3rd Annual Lloyd Kirby Father’s Day Tournament
Mayo Lake- 6/17/2023
We had the 3rd Annual Fathers Day tournament last Saturday and boy was it a good one!! We were blessed with a 55 boat field ranging from Father/Son, Father/ Daughter to Grandfathers/ Grandkids teams. This tournament has grown every year and I get the same response every year from everyone that fishes it. They always come to me at the end of the tournament and tell me that they enjoy this tournament more than any tournament they fish all year. This tournament is not about winning but spending time with family and friends with a little side of competition. When me and Jeff Brann come up with this tournament 3 years ago that was exactly what we wanted and were so happy that everyone shares our ambition to make this tournament grow.
Before we get into the tournament me and Jeff want to Thank everyone that came out to fish on Saturday!
We especially want to THANK all of the Bussineses and individuals that donated prizes for the drawings at the end of the tournament. We had over $5000.00 worth of prizes ranging from gift cards to fish cookers and everything in between. Everyone that stayed after the tournament ended up with a door prize. That alone to me just blows my mind that there are so many people willing to step up and help out for such a good cause.
Now on to the tournament.
Which the perfect weather that the Good Lord gave us on Saturday the lake fished kind of tough. Well atleast it did for me!
As for any tournament somebody’s going to figure them out and bring in some good bags. At the end of the day it was the team of Zack Porterfield & his Dad Kenny Porterfield that topped the field with a 3 fish limit weighing 14.55 pounds. Earning them a very nice two basket fish cooker donated by Thomas Brothers Oil & Propane valued at $500.00 and $350.00 cash and Plaques. They wasn’t done either! They also won the Ernest Dixon Big Fish for the tournament earning them another $720.00 cash and 2 more Plaques. The original $520.00 big fish money was pushed to $720.00 through a $200.00 donation from Kenneth Dixon and his Mother in honer of thier Dad & Husband Mr. Ernest Dixon. That brought their total to $1550.00 worth of cash prizes for the day. Awesome job guys!!!!. Yall beat some Mayo Lake Hammers to do that. They were followed by the team of Zeb Barnette & his son Zeb Barnette Jr. with a 3 fish limit weighing 13.56 pounds. That earned them $350.00
We had a extra $300.00 donated to the tournament so we decided to do mystery weights. We put 6 different weights wrote on paper in a hat after the weigh in and drew 3 of them out. Each weight was worth $100.00. If your team was the closest to that weight without going over you won the money.
Mystery weight!
4 pounds- Ross Oliver & Emily Larabee-$100.00
5 pounds- Boswell & Hamlett- $100.00
6 pounds- Staton & Logan Staton Staton – $100.00
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone that placed!
We had 4 different companies that really stepped up in donations and we want to make sure they’re recognized for their efforts.
Thomas Brothers Oil &Propane
R&S Race Cars
Catch The Fever
Frank Dalton
That dosent take anything away from anyone that donated. Every donation given was awesome and is what got everyone there a prize.
Thank you again for all of the donations from everyone that donated!!
Me & Jeff definitely want to give a BIG SHOUT out to the ones that took their time to come and help do this tournament. Without them me and Jeff wouldn’t get the opportunity to fish with our Dad & Son in this tournament. Thank yall!
Krystal Kirby Sheppard
Shane Brantley
Carie Brantley
Ava Brantley
List of Donators.
1. Caleb Page & Catch the Fever
2. R&S Race Cars
3. Thomas Bros Propane of Yanceyville
4. Grissom & Holloman Attorneys at Law
5. Huff’s Insurance & Reality
6. Double R Landfill
7. Altec
8. Powertech Electric
9. Countyline Auto
10. Skeets Concealed Carry
11. Thomas Pro Wash
12. Roberts Service Mart
13. J. Brann’s Original BBQ Sauce
14. Aunt Millies Pizza & Subs
15. Torero’s Mexican Restaurant
16. Golden Corral of ROXBORO
17. Buoys Bar & Grill
18. New Entrant Consulting
19. 5 Alive Team Trail
20. W.F. Cox
21. Jeff Abbott
22. Jeff & Sylvia Wagner
23. Frank Dalton
24. Shane Perkins
25. Meranda Long Wolfe in Memory of Steve Long
26. Kenneth & Mable Dixon
27. Tim Chandler
28. Wendy & Carolyn Chambers
29. Jason Holt
30. Bryan Perry
31. Shane Brantley
32. Carie Brantley
33. Ava Brantley
34. Kristy Sheppard
35. Robin Gentry
Results.
1st. Porterfield & Porterfield- 14.55 pounds-$850.00
2nd. Barnette & Barnette- 13.56 pounds-$350.00
3rd. Compton & Compton- 12.13 pounds-$250.00
4th. Morris & Morris- 11.45 pounds-$190.00
5th. Edward’s & Edward’s- 11.42 pounds-$155.00
6th. Patterson & Patterson- 10.91 pounds-$140.00
7th. Brown & Brown- 10.84 pounds-$130.00
8th. Dalton & Bean- 10.54 pounds-$120.00
9th. Moser & Moser- 10.03 pounds-$100.00
10th. Rice & Rice- 9.94 pounds -$100.00
11th.Tuck & Tuck- 9.34 pounds -$100.00 tie breaker
12th. Bowen & Bowen- 9.34 pounds- Free Entry
Big Fish.
Porterfield & Porterfield- 5.66