Not wanting to confuse you -- but wanting to walk you through a snap shot in time of how the new system for qualifying for the Championship will work. If we were pulling the Championship field TODAY; this is what it would look like. Remember, only teams completing 3 tournaments in their division are eligible for the Championship. Also -- remember -- that according to the rules you must launch BOTH DAYS of the tournament in order to keep your points and stay eligible. If there's motor trouble or anything, this still applies.

230 fill rate so far in East (101 Detroit River/Lk Erie; 67 Henderson harbor and 62 Sag Bay) means we will take 5% of the unique teams from the EAst. There are 149 unique teams so far; so that is 7.


585 fill rate so far in the Central (220 SV; 197 Bay de Noc and 168 Lake Pepin) That means 9% of the unique teams will go to the Championship from the Central -- or 26 teams. If we get 15 more teams so that it gets to 600 before Lake Pepin, that % will go up to 10%.

There are 80 Challenge Teams. 20% is 16. We will take 16 teams from the Challenge roster, skiping over anyone that previously qualified from their division.

East Division (1): David Kolb of Ada, MI & Dan Byers of Cedar Springs, MI
East Division (2): Jeff Manz of Vanderbilt, MI & Greg Yarbrough of Port Clinton, OH
East Division (3): Mike Bringedahl of Twin Lake, MI & Tod Conner of Hopkins, MI
East Division (4): Dan Johnson of Fayetteville, OH & Mike Defibaugh of Bellefontaine, OH
East Division (5): Nathan Seiferlein of Marine City, MI & Jason Kaniszewski of AuGres, MI
East Division (6): Ron Rhodes of Lorain, OH & Andy Kuffer of Sterling Heights, MI
East Division (7): Jeff Koester of Brookville, IN & Scott Rhodes of Traverse City, MI
Central Division (1): Larry Keller of Neshkoro, WI & Chad Kropp of Neshkoro, WI
Central Division (2): Scott Aydelotte of Garner, IA & Jim Trow of Ames, IA
Central Division (3): Neil Hammargren of Waterloo, IA & Doug Newhoff of Cedar Falls, IA
Central Division (4): James Preissner of Hastings, MN & Rodney York of Centerville, MN
Central Division (5): Tim Harms of Owatonna, MN & Chad Kruse of Allison, IA
Central Division (6): William Babe of Silver Lake, WI & Joseph Babe of Silver Lake, WI
Central Division (7): Bruce Sesko of Lake Villa, IL & Erik Sesko of Trevor, WI
Central Division (8): Kevin Dahl of Muskego, WI & Steve Stack of Muskego, WI
Central Division (9): Donald Olson of Andover, MN & Michael Olson of Coon Rapids, MN
Central Division (10): Cory Peterson of King, WI & Steve Sawyer of Germantown, WI
Central Division (11): Paul Fournier of Andover, MN & Ryan Olson of Cambridge, MN
Central Division (12): Marty Stuefen of Cedar Rapids, IA & Mickey Stuefen of Cedar Rapids, IA
Central Division (13): Donald Solis of Perronville, MI & Bert Wilson of Gladstone, MI
Central Division (14): Zach Boudreau of La Crescent, MN & Curt Henderson of La Crescent, MN
Central Division (15): Chris Gasser of Random Lake, WI & Gina Gasser of Random Lake, WI
Central Division (16): James Steiskal of Antioch, IL & Robert Schaefer of Antioch, IL
Central Division (17): Brad Bull of Mason City, IA & Wes Rose of Terril, IA
Central Division (18): Joe Jensen of Buffalo, MN & Harlan Perron of Maple Grove, MN
Central Division (19): Steve Stein of Leavenworth, KS & Kenny Ludwig of Leavenworth, KS
Central Division (20): Troy Skorich of Superior, WI & John Swanstrom of Superior, WI
Central Division (21): Robert Blosser of Poynette, WI & Gary Tomlinson of Poynette, WI
Central Division (22): Rick Henriksen of DePere, WI & Tom Zollar of Green Bay, WI
Central Division (23): Gary Pelkey of Van Dyne, WI & Margaret Pelkey of Van Dyne, WI Central Division (24): Bill Damron of Antioch, IL & Edward Michniewicz of Fox Lake, IL
Central Division (25): Don Kenik of Antioch, IL & Bill Guerrini of Spring Valley, IL
Central Division (26): Mark Piper of Green Bay, WI & Randy Blasczyk of Green Bay, WI
Challenge Division (1): Jess King of Hatley, WI & Dave Kreger of Hatley, WI
Challenge Division (2): Chris Nelson of South St. Paul, MN & Jerry Nelson of South St. Paul, MN
Challenge Division (3): Jim Pulkinen of Hayward, WI & Brian McInerney of Stone Lake, WI
Challenge Division (4): Dean Nathe of Wausau, WI & Paul Thompson of Mosinee, WI
Challenge Division (5): Steve Skupien of Frankfort, IL & Dave Kleszyk of Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Challenge Division (6): Al Schrofer of Tinley Park, IL & William Haas of Saint John, IN
Challenge Division (7): Vince Raimondi of Hoffman Estates, IL & Doug Larsen of Westmont, IL
Challenge Division (8): Paul Curmi of Belleville, MI & Mike Jurik of Saginaw, MI
Challenge Division (9): Mark Kordus of Mosinee, WI & Shawn Hettinga of Schofield, WI
Challenge Division (10): Mark Carlyle of Ham Lake, MN & Rick Johnson of Columbia Heights, MN
Challenge Division (11): Dave Casper of Bloomingdale, MI & Willy Casper of Grand Junction, MI
Challenge Division (12): Mark Michael of Princeton, IL & John Mannerino of Chicago, IL
Challenge Division (13): Jeff Seyka of Milford, MI & Todd Robinson of Hubbard, OH
Challenge Division (14): Jason Snyder of Duluth, MN & Brian Kjoberg of Floodwood, MN
Challenge Division (15): Carl Stepp of South Milwaukee, WI & Richard O'Connor of Milwaukee, WI
Challenge Division (16): Tim Waltz of Williamsport, PA & George Barach of Barryton, MI


A couple of points here. Several East teams have fished 3 tournaments of their 4 for the season. Because of that, they are falling below some of the Central teams that have only fished 1 tournament so far. But once all the tournaments get "in" it will shake out.

Hope that makes sense.

Please let me know if you need to see the reports with this; or if you can look them up on this website to see where this came from.

This makes a Championship roster as of today of 49 teams. That would be the minimum. It could be higher as we gain more teams in the divisions and more teams in the Challenge.

Or call me -- or Jeff -- if you have questions.

Kristine
877-893-7947 (ext 4 for Jeff)