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The
Weekend Bass Series Championship has been renamed the Ray Scott Championship,
announced American Bass Anglers officials who conducts the largest and most prestigious tournament trail for weekend
anglers.
“I
am both honored and humbled that this great weekend angler championship will be
named after me,” said Scott, a bass fishing legend. “My heart has always been
with the weekend bass angler from the very first days of this great sport. I
like the format used in the Weekend Bass Series because it really tests the
mettle of the angler in fair and honest competition and it will be exciting to
watch the best anglers rise to the top and take this championship.”
Most people know Ray Scott as the founder of the Bass
Anglers Sportsman Society and for his involvement with promoting professional
bass fishing over the past 45 years. However,
he has also been honored many times for his influential work in conservation,
boating safety and the fishing environment.
He received the prestigious Horatio Alger award and was named by Field
and Stream magazine as one of “Twenty Who Have Made a Difference” in the
American outdoors during the 20th century along with people like
Theodore Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold.
“Ray Scott is a true living legend who created B.A.S.S. and the sport of bass fishing as
we know it today,” said Morris Sheehan, president of American Bass Anglers,
Inc. “We are extremely excited to have him in this position. Ray has
been a very strong supporter of ABA and will serve as the official
spokesman for ABA activities. He will do personal appearances on behalf of ABA
and membership promotions throughout the year. This will be the most prestigious award
ever given in bass fishing history. It is exciting that the first-ever Ray
Scott Championship will crown the best weekend bass angler in the country in
Ray’s home state.”
Set
for Nov. 12-15, 2014, the first Ray Scott Championship will be held on Wheeler
Lake in Decatur, Ala. The no-entry fee championship will be awarded to the
first-ever Ray Scott Champion. The Boater Division winner will receive $100,000
in cash and possibly more than $100,000 in contingency bonus money from
sponsors. The Co-Angler Division champion will also win a big payout including $50,000
in cash and possibly more than $50,000 in contingency bonus money from
sponsors.
As a
special Ray Scott Championship bonus, the Boater Division and Co-Angler Division
champions will each receive entry fees and sponsorship into the one of two
professional bass fishing series of the angler’s choice. The sponsorship
includes entry fees into three professional events and sponsorship support. This
sponsorship will put the champion within striking distance of one of two professional
bass fishing championships.
The
Weekend Bass Series’ 2014 season kicks off on Lake Murray near Columbia, S.C.
on Jan. 18, 2014. The anglers will run out of Dreher Island State Park, located
at 3677 State Park Road in Prosperity, S.C. For more information about the
Weekend Bass Series or the Ray Scott Championship, visit www.weekendseries.com
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