The Exchange Club of Ocean City will host its 29th annual Fishing Tournament on Saturday, July 18.
The boat registration fee is $175 to compete for cash prizes. The top prize for the heaviest flounder is $1,000, and the top prize for the heaviest bluefish is $1,000. Fishing is 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday’s weather forecast looks good, and it’s not too late for anybody to register. Visit www.ocexchangeclub.com or call Tournament Chairman Jon Batastini at 609-399-0035.
Registration also will be accepted at the captain’s meeting 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, July 17, at the Ocean City VFW Post 6650 at 15th Street and Bay Avenue. The meeting will have entertainment, snacks and refreshments.
All registered participants who attend the captain’s meeting are qualified to win a significant gift certificate to DiOrio’s Cafe in Somers Point — but to win you must also be at the Saturday awards ceremony when your number is called.
The awards ceremony will be at All Seasons Marina in Marmora with music, food and beverages.
Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the “Success by Six” program, which prepares Ocean City children to enter kindergarten ready to learn, and Family Promise of Cape May County, which assists children and families in times of need or crisis.
The Exchange Club Mission Statement is “Exchange, America’s Premier Service Club working to make our communities better places to live.” In the last year, the Exchange Club of Ocean City has donated more than $80,000 in support of children, community and country. The Club donated $5,000 from the proceeds of last year’s fishing tournament to the Tab Son Club after-school program that is sponsored by the Ocean City Tabernacle.
— News release from the Ocean City Exchange Club
