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A.H. Riise
BVI Billfish Tournament Joins WBS World Tour |
May, 17, 2007: Virgin Gorda, BVI (date) The World Billfish Series has
announced that the A.H. Riise BVI Billfish Tournament
will become an official tournament of their well-known
World Tour.
The tournament will be held July
31-August 4, 2007 at the Bitter
End Yacht Club on Virgin Gorda
"The A.H. Riise BVI Billfish Tournament is expected to
be a world-class event that will showcase the
outstanding blue marlin fishery that exists just a
short distance offshore of the British Virgin
Islands,” President & CEO of the World Billfish Series
Jim Simons explains. “The amount of support from the
BVI Government and Tourism Board is unparalleled for a
first year tournament, and we are very pleased to add
this event to the WBS World Tour as part of our
Caribbean Division.”
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The world’s top bluewater anglers will now have the
opportunity to fish this first-class event, all while
earning valuable WBS points towards the World Tour.
The top 10 anglers in each division will earn an
invitation to the WBS Grand Championships at Los
Sueños, Costa Rica.
“We are honored to be part of this prestigious series”
said Lawrence Wheatley, Tournament Director. “We are
looking forward to welcoming anglers from all over to
experience the unsurpassed fishing our waters
provide.”
It has also been announced that an agreement has been
reached with the San Juan International Billfish
Tournament to promote each other’s events. The San
Juan tournament, now in its 54th year, is one of the
world’s oldest running tournaments. This year’s winner
of the A.H. Riise BVI Billfish Tournament will receive
a free entry into the San Juan tournament. Likewise,
the winner of San Juan will receive a free entry into
the 2008 A.H. Riise BVI tournament.
“We are pleased to join forces with our friends from
the BVI, as it is one of our favorite places to fish,”
said Luis Infanzon, Tournament Director of the San
Juan International. “We are also looking forward to
welcoming their winner to the delights of fishing off
our shores.”
Sponsors of the inaugural event include Island Global
Yachting, Murray Products, Carib beer, Caribbean
Cellars, Delta Fuel, Mainsail Resort Spa and Marina
(BVI), Jack Daniels, Southern Comfort, Finlandia,
Sonoma Cutrer, Five Rivers Vineyards, Johnnie Walker,
Tanqueray, Cuervo Black, The Crystal Shoppe, Waterford
Crystal, Southern Boating magazine, Mt. Gay Rum, First
Bank, Hatteras Yachts, Antilles Yachts Sales, Gregory
Poole Marine Power, Road Town Wholesale, and the BVI
Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association.
An all release event for blue marlin, the tournament
has already gained status as a qualifier for the IGFA
Offshore Championships in 2008. Proceeds from the
tournament will be donated to charities to be selected
by the Government of the BVI and A.H. Riise and will
be administered by the Community Foundation of the
Virgin Islands.
The A.H. Riise BVI Billfish Tournament will include
three days of fishing and a lay day, so anglers and
their guests can cruise the British Virgin Islands or
get in a day of shopping in Road Town.
For more information about the tournament go to the
event website at
http://www.bvibillfishtournament.com
or contact Lawrence Wheatley at lwheatley50@yahoo.com
or 284-499-4177, or Al Behrendt Enterprises at (954)
920-7877 or al@albehrendt.com
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