Pontiac Cove Marina and the Cubbage family will host the Seventh Annual Verne D. Cubbage Memorial Buddy Bass Tournament on April 13. Any two-person team is welcome to enter. Cost to enter is $110 and includes $10 for the Big Bass prize. Cash prizes will be awarded to tournament winners. Lots of door prizes will be handed out. Youth are welcome (and encouraged!) to participate. A portion of the proceeds will also be donated to Gainesville High School extracurricular clubs. Contact PCM for more details: 417-679-3676. If you'd like an entry form emailed to you, send an email to info@pontiaccove.com. Or you can pick up an entry form at the marina. We hope to see you there!
Here is an excerpt from a letter written by Jerry Cubbage, son of the late Verne Cubbage:
I want to tell you a little bit about my father, the
reason we started the tournament. My Dad and Mom moved to the Missouri
Ozarks (Bull Shoals Lake) in 1973. For 14 years they owned and operated a
fishing resort and raised me and my sister. They worked hard to promote
Bull Shoals Lake and the Ozarks during that time. After selling the resort
Dad started his own printing/promotion business. He served Bull Shoals,
Norfork, Table Rock and Taneycomo Lakes areas. He designed
brochures, attended sport shows, helped with advertising and raised money to
promote these Ozark organizations: Missouri Bull Shoals Lake Assoc., The
Norfork Lake Assoc., Bull Shoals White River Assoc., Bull Shoals Lake Chamber
of Commerce, The Ozark Mountain Region, Vacation Outfitters/National Brochure
Exchange of Branson.
Dad’s favorite pastimes were fishing (tournament and
non-tournament) and driving a school bus for Gainesville School District for
special events.
Last year the tournament raised $700 to support the
Gainesville High School’s FFA and FBLA organizations. Since the tournament’s
inception six years ago, the tournament has raised $8700 for these charities:
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and the Future Farmers of America and
Future Business Leaders of America Clubs of Gainesville High School. We
will be donating the proceeds from this year’s tournament to the Clubs of
Gainesville High School.
The Cubbage family wants to THANK YOU for
fishing and donating in past years. Let’s make this tournament the biggest and
best. Come out and fish. I hope to see you on Saturday, April 13th!!!
Sincerely,
Jerry Cubbage and Family
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