Details

2025 Berkley Team Series District 9 Championship

Presented by Firefly Marine

Divisions: All Kentucky divisions, Tennessee Central, and Tennessee East

• SITE: Boone Lake

• HOST: Johnson City Convention & Visitor Bureau

• DATES: September 26-27, 2025

• OFFICIAL PRACTICE: September 23-25, 2025

• OFF LIMITS: September 16-22, 2025 and during the mandatory pre-tournament meeting.

• ENTRY DEADLINE TO AVOID LATE FEE: September 1, 2025

• FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: Midnight September 20, 2025

• MANDATORY MEETING: September 25, 2025

• PERMITTED FISHING AREAS: All public waters accessible by boat from the tournament launch site.

• LAUNCH SITE:

• Winged Deer Park - Lakefront (past the softball fields)
• CB Kinch Landing
• 250 Carroll Creek Rd
• Johnson City, TN 37601

• THURSDAY’S MEETING SITE:  Grandview Christian Church - Buffalo Campus

300 University Pkwy

Johnson City, TN 37604

• REGISTRATION TIME: 5:15PM - 6:00PM

• MEAL: 6:00 PM : Sponsored by Johnny Brusco's Pizza, 2111 North Roan Street Johnson City Tn, 423.477.4992

• MEETING: Immediately following the meal. - All teams must attend the meeting

Flight assignments and times will be given at the meeting

****Any changes that become necessary will be posted here. Please re-check this page before traveling.

Roster Information:

*****ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS*****

All teams who have;

• Entered at least 3 FOM Team Series regular season tournaments during the 2025 season, within a district are eligible to enter that District Championship.

All anglers who have;

• entered at least 5 regular season divisional tournaments in any division or combination of divisions during the 2025 season, AND attended at least 3 regular season pre-tournament meetings during the 2025 season, in any division or combination of divisions,

Or

• entered ALL of the regular season tournaments in any FOM Team Series division during the 2025 season AND attended at least 3 regular season pre-tournament meetings during the 2025 season,

 are eligible to enter any District Championship tournament anywhere in the country and/or the Wildcard tournament at the end of that season. Those anglers may enter as many District Championships as they wish,

Entries will only be accepted from these teams.

Deadlines

Entry into any District Championship on or before September 1, 2025 is $200 per team.

Entry into any District Championship after September 1, 2025 is $225 per team.

Entry into “Bonus Bucks is an additional $25 per team.

The final entry deadline for each District Championship id midnight the Saturday before the event you wish to enter.

If you wish to enter “Bonus Bucks”, you MUST send it with your entry fee. No Bonus Bucks entries will be accepted at the meeting.

Bonus Bucks entry fee is $25. 100% is paid back (1/2 each day) and it is optional.

To avoid a $25 late fee, you must mail your entry early enough that it will be received by September 1, 2025, or enter online via the PayPal link below by midnight, September 1, 2025. If you need assistance with paying online, contact your division director or you can mail your entry to the address below.

-After September 1, a $25 late fee will be charged -

If you wish to enter a District Championship after September 1, you must add a $25 late fee to your entry and get it to the National office by midnight Saturday Night, the week prior to the event you are entering. You can submit entries in person at a prior event, via the PayPal at a link in the tournament details, or by mailing it to:

Fishers of Men

12 High Water Road

Bedford IN 47421

If you mail an entry, remember that it must be RECEIVED by midnight on the Saturday Night prior to the event you are entering and must include a $25 late fee.

No entries will be accepted after midnight Saturday Night, the week prior to the event.

Prior to September 1

To enter:       Enter via PayPal at the link below

OR

1-       Download, print, and complete an entry form

2-       Mail your entry form and entry fee to the address below, allowing for delivery time to be received by the National September 1. ($225 if you are entering “Bonus Bucks” or $200 if you are not)

After September 1

To enter:       Enter via PayPal at the link below

OR

           1-       Download, print, and complete an entry form

2-       Bring your entry to the staff at the weigh-in of a prior District Championship,

OR

3-       Mail your entry form and entry fee to the address below, allowing for delivery time to be received by the National Office by midnight Saturday Night, the week prior to the event. ($250 if you are entering “Bonus Bucks” or $225 if you are not)

Fishers of Men

12 High Water Road

Bedford, IN 47421

For questions concerning entry, call Al Odom at 803-429-1784 or Bobby Eads at 812-583-6389.