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Welcome to the
Official website of Wisconsin Team
Circuit(WTC). 2013 will be our 16th
year of organizing Bass tournaments
and our 3nd year of
organizing ice fishing tournaments.
Our mission of WTC
has not
changed over the past 16 years.
When we started WTC in 1998 our main
mission was to have each tournament
become an event, rather than just
showing-up, fish, weigh-in your
fish, go home. Instead we wanted
each tournament to be more memorable
and a learning experience for both
the novice tournament and seasoned
tournament anglers. We try to host
every WTC tournament out of a
private business on the tournament
lake rather than a boat ramp. This
type of venue allows the anglers to
easily meet and talk with each
other. This has been a great way
for the anglers to make new friends,
share experiences and learn more
about tournament fishing and fishing
in general.
2013 will be an
exciting year for WTC and the
anglers who participate in our
tournaments. The theme for the 2013
tournament season is
“Chase the
Cash.”
As we all know, our economy is still
in the “dump” and will probably
remain there in 2013. This has
caused us to look at how we can help
the tournament angler reduce the
costs of fishing tournaments and
earn more money. Total payout to
the anglers will be higher in 2013.
In 2013
we will be introducing a new
format. As everyone knows, the cost
to fish a Championship is not
cheap. The price of fuel, lodging,
food etc. have, and will continue,
to rise. Therefore, we will not be
having a Championship in 2013.
Instead, we will have 5 qualifying
tournaments with an entry fee of
$150 per 2-man team, per
tournament. A tournament with 40
paid teams will have a $1300 first
place prize and will pay 8 places,
with 8th place paying
$200.
It is
important for a circuit tournament
format like WTC to recognize the
best teams. Rather than a single
tournament Championship, we will be
paying-out “Bonus Monies.” The
method of paying out these “Bonus
Monies” will reward more teams for
their consistency throughout the
tournament season, rather than it
coming down to one tournament. The
“Bonus Monies” pot will be made up
of 15% of the entry fees from each
qualifying tournament. In addition
to monies at each qualifying
tournament, the competitors will
receive points based on how they
finished. At the completion of the
5 qualifying tournaments, the “Bonus
Monies” will be paid out as follows,
based on total place points in 4 of
the 5 tournaments:
-Top Team=2 Gold
Medals, 2 St. Croix rods, free entry
into the 2014 tournaments, plus 28%
of the “Bonus Monies” pot.
-2nd Top Team=2 Silver
Medals, plus 22% of the “Bonus
Monies” pot.
-3rd Top Team=2 Bronze
Medals, plus 22% of the “Bonus
Monies” pot.
-2 Wild Card teams will also be paid
from this pot. All teams, except
the Top 3, who have fished 4 of the
5 qualifying tournaments, are
eligible, through a drawing, to
receive this money. Each Wild Card
team will receive 14% of the pot.
To
compete in the qualifying
tournaments, each angler must be a
member of Wisconsin Team Circuit.
The annual membership is $10 per
individual and entitles the
individual to participate in all WTC
events.
The
2013 tournament schedule has been
completed and is located on this
site. Also, the entry form can be
printed from this website. The
entry form explains the rules and
also shows the sample payout. A
separate, signed entry form is
required for each tournament
entered. Forty paid teams will be
allowed in each tournament event.
Entry into a tournament is based on
a first-come-first-served basis.
Check out our ice
fishing tournament circuit in the
Wisconsin Ice fishing League section
of this website. |
