Record #:

7146

Author(s):

Green, Ann

Abstract:

Each year the North Carolina Lions Club holds the Visually Impaired Persons (VIP) Fishing Tournament. The First Flight, Nags Head, Manteo, Wanchese, Columbia, and Plymouth Lions Clubs sponsor the tournaments which are held on the Outer Banks. The 2004 event attracted 400 individuals aged twelve to ninety-one. Competitors fish from a pier or from a boat. The activities of a typical tournament are described.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Spring 2005, p12-17, il

Subject(s):

People with visual disabilities; Tournament fishing--Outer Banks; Sports for people with disabilities; Fishing tournaments--Outer Banks