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May 18, 2010, 9:45AM The Deptford Elks Lodge, in celebration of Elks Youth Week, recently held their Annual Youth Fishing Tournament at Greenwich Lake in Gibbstown. A total of 129 children between ages 2 and 14 fished for three hours and were treated, along with their families, to a BBQ lunch cooked by Deptford Elks members. Trophies and prizes were presented to the first, second and third place winners for the most fish caught and largest fish caught and first and second place for the largest bass caught. The winners for most fish were Jake Stone, seven, with 20 fish; Hunter Morris, 11, with 15 fish and a tie with 14 fish between Justin Cowgill, 11 and Albert Gillingham, eight. View full sizePictured here are the Tournament prize winners with ER Bill Jeffers and Youth Activities Chairman Ed Morrison. The largest fish awards went to Brandon Stiffler, 11, with a 22” bow fish; Faith Latvenas, 4, with a 21” fish and Angel Latvenas, 8, with a 19” bow fish. The largest bass awards went to Justin Perez, 3, with a 12 1?2” bass and Kaitlin Martino, 13, with a 12” bass. Deptford Elks Lodge and Youth Activities Chairman Ed Morrison want to thank the White Oaks Fishing Club for the BBQ food, Wheelabrator for their donation for prizes, STC Sports for providing a fishing boat demonstration, bait and prizes; Prime Time Anglers for a tackle box prize, Chris Robertson, a tournament graduate, for the largest bass prize and the 35 Elks and friends who spent the day working with the children and measuring the 452 fish caught during the three hour tournament. The four 14-year-old contestants were awarded graduation prizes of either fishing reels or loaded tackle boxes and were encouraged to return next year to help the younger children. The 12 children younger than four years of age were given fishing poles to continue their future angling. All the children then chose from hundreds of fishing prizes and toys, leaving with their arms full of items providing summer fun and memories of an enjoyable family outing

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