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Queen K worth $10K for Magallanes

By Jim Rizzuto
Monday, July 5, 2010 7:01 AM HST

After a year of dominance in monthly fishing tournaments, David Magallanes won the Queen K. Tesoro Cup with its $10,000 cash award.

David led from start to finish. He persevered through 18 sanctioned tournaments and against 208 other teams at some time or other.

David's final test was the Wee Guys Tournament on June 26 and 27. He had a comfortable lead over his closest rivals, Mike Oshiro and Kenny Fogarty. Mike and Kenny are both outstanding fishermen, so David had to score points in the Wee Guys to hang on.

Mike made it very difficult by winning the Wee Guys ahi division. But David placed second in the mahimahi division to close the door, according to Capt. Al Gustavson, owner of Queen K. Tesoro.

Al runs the monthly Dirty Dozen fishing tournaments and established the Queen K. Tesoro Cup as a boost for the small boat fleet and a draw for the dozen Dirty Dozen events. The DD competitions now average 25 boats, and Al hopes to see them grow to 30 or more.

"I don't think there is another competition like this one in the world for boats under 25 feet," Al said.

The Queen K Cup and its $10,000 prize has had a significant effect on other tournaments in the series besides the Dirty Dozen.

"The Wee Guys Tourney, of which we are the major sponsor ($10,000), went to the next level when we awarded the Cup Series to Dave," Al said.

The 2011 Queen K Tesoro Cup Series starts on Aug. 7 with the Queen K Tesoro Dirty Dozen hosted at the Bite Me Fish Market. The Weigh-ins and bragging location will be at the Fish Market Restaurant from now on, Al said. Sign-ups will be at Queen K Tesoro before the tourney day and at Bite Me Fish Market from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. on the day of tourney.

The top ten finishers in the Queen K Tesoro Cup with boat names, team captains and final point totals were:

1. Kona Pearl II, David Magallanes, 1,243 pts. 2. Krista O, Mike Oshiro, 958. 3. Makana Lani, Kenny Fogerty, 675. 4. Hei Mana, Gary Sheehan, 665. 5. Miss Lynn, Hill Ramos, 550. 6. Mikaela Kai, Mike Camp, 519. 7. (tie with 505 points) Silver Star II, Paul Cantor and Kuuwaihi Kawena, Jeremy Moniz. 9. (tie with 485 points). Brezen II, Ted Toriano and Reel Lady, Pat Tanaka.

FINAL TOP 10 RESULTS HERE
6/28/2010