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CONTACT:
Deb Wrazin,
Vice President, Marketing & Community Outreach
Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County
561.683.3287

32ndAnnual Offshore Challenge awards winning Anglers

Riviera Beach, FL— On Saturday, April 28th, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County and the West Palm Beach Kiwanis Club hosted the 32nd Annual Offshore Challenge held at Riviera Beach Marina and kicked off at 6:30 a.m. Seventy-five boats were registered to participate in the event which is the longest running, most successful, one-day charity tournament in the state of Florida. Participants could catch kingfish, dolphin, or wahoo.

All winners were invited to the West Palm Beach Kiwanis luncheon meeting on Wednesday, May 9th to share their ‘big catch’ story and receive trophies and cash prizes. Congratulations to the prize winners.

Results are listed below:

1^st Place Best Boat, Spiced Rum,

176.9 lbs., $5,000

2^nd Place Best Boat, Team Slayer,

132.8 lbs., $1,000

3^rd Place Best Boat, No Bid,

129.7 lbs. $500

Merchandise Award: Tropically Impaired, 125.6 lbs.
1^st Place King, Gary Case, Team Slayer 53.3 lbs., $3,000
2^nd Place King, Bryce Straithem, Shamless, 53.0 lbs., $1,000
3^rd Place King, James Gilcrest, Yippe-Ki-Ay, 50.5 lbs., $500
1^st PlaceWahoo, Jim Wood, Sea Premacy, 55.4 lbs., $3,000
2^nd PlaceWahoo, Steve Sprague, Tuppen’s, 25.6 lbs. $1,000
3^rd Place Wahoo, Brian Humphreys, X Generation, 23.6 lbs. $500

The 32nd^t Offshore Challenge Tournament was fortunate to have many supporting sponsors:

PNCBank, RYBOVICH Super Yacht Marina; Palm Beach Yachts International; Publix Supermarkets Charities; William K. Caler; Panera Bread; LS Construction & Design, Inc.; Keystone Realty; Roxy’s; Palmdale Oil Company; BE Aerospace; Nozzle Nolen; Atlantic Filter Corporation; Tomasello Pest Control; Allstate-Platz Insurance; First Bank, Contender, Florida Crystals and Tuppen’s Marine & Tackle.

All proceeds from the Offshore Challenge support The Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County and theWest Palm Beach Kiwanis Club and its Foundation. The mission of The Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County is to inspire and assist all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens (www.bgcpbc.org). The West Palm Beach Kiwanis Club and its Foundation sponsor a wide variety of youth-oriented programs and provides college scholarships to deserving, yet needy, students from the Palm BeachCountyarea (www.wpbkiwanis.com).

For more information, please contact Deb Wrazin, Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County at 561-683-3287 ext. 29.

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