Posted By: elkhartdom
benefit tournament for a special guy - 06/05/17 06:02 PM
special benefit for a special guy
Give a Heart for J D Green Benefit Tournament
The Bassmasters of East Texas and the North East Region will put on a benefit tournament for J D Green at Lake Palestine (The Villages) on Sunday July 16th from 6:00 am – 1:00 pm. The tournament entry is $50.00 per team and it will be a 25% payback to the top 5 finishers. For conservation purposes and to provide assistance to J D Green this will be a 2 fish tournament. There will be a separate $20.00 big fish pot that will payback 100% to the top 3 big fish (70%-20%-10%).
J D is a lifetime B.A.S.S member and has been a charter member of Texas Bass Nation. He has fished with the Bassmasters of East Texas for 25 years (original member), fished in 14 Top Six BASS Nation tournaments, and marshalled the first set of B.A.S.S Elite events here in Texas.
J D is a small business owner of Southern Outlaw Tattoo in Tyler, Texas and this will be his second heart transplant. He had his first transplant in 2014 and has suffered from protein rejection but has fished till recently in both B.A.S.S Nation Team and Regional events. He is 59 years old and a father of five children born in Bullard, Texas.
The tournament will help provide financial assistance to J D as he is waiting for his 2nd heart transplant.
MODS: if possible, please leave this on top, its a life and death situation
Give a Heart for J D Green Benefit Tournament
The Bassmasters of East Texas and the North East Region will put on a benefit tournament for J D Green at Lake Palestine (The Villages) on Sunday July 16th from 6:00 am – 1:00 pm. The tournament entry is $50.00 per team and it will be a 25% payback to the top 5 finishers. For conservation purposes and to provide assistance to J D Green this will be a 2 fish tournament. There will be a separate $20.00 big fish pot that will payback 100% to the top 3 big fish (70%-20%-10%).
J D is a lifetime B.A.S.S member and has been a charter member of Texas Bass Nation. He has fished with the Bassmasters of East Texas for 25 years (original member), fished in 14 Top Six BASS Nation tournaments, and marshalled the first set of B.A.S.S Elite events here in Texas.
J D is a small business owner of Southern Outlaw Tattoo in Tyler, Texas and this will be his second heart transplant. He had his first transplant in 2014 and has suffered from protein rejection but has fished till recently in both B.A.S.S Nation Team and Regional events. He is 59 years old and a father of five children born in Bullard, Texas.
The tournament will help provide financial assistance to J D as he is waiting for his 2nd heart transplant.
MODS: if possible, please leave this on top, its a life and death situation