Nationally Acclaimed Sailfish Open hosted by World Fishing raises $325,000

Feb. 8, 2012 - PRLog -- (Palm Beach County--) The nationally acclaimed Sailfish Open, hosted by the World Fishing Tour, LLC took place last week off the Palm Beach Coastline.  Over $300,000 was distributed to teams and the charities they represented. Thirty-two teams competed in the Sailfish Open with a total of 120 catches.  The winning team had a total of 8 catches over the two-day period.

At the awards ceremony which was held on Friday, February 3 at the Hilton Singer Island, Team  Hardway, was awarded $86,820, spearheaded by Captain Mark Lamb.
Tim Gannon, a founding member of Outback Steakhouse, was on hand to accept the donation for his newly launched non-profit organization, Kettle Comfort in the amount of $15,000.    In addition, a check in the amount of $15,000 was awarded to the Billfish Foundation.  Sandra MacMillan, owner of Team Sandman and participant in the tournament was present to receive the check on behalf of the Foundation.

  "It was a great tournament and we were excited to have it in the Palm Beach area,” said Christopher King, chairman and founder of the World Fishing Tour.  “The charity division is a terrific opportunity for the tournament participants to help several non-profit organizations in the area,” he added.

 The Sailfish Open is the second leg of the four-tournament Sailfish Pro Series which will be televised nationally this summer on NBC Sports to 82 million households.  Teams compete for points before the final elimination tournament in Miami Beach late April.

For more information or to register for the
Sailfish Open visit http://sailfishopen.com/.

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