Bass-n-Tubes Club By-laws
Bass-n-Tubes is an FLW/TBF federation affiliated club

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2010 Membership Form

Club Membership:

A. Membership requirements

Desire to fish in club events.

Participation in "Open" tournaments does not require club or FLW membership.

B. Membership Dues

Premium Membership
Total dues for "Premium Membership" are $85 per year.
Premium Membership includes FLW competitive membership dues $35,
BnT club dues $30, TBF dues $15, and California Fed $5.
Premium membership offers all the advantages that come with the FLW and the TBF, including the chance to fish federation tournaments and maybe qualify for the Forrest Wood Cup.

Basic Membership
Dues for Basic Membership: $30

Returning club members should mail a payment for full club dues before February 1st.

Mail payment to:
Bass-n-Tubes
2444 14th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94116
Make checks payable to "Bass-n-Tubes"

2. New members:

Prospective new members who have never fished a
Bass-n-Tubes tournament are invited to fish 1 regular scheduled event without paying club dues, to get acquainted.

Club membership and club membership dues are required upon fishing your second event.

Club dues must be paid prior to fishing a 3rd BnT event in any one year for AOY/TOC points to accumulate.

New members joining during the year may have their "club" dues prorated.

To qualify for the TOC new members must pay full annual club dues.

***New for 2010***
For returning anglers who want to fish a Bass-n-Tubes tourney without joining the club, there will be an additional $10.00 "insurance fee" added to the regular tourney entry fee, per tourney fished.

The additional fee will be used to offset the cost of club insurance. This is a non refundable charge and will not be included in the cost of club membership if an angler decides to join the club at a later date.

Opens are excluded from the additional insurance fee .

C. Meetings
BnT will hold a monthly on the water meeting during their tournament season.

Club Awards:

A. Angler of the Year (AOY)

1. The angler of the year will be determined by the total points at the end of the season

2. The points system is as follows:

a. 50 points will be awarded to the winner of each tournament, 49 points for 2nd, 48 points for 3rd, etc. All anglers who receive weight credit will receive points.

b. Anglers who have a zero weight will be awarded ½ of the last place points.

c. In the case of a tie the angler with the highest total weight for the season will be awarded the position.

3. There is one throw out tourney for the AOY title.

B. Tournament of Champions (TOC) Qualification

1. To qualify an angler must be a fully paid BnT club member and have fished at least 3 regularly scheduled regional events during the season.

2. The top 15 or 30% of members (whichever is greater) at the end of the season will qualify for the TOC.

3. There will be an "On Deck" angler who may qualify to fish the TOC if another qualifier can not make it.

4. There is one throw out tourney for the TOC qualification.