Terms & Conditions

17th Annual Fishing Classic 6th to 13th July 2012

Wilsons

Live Fish

Heaviest Whiting

Heaviest Bream

Heaviest Dart

Heaviest Flathead (Dusky & Longnose)

Heaviest Luderick

Heaviest Tarwhine

Heaviest Live Snapper (one Day Only)

$1000/$500/Free Entry 2012

Large Esky/Free Entry 2012

Dead Fish

Heaviest Taylor

Heaviest Snapper (excluding /07/12

Heaviest Teraglin

Heaviest Cobia

Heaviest Mulloway

Heaviest (Yellow Tail Kingfish/

Amberjack/Samson)

Heaviest Pearl Pearch

$1000/$350/Free Entry 2012

FISHING PRIZES

TERMS & CONDITIONS – EVANS HEAD FISHING CLASSIC 2011

Venue: EVANS HEAD RSL CLUB. Competition Runs from 5pm Friday, July 8 to 2pm Friday, July 15th 2011.

Official Opening: 5.30 pm, Saturday evening July 9th, 2011.

Note: Entries must be submitted and paid for by 4 pm each day, to be eligible for the draw on that night.

Major Trophy Presentation: At the weigh-in and entertainment area at 5.30 pm on Friday, July 15th, 2011 at the conclusion of all other weekly fish prize presentations and entertainment, the draw for the 21 major prize winners will be conducted.

Entry Fee: $130.00 per person (Incl. GST) Entrants must also privately arrange and purchase their own recent passport size photograph which is to be clipped to the application form, together with the fee. Entries will not be confirmed unless passport size recent photograph, fee, and application form are presented altogether. Application forms not correctly filled out will render the entrants ineligible for the draw to determine the winner of the major prize. Entries may also be completed through our website (www.evansheadfishingclassic.com.au).

Non Competitors: These persons will be allowed free entry into the weigh-in and entertainment area but will not be eligible for any cash or prizes.

Competition Finish: Anyone not in the queue at the Official ‘Weigh-in Stage’ with a fish to be weighed at 2 pm on Friday, July 15, 2011 will be deemed ineligible to be weighed-in and therefore outside the official finish time.

Weigh-ins: Daily weigh-ins will be conducted from 8am to 4.30pm for all species (Saturday to Thursday) and 8am to 2pm Friday. All fish must be weighed in on the official scales provided by the organisers to be eligible. All entrants must be present when weighing in any fish. Ie: No proxys to be used.

Note: Any fish deemed to be more than 25 hours since being caught, in the opinion of the Judge will be ineligible to be recorded for cash or prizes, (the Judge’s opinion is final and no discussion will be entered into).

Fish: All dead fish must be weighed-in gilled and gutted. All live fish must be weighed in good condition suitable for release as per rules 1a, 1b & 1c. In this regard the judge’s decision is final.

Entrant’s Briefing: There will be an official briefing for the event at 4pm on Friday 8th July 2011 in the Woodburn-Evans Head RSL Club. To be eligible to win any fish species prizes, every entrant in the Evans Head Fishing Classic must attend this briefing or view the official video of the briefing which will be available at the competition site from 6pm Friday 8th July. Once viewed, entrants must have their names checked off by the committee, or sign the official briefing attendance books which will be available at the classic comp site. Failure of any entrant to view the briefing or video and have their name checked off or sign the official attendance books, will mean disqualification from any fish species related prizes, and no correspondence will be entered into.

Professionals: All professional fishermen are eligible for entry into the competition provided only that they abide by the same rules as amateur entrants for the duration of the event.

Fraud: Any evidence of fraud such as fish more than 25 hours since being caught, foreign matter pushed down the mouth of the fish, fish transported from other than the inside of official boundaries, more than one person fishing for each individual $130 entry, netted fish, or any action in defiance of the rules and goodwill of the competition, will be placed in the hands of the police. The winners of all ‘cash’ fish prizes will be required to sign a statutory declaration declaring that the prize winning fish has been caught in accordance with these rules.

Snapper Catch, Photograph and Release Day:

Monday 11th July 2011 is designated as the Snapper Catch, Photograph and Release day. From 4pm on Sunday 10th July to 4pm on Monday 11th July 2011, no entrant of the Evan’s Head Fishing Classic will be permitted to bring any dead snapper into the Evans River. By signing the entry form for the Evans Head Fishing Classic, entrants agree to let any authorised marshal board and search any vessel in which that entrant was present. Should there be any dead snapper located on board a vessel or on the person of any entrant, that entrant or all entrants on board the vessel will be disqualified for the day, the rest of the week, or from all future events, subject to the committee’s discretion, and no further correspondence will be entered into.

Entrants in the Snapper Catch, Photograph and Release day will be required to pay a separate entry to the competition organiser. The rules for this competition will be available for all entrants upon payment of the entry fee and will also be displayed at the fishing classic site.

Other Fish Rules:

1. All live fish weighed in become the property of the organisers and will be released.

(a). To be eligible for a daily prize, a live fish must be alive & in good condition at 5,30 pm on the day it is weighed in.

(b). To be eligible for a weekly prize, a live fish must be alive & in good condition at 8.00 am the morning after it is weighed in.

(c). In (a) & (b) above. The judge’s decision is final & no discussion will be entered into.

2. All dead fish weighed in become the property of the organisers. Fish not eligible to be written onto the official scoreboard may be returned to the original owner upon request. Fish not requested to be returned to the original owner will be donated to the Evans Head Marine Rescue and Surf Club. If the fish is returned to the original owner, then the organisers accept no responsibility for the condition of the fish, whether it has been frozen or not.

3. Special Rule For all ‘Dead’ Fish Categories. All entrants will be permitted to weigh in fish for 5 days only. This is only valid for the ‘dead’ fish categories. Entrants must be present when they weigh in any fish, and will have their entry cards marked when they weigh in any ‘dead’ fish on any day. Any entrant that has previously weighed fish in on five (5) separate days will be ineligible to weigh any dead fish in for the remainder of the competition. Live fish categories may be weighed in for the entire period of the classic.

4. All entrants must comply with NSW Fisheries rules and regulations and have a current NSW Fishing Licence, where required. Any entrant found contravening these requirements will be immediately disqualified from the competition.

5. The bag limit for all fish species will be one half of the regular bag limits according to the latest issue by the NSW fisheries department, rounded up to the nearest whole number. All entrants in the classic must adhere to these amended bag limits for the entirety of the event. Any entrant found contravening these requirements will be disqualified from the event for the day, the remainder of the event, or from all future events, subject to the organiser’s discretion.

6. All fish eligible for weigh-in must be weighed within 25 hours of being caught. Between when the fish is caught and when it is weighed, it may be iced down but not frozen.

7. The official boundaries of the competition are from the South wall at Ballina to the North Wall of the Clarence river at Iluka and taking a line directly eastward out to sea for offshore fishing. All boats must still exit from the river at Evans Head. For Estuary and Beach fishing, the boundaries include the Richmond, Clarence and Evans Rivers and their tributaries.

8. Any entrant caught fishing outside the nominated boundaries, during the event, will be immediately disqualified for the remainder of the competition and banned from any future competition.

9. There will be a contact number available for anybody with information relating to an entrant fishing outside the boundaries of the event. If the information is proven correct, subject to the organiser’s discretion, then the informant may be issued a $500 reward. This will be entirely to the organiser’s discretion.

10. Fish presented to the scales must be taken on rod and reel or hand line and must conform to legal size to be eligible for weighin.

11. Management decision is final and The Organisers retain the right to withhold any cash prizes or trophies pending investigation. Winners of daily fish prizes may use a proxy. Prizes must be claimed within 4 minutes of being called. Unclaimed prizes will become property of organisers.

12. The management and organisers have the right to exclude anyone from the competition or the weighin and entertainment area, whom they think needs be, without giving any reason whatsoever.

13. The competitor nominated on the application form, notes that the Organisers accept no liability for any injury, loss, damage of any person or property in the course of excursion, whether such injury or loss is due, or alleged to be due to any act, neglect or default of The Organisers or of any official or agency thereof, and all competitors fully understand that in so participating they do so entirely at their own risk and agree to abide by all rules and regulations.

14. No fish may be weighed in more than once, and organisers reserve the right to mark any fished weighed in in a manner they deem to be plausible.

15. The organisers reserve the right to cancel any fishing times prior to or during the competition for any reason whatsoever. The ocean will be assessed every morning at 6am and if the organisers deem that there will be an unfair advantage for any vessel/s due to the weather conditions, there will be no ‘dead fish’ prizes for that night’s draw and the red flags will be erected at the official positions. On days where ‘dead fish’ draws are cancelled, the weighin will be open from 8am-10am for dead fish that have been caught the night before. These fish will be recorded and will be eligible for daily prizes for the following day.

16. Any action, incident, or situation not covered by the rules and conditions written in this brochure, shall be determined co jointly by the Official Judge or Acting Official Judge of the competition and the Organisers if or when those conditions arise. Their decision is final.

17. Prize Draw Rules:

(a).All prize draws are to be made by an independent person witnessed by an independent observer. Members of the Evans Head Fishing Classic Committee and sponsors are eligible to win any of the available prizes on presentation of an official entry.

(b).There shall be a minimum of 20 nightly prize draws, one prize each night shall be a Waeco fridge/freezer valued at $1299 RRP. The entrant’s photographic pass must be presented, by the entrant within 4 minutes, or another draw will occur.

18. Major Prize Draw

(a).On Friday 15th Of July 2011, commencing at 6:00pm. The presentation of all weekly fish prizes will be conducted at the weighin and entertainment area. At the conclusion of all other prize presentations and entertainment the 21 Major Prize draws will take place. Any entry number previously drawn that night for any other prize draw will be returned to the barrel so that all entry numbers are eligible for the major draw.

(b).There will be 21 prizes drawn, with the major prize being drawn first and the balance of the prizes being drawn. As each prize is drawn, the number will not be announced, but shall be recorded and placed in an envelope opposite the prize on a display board.

(c).At the conclusion of the above draw, the 21 winning entries will be called onto the stage, in random order. These winning entries shall be given 4 minutes to present themselves, with their photo ID card, or another draw will take place. In the event of another draw being required, then all winners below the absent winner will be moved up one place, and the redrawn number will be added to the bottom.

(d).Once 21 winning entries have been identified and assembled on stage, the winners will be announced, in reverse order, with the Major Prize being announced last.

(e).No number can be drawn more than once in the major prize draw.

(f).Any action, incident or situation not covered by these major prize rules shall be determined as in Rule No. 16.

19.Boat Competitors:

(a).All vessels must have current NSW registration or registration recognised in NSW and must carry all safety equipment as required by the NSW Marine Regulations. The registration number must be displayed on both sides of the vessel.

(b).Boat skippers must be the holder of any licence required by NSW regulations.

(c). Any vessel deemed by the Official Judge or Acting Official Judge to have an unreasonable advantage over the other competitors’ vessels due to weather conditions or any other reason will be excluded from the competition for each day the unreasonable advantage exists.

(d). All occupants of any boat fishing in the competition must be registered entrants, excluding crew of licenced charter vessels

20. SAFETY REGULATIONS: for boats fishing at sea.

(a). Boats must be launched at Evans Head unless otherwise advised by committee.

(b). Must have a minimum of 2 contestants aboard.

(c). Life jackets must be worn by ALL contestants when crossing the Evans River bar, as per NSW Marine Regulations.

(d). Boats MUST register with the Evans Head Marine Rescue before going to sea and must LOG-IN and OUT with the Evans Head Marine Rescue, using the Skippers entry number, if crossing the bar. Marine rescue requires advising a return time. See 19.

(e). Failure to comply with any of the above safety regulations will mean disqualification of ALL occupants of the boat for the day or for the remainder of the competition for serious or repeat offenders.

21. Junior Mini Comp: Saturday 9th July 2011 12:00 noon till Sunday 10th July 2011 1:00 pm, Entrants must be aged between 4 - 12 years, at the starting date of this competition. Entry fee is $10 for the Mini Comp. Fully paid juniors entered in Major Competition are eligible for entry into the Junior Mini Competition at no extra cost upon receipt of official entry form.

22. Cadet Competition: Saturday 9th July 2011 12:00 noon till Monday 11th July 2011 1:00pm. Entrants must be aged between 13 – 17years, at the starting date of this competition. Entry is $25 for the cadet competition. Fully paid cadets entered in Major Competition are eligible for entry into the Cadet Competition at no extra cost upon receipt of official entry form.

23. Cancellation: In the event of cancellation of the whole competition due to weather, or any other reason, a $20 management fee will be retained by the committee with the balance of the entrance fee being refunded. A cancellation fee of $15 will apply where an entrant cancels after he or she has been issued with an ID card.

24.Lost card replacement fee $10.

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