The kids!
The second annual Gold Cup Black and Blue Marlin tournament ended today with just one legal fish caught during the two day tournament! Water temperatures were just a little too warm as 240 anglers used all their skills and talents to hook up the big one. The winner of the tournament will receive the cash prize for largest fish of the tournament, but much of the other prize money will not be claimed because of the unusual result of the first day…no fish were brought in! The Prize money of all the unclaimed categories is added to the charity jackpot, and will be distributed to the those who need it most. DIF, the agency for under privileged Children will use the funds to buy much needed prosthetic limbs.The Rotary Club will continue as they always do to provide the resources for a better quality of life for many Baja families.

We were very very pleased at the outcome of the tournament, and ultimate challenge for the fishing teams, with only one winning team. The Ultimate Fishing Tournament.
Tomorrow night, at the festivities to wrap up the tournament, there will be many raffles providing more gifts and necessities for the charities. As well, several auctions will take place providing even more cash for those who need it the most…the kids. We are very pleased to be part of this great Charity event! More tomorrow on the festivities and wrap up.

You can also view the photos in a larger format (and download) at Rory Kings Picasa Webalbum here…

…isn’t that the slogan they announce when the olympic games open for competition?? Well, here in La Paz the games also started this morning. 60 some happy sportfishing teams left early for the first day of the La Paz Goldcup Black and Blue Marlin sport fishing tournament to compete.

Friday October 3rd 2008
Day one of the 2nd Annual Gold Cup fishing tournament started early this morning.
Pictured below is Team Baja Quest, sponsored by Newtek Construction Solutions, Baja Quest Developments and KIZA Marketing and Sales, aboard Sea Quest II. Anglers from Left to Right.
Michael Reye, Bill Woodhouse, Les Zwaryck, Captain Martin, Dr.Gaxiola, and Captain Fransico. This international team of Anglers from Mexico, Canada and the United States is one of the 60 plus registered teams, mostly from La Paz, that are participating in this Charity tournament for DIF, the Mexican agency for underprivileged children.

This is a two day tournament, we will be posting more news tomorrow morning, on the results of Day 1. Stay tuned!

Gorgeous pristine beach, beautiful weather, amazing company
and the cutest little turtles you can find… this weekend had all that. We arrived around 6:30 pm on Saturday, we were a little late but full of excitement, we were going to help release baby Leatherback sea turtles and we couldn’t wait. Pablo was waiting for us at the gate of Rancho San Cristobal, the location where ASUPMATOMA, the organization behind these commendable efforts, has chosen to do their part in protecting this species. He told us to follow the road until we got the house on the beach and so we did (it’s amazing how obedient one becomes when out of your own environment). After a 5 minute drive we got to the camp and parked, there were people already there listening to the instructions given by Elizabeth, one of the resident Marine Biologists, on what everybody had to do in order to help and not get in the way.

What happened next was incredible; we were all holding the tiniest baby sea turtles we had ever seen and were ready to release them to the ocean but we had to wait, we couldn’t just put them in the water… they have to struggle to get there, they have to push and pull their little bodies for a few meters (must seem like miles and miles for them) in order to get to the ocean, it’s an experience that will prepare them for the rest of their lives.