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Ashley McAuley, Texas, USA and Henrik Meisner Michaelson, Denmark on a virtual call First Lap

We are now seeking your 2025 data sets. This is for all events hosted this calendar year. Please complete the 3 tabs of the attached excel: Program – this gives us an overview of your organization and Relay program along with your Relay goals for the year ahead. The written responses help us to tailor our support to you 2025 data – this allows us to collate all the global data and complete analysis which highlights trends and successes to share across the network – it is also used to calculate the license fee 2026 Relays – by providing us with the planned 2026 events we can help make some noise about them and also provide you with some global marketing stats for the year. Dates don’t need to be final just current proposed is fine Please complete this sheet and return to me by March 1, 2026. I know for some partners this timeframe is a challenge when you are getting data from various federated organizations, if it will be a challenge just reach out, and we can agree a plan. Please refer to the email sent Tue, Jan 13 for the spreadsheet.

Anyone who has attended will tell you that the Fishing For the Cure Ice Fishing Challenge is one of the most fun and meaningful fishing tournaments ever! What's better than a great day ice fishing with family and friends, while also knowing you are raising money for a good cause? Our 2025 tournament continued with its reputation for being a fun, family friendly event. We had 886 people who fished – moms, dads, kids, grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends. 178 kids 12 and under! Altogether, with support from so many people, we raised $85,000 at our 2025 tournament! Prizes were awarded for the top 50 fish in two fish categories – large fish (Northern, Walleye and Bass) and small fish (Crappie, Perch and Sunfish).