Category: Youth News

All youth stories (ACA, SAF, HSFWF, Juniors, NGJWC)

Collegiate Bass Fishing a Growing Sport

(Nov. 02, 2009 – Alexandria, VA.)… In college athletics, football and basketball reign supreme in televised competition. However, there’s a new sport in town that has begun to crown champions on a field of play far removed from the grid iron or field house – collegiate bass fishing. The sport’s governing body, the Association of …

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TBF Joins Forces with the FFA!

10.26.09 – Last week, three members of The Bass Federation took part in the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN. Mark Gintert and Tisha West of the TBF National Office and Ken Gibbs the Indiana State Youth Director spent three days with a show booth and an interactive display with one of the largest conventions …

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SAF Club Gets Underway in Tennessee

Oliver Springs High School TBF Angler Club kicked off its initiation tournament Saturday, October 10 at Caney Creek Watts Bar in Roane County.

TBF Announces 2010 Youth Grant Award Winners

Earlier this year at the NGJWC in Pittsburgh PA, The Bass Federation announced a new youth grant program designed to spur the growth of junior bass clubs across the country. Each state had an opportunity to submit an application for the $1500 award that is designed to help the winners increase the awareness of the TBF …

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