2009 American Bass Anglers Barbeque Cook-Offs Sponsored by Early Times Whisky

[dhagood]

Barbeque Teams,

American Bass Anglers(ABA) would like to personally invite you and your team to participate in any of the 2009 American Bass Anglers Barbeque Cook-Offs Sponsored by Early Times Whisky. There are 5 fun events for 2009 that will be held in July, Sept and Nov.

ABA is operating the Cook-Offs in conjunction with Bassmaster Weekend Series Bass tournaments that we operate. Each location selected is on the lake and each at beautiful locations for a BBQ cook-off and are in high traffic areas. We believe is offers a lot to the local communities a BBQ cook-off, an outdoor show and the Bassmaster Weekend Series Bass tournament. This will also provide the opportunity for much more exposure for you Professional BBQ Professionals.

These events are set up for both Pro Teams and Backyard Teams and will have a 100% payback of all entry fees. These events will be a lot of fun but at the same time will have the highest standards for BBQ judging and competition. Debra Talley ABA’s Marketing director has run many BBQ challenges as well as festivals. Debra will be the site director and coordinator for each of these events. We know you may have questions and we encourage you to call us either toll free at 888-203-6222 or call Debra Talley direct at (256) 777-6045.

We have launched a website with information on the events www.ababbq.com (http://www.ababbq.com) As you have questions please don’t hesitate to contact us. There is an event flier available online (PDF) but if you want us to mail you a flier and personal invitation send us your name and mailing address and we will get an invitation and all informaton out in the mail asap.

Email Debra at dtalley@americanbassanglers.com or myself at dhagood@americanbassanglers.com

The 2009 Schedule is
July 18, 2009 Paris, TN - Paris Landing State Park (Kentucky Lake)
Aug 22, 2009 Kuttawa, KY - Kuttawa City Park (Lake Barkley)
Sept 19, 2009, Guntersville, AL - Bucky Howe Park (Lake Guntersville)
Sept 26, 2009, Florence, AL - McFarland Park (Pickwick Lake)
Nov 7, 2009, Russellville, AR - Dardanelle State Park (lake Dardanelle)

As a barbeque fan and a backyard BBQ cooker I look forward to meeting each of you at these events.


Thanks!!!,
David Hagood,
Vice President
American Bass Anglers, Inc
dhagood@americanbassanglers.com (dhagood@americanbassanglers.com)
Office (888-) 203-6222
Fax (256) 233-2295

To learn more about American Bass Anglers visit www.americanbassanglers.com (https://71.14.23.166/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.americanbassanglers.com) to learn more about the Bassmaster Weekend Series visit http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/bmseries/index (http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/bmseries/index)

http://www.ababbq.com/images/postersmalla.jpg (Event Poster we will be placing in all communities)

[dhagood]

Just an update, It was great to meet a lot of cooking teams this past weeekend and I was also able to meet with KCBS Rep Tana Shupe.

ABA has filed all the necessary paper work to get the Sanctioning started.

[U2CANQUE]

thanks for the update! Hope that it is a success

[smoke-n-my-i's]

The 2009 Schedule is
July 18, 2009 Paris, TN - Paris Landing State Park (Kentucky Lake)
Aug 22, 2009 Kuttawa, KY - Kuttawa City Park (Lake Barkley)
Sept 19, 2009, Guntersville, AL - Bucky Howe Park (Lake Guntersville)
Sept 26, 2009, Florence, AL - McFarland Park (Pickwick Lake)
Nov 7, 2009, Russellville, AR - Dardanelle State Park (lake Dardanelle)

Approx mileage and driving times for us....one way.

631 miles 10hrs
616 miles 9 1/2 hrs
530 miles 8 3/4 hrs
628 miles 10 1/4 hrs
928 miles 14 1/4 hrs

We have plenty around here that are at the most abt 4 hrs driving time. Charlotte, where a Bass Pro shop is located is like a good 2 hr drive... any chance of getting one up this way?

thanks,
Bill

[dhagood]

Its very possible for the 2010 to get one on Norman and further north on the Potomac or in Virginia on Kerr.

[dhagood]

We have updated the website with the latest information to meet or exceed KCBS standards.

Just an FYI, we have been working with Tana Shupe who we requested to be ABA's KCBS Rep for the 2009 events.

If you want the latest information emailed to you, shoot me an email at dhagood@americanbassanglers.com and we will get the latest right out to you. IF you want a hard copy sent include your mailing address. Thanks for all the emails and comments we have been receiving.

[U2CANQUE]

Thanks for all of the updates....great response to recommendations...

[Plowboy]

This is great. I love that you've looked into sanctioning. We'll be looking to the Arkansas event as a potential add to the schedule.

[dhagood]

Update on the Kuttawa, KY event. The community is doing an awesome job promoting and also creating a lot for the public to do at the August 22 event.

Check out their fliers they are putting out locally. http://www.ababbq.com/kuttawa_bbq_flier.pdf

[dhagood]

Rep Update: Ron Harwell will also be a Rep at these events.