N.D. Governor's Cup canceled
BY TYSON SMEDSTAD
BHG NEWS
An announcement was posted on Facebook Friday evening that many people may have been expecting, but it didn't make the news any easier to swallow. T he No r t h D a ko t a
Governor's Walleye Cup had been canceled. This decision was not made lightly, but the committee did not find it feasible to host the fishing tournament and still be able to follow the guidelines put in place by the North Dakota Game and Fish and State of North Dakota. “As much work that goes into it, we do look forward to this every year and everyone
was disappointed,” President Joyce Pflinger said. “but just for the safety of everyone involved … we just felt we had to do it.” With one of the regulations to follow is social istancing and with weigh-ins at the city park, how do you regulate that with over 250 teams plus guests there to watch? “It just wouldn' t have been our tournament, the Governor's Cup tournament, with all the regulations we had to follow it would've been too difficult,” Pflinger said, “To have it up in the park and have no spectators, it just wouldn't have been the Governor's Cup.” Also, volunteers need to check in and inspection for the boat just wouldn't have worked.
