members for her and Justin Fowler along with our best wishes on her and Justin’s upcoming wedding on Saturday, August 9, 2008.

One of our recently engaged couples is planning a trip to Las Vegas on October 11. No names and no plans can be divulged in this newsletter but it is rumored they are going to spend time in a chapel as well as a casino. Whoever you are the members of the MMBC wish you all the best. What a catch you will each be getting.

General Club Information

Brenda Davis, MMBC Secretary, was not requested to read the minutes from the July meeting.

Cliff Davis, MMBC Treasurer, gave members an update on the club’s current financial status. There were no questions for Cliff.

Tournament News

Luther Lentz, Tournament Director, announced the winners of the July, Lake Austin tournament.

First place went to Larry and Gail Pederzani who brought in the humongous weight of 19.93 pounds. Gail also took women’s Big Bass with 4.88-pound chunk and Larry had men’s Big Bass with a 6.18 pound toad. They said they caught their fish around docks on Tiki Sticks, GrandeBass rattlesnakes, and Big Bite lures Texas rigged with a 3/16 ounce weight.

Second place went to Luther and Alice Lentz for their monstrous 19.19 pound five fish limit. The Lentz’s said they caught the majority of their fish on tail weighted Tiki Sticks and Big Bite lures. Tim Baker who fished alone, teammate Tina wasn’t able to fish, with an impressive 13.88 pound stringer, took third place. Tim caught his fish around boat docks also.

Luther then took nominations and votes for the August 16^th tournament. The results were:

Those that can will gather after the weigh-in at the Stillhouse Marina Restaurant for hamburgers and fish tales.

Past and Present News

Larry passed out patches of recognition to members according to the size of the bass they have caught this year.

Larry gave the club a report on the TABC Championship plans for September 27 and 28 on Lakes Belton and Stillhouse. He provided a list of the teams that will be attending from our club and in what order they will be fishing each lake. He and Pete Trevino gave us a short description of what to expect at the tournament. For further information you may go to the TABC website at tabconline.org. There will be more discussion regarding this at the September 2 meeting.

Brenda Davis reminded members to make their reservation at the Sunbridge Inn (956-765-1221) in Zapata for our two-day tournament on Lake Falcon November 1 and 2.

Vicki Schrempp, Vice President

Larry Pederzani, MMBC President, opened the meeting by greeting club members and offering birthday greetings this month to Donna Hannel (July 8) and Justin Fowler (July 23). He also gave best wishes to himself and Gail Pederzani for their upcoming July 4th anniversary. He then introduced Lance Renfrew who came to the meeting to meet and get to know everyone to see if he and his wife, Brenda, would be a good “fit” in our group. Lance found our club by doing a web search for bass clubs in the Austin area. Larry’s work on the MMBC website has proved to be extremely worthwhile.

General Club Information

Brenda Davis, Secretary, offered to read the minutes from the June meeting if requested. It wasn’t requested.

Cliff Davis, Treasurer, gave all members a written treasurer’s report. There were no questions presented to Cliff. The members approved the treasurer’s report.

Glenda Summers passed on a message of “Thanks” from Allen Summers (due to Allen’s work schedule he wasn’t able to attend the meeting) for his “Special Thanks” certificate and his birthday celebration at Johnny Fins after the June tournament. We return “ Our Thanks and Gratitude” to Allen for his support of the Mr. And Mrs. Bass Club. The club wouldn’t be what it is without Allen’s support.

Luther Lentz, Tournament Director, announced the winners of the June 28^th Lake Travis tournament.

Jerry and Pat Gold won with a whopping weight of 17.42 pounds. Glenda and Allen Summers placed second with a huge weight of 11.02 pounds. Gail and Larry Pederzani brought in third place with 10.25 pounds. The Gold’s said their fish came on a 10” power worm and a DD 16 crankbait. The Summers caught theirs on topwaters and something doodle socked (Glenda wasn’t sure what) and the Pederzani’s caught theirs on Tiki sticks and snakes.

Pat Gold had a 3.94 pounder that won women’s Big Bass and Jerry Gold had a 5.26 pounder that won men’s Big Bass.

Members then selected the lake and fishing times for the July 12^th tournament, which will be:

The following MMBC tournaments will be held on August 16^th and September 6^th. Lake and times will be determined later.

Past and Present News

Larry reported on the latest TABC meeting. Regarding the Championship there is a 7 pm Captain’s meeting planned on Friday the 26^th of September at the Bell County Convention Center. Registration will be on Friday from 2 pm until 6:45 pm also at the Convention Center. We will be sending 12 couples, 3 teams, to represent the MMBC. Those teams will be determined after the July tournament. Fishing hours at the TABC tournament will be safe light until 2 pm on Saturday and safe light until 1 pm on Sunday. TABC has planned a dinner for Saturday evening. Larry Pederzani, Allen Summers and Pete Trevino will keep us informed on TABC plans.

Brenda Davis gave an update on the fall two-day tournament. Most members will be staying at the Sunbridge Inn in Zapata, TX. Their phone number is 956-765-1221. There are 12 rooms blocked for the dates of October 31^st and November 1^st - six couples have made reservations. Room rates are $70.00. When making your reservation tell them you are with the MMBC. The Sunbridge Inn is going to give us $150 to purchase groceries with if we want to cook on premises. Assume we will take them up on their offer. The men in the club can make a menu, go to the store, cook the meal and clean up afterwards and the women can plug in the charger on the boat!!!!!!!! Does that sound like a good plan to everyone?

Lastly, the members of the MMBC wish to extend their condolences to Gary and Vicki Schrempp on the passing of Gary’s mother. We hope you had a safe trip to and from Illinois and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Larry Pederzani, MMBC President, introduced Justin Fowler and Amy Hartgrove who joined the MMBC at the June meeting. Justin and Amy will become husband and wife in August of this year. Club members send their congratulations to Amy and Justin regarding their upcoming nuptials and welcome them into the club’s fishing clan.

Brenda Davis, MMBC Secretary, ask members if there were any questions regarding May’s meeting that she could provide from the minutes. There were none (for which she was grateful because she immensely dislikes reading the minutes). Members approved the non-reading of the minutes.

Cliff Davis, MMBC Treasurer, presented a report on the club’s current financial status. Thanks to our sponsors, Jack Arsenault, George Hudgins, our anonymous donor and Fuddrucker’s restaurant we are doing well financially. Members gave their approval of the treasurer’s report.

Tournament News

Luther Lentz, MMBC Tournament Director, announced the results of the May 17^th, Choke Canyon tournament. He presented Alice and Luther (himself) Lentz a check for first place, Cliff and Brenda Davis a check for second place and Allen and Josie Logan a check for third place. He also presented Leslie Clark a check for women’s big bass and Luther (himself) a check for men’s big bass. The preferred baits used by the winning teams were Tiki Sticks, Texas Rigs, Carolina Rigs, Topwater and Swimbaits. There was an array of lures working that day and fish were caught from the dam to above Mason Point and from shallow 1 foot of water to deeper 20 feet of water.

Luther then took nominations and votes regarding the club’s June 28^th tournament and the results were:

The club’s two-day fall tournament then became the focus of member’s attention. Marilyn Connell had researched and brought information to the meeting regarding lodging availability and tournament schedules for Choke, Amistad and Falcon Reservoirs for the months of October and November 2008. After much discussion members decided to hold the fall two-day tournament on the dates of November 1^st and 2^nd, 2008 on Falcon Reservoir in Zapata, Texas.

Brenda Davis, after the June meeting, blocked rooms for this event at the Sunbridge Inn in Zapata, Texas. Information as to this matter will be send via email to club members soon.

Past and Present Events

At this time 3 teams, each consisting of 4 couples, will be invited to attend the TABC Championship Tournament September 27^th and 28^th at Belton/Stillhouse.

Larry P. addressed the subject of inviting guest speakers/speaker to the MMBC meetings. Members decided not to invite speakers for the time being and return to a “tips and techniques” segment from each other.

Announcements

Anniversary Greetings: Leslie Clark and Robert Brown, June 1; Marilyn and Joe Connell, June 2; Cliff and Brenda Davis, June 4.

Vicki did an excellent job of running the monthly raffle. Thanks Vicki. Thanks also go to Glenda Summers for the contributions she made to our raffle table.

MMBC President Larry Pederzani delayed the start of the meeting a few minutes because some members were caught in traffic, appears Austin and the surrounding area traffic will only get worse. That’s one of the side effects of living in such a desirable location.

The first order of business was introducing Candee and Jason Barris who joined the club at the April tournament. The Barris’ are both in the Armed Services stationed at Ft. Hood. We are proud to have them as club members.

Larry passed out hats, membership cards and decals from TABC for all club members. He brought up the matter of how many teams could represent the MMBC at the 2008 TABC championship. With the donations provided by sponsors brought to our club by Allen Summers it is feasible all teams could participate in the tournament. In case anyone needs to start checking their calendar the TABC Championship is scheduled for the dates of September 27 and 28, 2008. The lake choice at present is Stillhouse and Belton.

Cliff Davis, MMBC club treasurer, gave members a detailed written and verbal report on the club’s current financial status.

MMBC tournament director, Luther Lentz, reviewed the outcome of the April 19 tournament held on Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir. A shakey head jig, a weighted and non-weighted tiki stick and a Carolina-rig were the lures the top three teams and big bass victors used to catch their fish.

Luther then brought up the May 17 tournament and took nominations pertaining to location, times and weigh-in location. The members voted and the outcome was:

Some members will be staying overnight at the Best Western Motel (361 786-2000) in Three Rivers before and/or after the tournament.

It was also determined the July tournament will be on July 12. June’s tournament date is June 28 and all particulars of the tournament will be determined at the June 3 business meeting.

Larry brought up the 2008 Fall Two-Day tournament for discussion. Members were asked to bring suggestions on lake choices to the June 3 business meeting. It is requested that if you nominate a lake you have lodging information available and have researched the lake in question as to dates for any large tournaments scheduled for the lake.

One of our newest club members, Jason Barris, wanted to know if we did a numbered take off during our tournaments – guess he didn’t figure that one out real quickly when everyone zoomed off at the Stillhouse Tournament and he and Candee were still waiting for their number! We apologize for not giving y’all a complete rundown of our methods and rules Jason and Candee. We’re a little short sighted at times.

Congratulations go to Rosemarie and Pete Trevino for their Wedding Anniversary on May 5.

Vicki, along with her Assistant Gary, did a super job of setting up and supervising our monthly raffle.

Larry Pederzani, MMBC President, greeted current club members and introduced our guest speaker for the night, Steve Magnelia, of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Larry also welcomed George Hudgins, one of our Mr. and Mrs. Bass Club sponsors that we are so grateful for and indebted to, who attended the meeting with Allen and Glenda Summers.

Tournament News

Luther Lentz, MMBC tournament director, announced the winners of the March tournament held on Sam Rayburn and the current team standings. Luther then took nominations for the lake, fishing times and weigh-in location for the April 19^th tournament.

The April 19^th tournament will be held on Lake Stillhouse from 7am until 3pm and

Past Events

Tina Call presented all the teams with a fizzing needle at the April meeting. Many thanks Tina. Now all we need is a big bass to use it on – maybe at Stillhouse on the 19^th?

Present Events

Steve Magnelia gave members an excellent speech on the subjects of identifying Guadalupe and Spottie bass and the many varieties of aquatic vegetation we have in freshwater lakes. He presented slides of good versus bad regarding different vegetation species.

Steve said spotted bass caught in the Edwards Plateau watershed are referred to as Guadalupe Bass and those caught in East Texas are called spotted bass. A new publication entitled “Freshwater Fishes of Texas” is available through TP&WD, which should be helpful to anyone who is in doubt about any Texas freshwater fish identity.

After a rather lengthy question and answer session we gave Steve a hardy “Thank You” for coming and sharing his knowledge with us. We thoroughly enjoyed having Steve speak to us and would enjoy having him return anytime it would be convenient for him to do so.

Announcements

April Birthday greetings go to Pete Trevino, April 3^rd; Rhonda Jenkins, April 22; Jim Tyree, April 30^th.

Anniversary greetings go to Tina Call and Tim Baker who had their first date April 17^th, 2006.

Vice President, Vickie Schrempp

Tournament Results March 15 and 16,

Sam Rayburn Reservoir

*Rosemarie and Pete were the only team to bring in a five fish limit on both Saturday and Sunday.

Larry Pederzani welcomed current club members and new club members Rhonda and Frank Jenkins. Although the Jenkins will not be able to attend the March, Sam Rayburn, tournament they officially joined the club March 4^th and plan to participate in other upcoming club tournaments.

General Club Information

Larry turned the floor over to Brenda Davis, the club secretary, for a reading of the minutes from the February meeting. She read the minutes and they were approved by the membership.

Cliff Davis, MMBC club treasurer, was then given the floor and gave a report on the club’s current bank account. Members also approved Cliff’s report.

Tournament News

Larry then turned the meeting over to Luther Lentz, our Tournament Director, for a rundown on the February 16^th, Belton Reservoir tournament. Luther recognized 3^rd place winners, Gail and Larry Pederzani who had a bag of 7.85 pounds, 2^nd place winners, Rosemarie and Pete Trevino who came in with an 8.49 limit of five fish and 1^st place winners, Alice and Luther Lentz who brought in 10.21 pounds with their five fish limit. Big bass honors for the women went to Vickie Schrempp with a 1.81-pound largemouth and Luther Lentz brought in men’s big bass with a 3.20-pound largemouth.

The first, second and third place winners gave a brief description of where and what they caught their fish on.

Luther then took suggestions as to time and weigh-in locations for the upcoming Sam Rayburn tournament. After discussing many possibilities the tournament times and weigh-in location chosen are:

Past and Present Events

Our superhero Allen S. has brought in three sponsors for our club this year. This man performs extraordinary feats! George Hudgins and Jack Arsenault are again contributing the monies to pay every members membership into TABC. Allen S. has added a third contributor to our club who wishes to remain anonymous. Donations from these benefactors probably mean the entire club will have a paid entry into the 2008 TABC Championship. Thank you Allen, Jack, George and our new anonymous friend.

Larry, after spending a day on the lake with Allen (L.) and learning that Allen and Josie enjoy crawfish/shrimp boils, has requested that Allen and Josie consider planning and overseeing a crawfish/shrimp boil after the April or May tournament. This will require more discussion and planning on behalf of the Logan’s as well as the general membership. Sounds like fun.

Tina Call wasn’t able to attend the March meeting so we will get an update at the March tournament regarding her being able to supply members with a fish fizzing needle.

Larry built the club an excellent enclosure for the weigh-in scales. It entirely blocks the wind from the scales providing us with a much more accurate weight. We are truly impressed Mr. Engineer Pederzani, you did a fantastic job. We appreciate it.

Larry brought up the subject of inviting another speaker to the monthly meeting. Several people were mentioned. Larry is going to research this matter and see if one of them is available and would like to join us for an evening.

Announcements

Birthday Greetings go to: Cliff, March 11; Leslie, March 15; Pat, March 22; Brenda, March 29; Alice, March 30.

Monthly Raffle

Thanks go to Vice-President Vickie Schrempp for running our monthly raffle so well.

Mr. and Mrs. Bass Club (MMBC)

February 2008 Newsletter

Mr. and Mrs. Bass Club President Larry Pederzani began the February 5^th business meeting by introducing guests Tim and Lori Cook, Leslie Clark’s adorable daughter Lillie and Frank and Rhonda Jenkins. The Jenkins are considering joining a bass club and they were there to acquaint themselves with club members.

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Frank and Rhonda Jenkins

Tim, the State Conservation Director for Bass Federation, was a guest speaker at this meeting. Tim counseled members on ways to keep fish held in livewells alive and released back into the water in a healthy state. Tim reminded us that public perception is one of any club’s largest allies. When fish are released and swim off in a fresh and hardy manner public perception is good but when the public sees released fish floundering and fighting to stay alive public perception becomes appalling. Fish kills are bad for everyone. Restrictions on anglers, water bodies etc. may be the outcome. And fish resources are already strained so we as anglers must respect and do our utmost to protect our fisheries.

Tim said adding commercial products such as SureLife’s Please Release Me, Catch and Release or simple hydrogen peroxide to livewells is beneficial and highly recommended. Keeping your aerator system on continuously is also recommended. Adding ice to your livewells in the summer to lower the water temperature will help keep fish healthy. Many fish that appear to be all right at weigh-in die after being released so the more attention and care they receive while boated the lower the mortality rate.

We thank Tim for sharing his knowledge with us and look forward to having him speak to us again in the future. Lori Cook is working on her own presentation, probably a little bundle between 6 and 8 pounds of pure joy and sweetness. We wish the Cook’s all the best next month when they give the world what will probably be another fine angler!

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Guest Speaker Tim Cook at Mr. and Mrs Bass Club of Austin Club Meeting

Tournament News

Luther Lentz, MMBC Tournament Director, acknowledged the top three winners of the January 12^th Lake Travis MMBC Tournament. First place winners were Allen and Glenda Summers, second place honors went to Tina Call and Tim Baker and Gail and Larry Pederzani took third place. Glenda had women’s big bass of the tournament and Pete Trevino caught men’s big bass. Fishing, or rather catching, was a little tough but by and large it was a great day on the lake.

Lake Belton, from 7 am until 3 pm, was chosen as the location for our February 16^th tournament. Temple Lake Park will be the weigh-in site.

Luther reminded everybody that the spring two-day tournament will be on March 15 and 16 at Lake Sam Rayburn. Fishing times and weigh-in site will be determined at the March 4^th business meeting. The BassBuster Inn in Brookeland, TX at 409 698-3002 will be club headquarters (because most of the club will be staying there)

April 19^th was voted in as the date for our following tournament.

Thanks Luther for doing a superb job in your new position as Tournament Director.

Old and Current Events

According to reliable sources it will no longer be necessary to purchase a Mexican Boat Permit to fish in Mexican waters.

You must, however, have a valid Mexican Fishing License to fish in Mexican waters.

The mrandmrsbassclub.org website has been updated with the current wording of the 2008 Constitution and Policies. Many thanks to Larry Pederzani who keeps the website updated and running smoothly.

Announcements

Congratulations to Alice and Luther Lentz on their First Place victory at the January 26^th CAST Tournament on Lake Travis. Well done!

Birthday wishes for February go to Robert Brown on the 9^th and to Gail Pederzani and Marilyn Connell on the 10^th.

Best wishes on their anniversaries go to Jim Tyree and Donna Hannel on the 13^th and Gary and Vicki Schrempp on the 21^st.

Raffle

Vicki Schrempp did a great job shopping for and running the monthly raffle. Thanks Vicki.

VP Raffle

Vicki Schrempp

Mr. and Mrs. Bass Club of Austin

January 2008 Newsletter

Our first meeting of the new-year was held in a very festive, beautiful setting at the UT Club, thanks to Joe and Marilyn Connell. It was a wonderful party attended by Tim Baker and Tina Call, Robert Brown and Leslie Clark, Joe and Marilyn Connell, Cliff and Brenda Davis, Jerry and Pat Gold, Luther and Alice Lentz, Allen and Josie Logan, Larry and Gail Pederzani, Gary and Vicki Schrempp, Allen and Glenda Summers, Pete and Rosemarie Trevino, Jim Tyree and Donna Hannel. Also in attendance were Jack Arsenault and his guest and George Hudgins and his guest. Jack and George’s sponsorship of the Mr. and Mrs. Bass Club provided members entry to the Texas Association of Bass Clubs along with entry for two teams to fish the 2007 state championship of the TABC.

The meeting January 5^th was intentionally short and direct so club members could enjoy visiting and partying with friends. It was the shortest business meeting on record, less than 10 minutes, and everyone had a fantastic time at the party. The food was marvelous and the dinner club was beautiful. There is no way we can say ‘Thank You’ enough to Joe, Marilyn and Joe’s staff for such an awesome evening. But we will try, Thank You, Joe!

Marilyn, the slideshow you personally composed and presented was the highlight of the evening. You always go the extra mile and this was certainly no exception. It was extraordinary and we all Thank You so very much! Making copies for everyone was another of your “Marilyn” touches – you are a special person with talents far beyond most. Many Thanks again from all of us.

Meeting Summary

Club President Larry Pederzani introduced our special guest Jack Arsenault and his guest and George Hudgins and his guest. Larry expressed our thanks and appreciation for their sponsorship of our club.

Larry took a final vote pertaining to the elimination of Items 2 and 3 from Section I: Membership of the club Constitution. Members voted unanimously to eliminate these and the Constitution has now been amended to show this.

Members, having discussed this at the December meeting, voted on and finalized the decision to rewrite the Constitution under Section II: Organization to read as follows:

The officers of this club will be a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Tournament Director. The President and Vice-President cannot be from the same team. Officers for the upcoming year will be nominated and elected at the December meeting. Nominations and secret election ballots will be conducted for each position in the following order: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Tournament Director. Each individual nominated must accept the nomination prior to voting on the specific position. Newly elected officers will become official at the January meeting.

Cliff Davis, the newly elected treasurer for 2008, announced he has completed the paperwork and has had the club proclaimed a Non-Profit Corporation through the office of the Texas Secretary of State. He is working with Pete Trevino and Larry Pederzani on getting our club bank account changed over.

Awards Presentation

Larry Pederzani, Pres. and Brenda Davis, 2007 V-P, presented plaques to the following:

First Place Anglers of 2007 – Luther and Alice Lentz

Second Place Anglers of 2007 – Larry and Gail Pederzani

Third Place Anglers of 2007 – Cliff and Brenda Davis

Men’s Big Bass of 2007 – Luther Lentz

Women’s Big Bass of 2007 –Alice Lentz

Men’s Special Bass Award – Allen Summers for his Lake Travis catch

Certificate of Appreciation Awards to:

Pete Trevino for being Treasurer for four years

Marilyn Connell for Secretary for four years

Jack Arsenault for Sponsorship of the club 2007

George Hudgins for Sponsorship of the club 2007

Larry Pederzani for all his hard work for the club 2007

Tournaments

Due to fishing early in December there were no new tournament results announced at the January meeting. We do need to note a couple of future dates. They are:

Saturday, January 12th 2008, Club Tournament on Lake Travis 7 am until 3 pm with weigh-in at Mansfield Dam.

February club tournament is scheduled for Saturday the 16^th. Lake and weigh-in site to be decided at February 5^th business meeting.

The club two-day tournament will be on Lake Sam Rayburn on March 15 and 16, 2008. Rooms for the club are being reserved at the BassBuster Inn. Their phone number is 409 698-3002. Please call and make your reservations as soon as possible so they may release any unnecessary rooms.

Note: Tournament entry fees as of January 2008 will be $30.00 per team.

Membership Dues

Overlooked and not discussed at the meeting was membership dues of $25.00 per team for 2008 are to be paid before or at the February meeting.

Section III: Membership Dues: teams will not be eligible to fish any tournaments following the February meeting until dues are paid.

If paying by check please make your check payable to Mr. and Mrs. Bass Club of Austin.

Ending Summation

Thank you to all the outgoing club officers for their work and dedication in 2007 and best wishes to the new officers for 2008. It may take a couple of months to get the hang of things but we will all give it our best and continue to have a great club.

Larry Pederzani, MMBC President

General Club Information

Tournament News

Past and Present News

Vicki Schrempp, Vice President

General Club Information

Past and Present News

Tournament News

Past and Present Events

Announcements

Some members will be staying overnight at the Best Western Motel (361 786-2000) in Three Rivers before and/or after the tournament.

Tournament News

Past Events

Present Events

Announcements

Vice President, Vickie Schrempp

Tournament Results March 15 and 16,

Sam Rayburn Reservoir

Team

*Rosemarie and Pete were the only team to bring in a five fish limit on both Saturday and Sunday.

Position

Name

Points

1

Pederzani

155

2

Lentz

152

3

Trevino

137

4

Davis

134

5

Baker/Call

126

6

Simmers

120

7

Connell

110

8

Schrempp

100

9

Brown/Clark

99

10

Gold

96

11

Tyree/Hannel

80

12

Logan

52

13

Jenkins

10

General Club Information

Tournament News

Past and Present Events

Announcements

Monthly Raffle

February 2008 Newsletter

Tournament News

Old and Current Events

Announcements

Raffle