Valdez Women’s Silver Salmon Derby

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2018 VALDEZ WOMEN’S SILVER SALMON DERBY VIDEO

2018 Overall Winners

1st Place
Leslie West
Provo, UT
16.48 lbs.

2nd Place
Karen Moore
Anchorage, AK
15.36 lbs.

3rd Place
Crista Andersen
Valdez, AK
15.08 lbs.

2018 Women Silver Salmon Derby – Top 50 Winners

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Place	Name	Hometown	Fish Weight

1^st	Leslie West	Provo, UT	16.48 lbs.
2^nd	Karen Moore	Anchorage, AK	15.36 lbs.
3^rd	Crista Andersen	Valdez, AK	15.08 lbs.
4^th	Carrie Mercier	Valdez, AK	15.06 lbs.
5^th	Angie Morris	Valdez, AK	14.82 lbs.
6^th	Kate Foster	Valdez, AK	14.76 lbs.
7^th	Jenny Smith	Valdez, AK	14.68 lbs.
8^th	Lori Day	Valdez, AK	14.58 lbs.
9^th	Rowena Palomar	Valdez, AK	14.48 lbs.
10^th	Julie Mason	Valdez, AK	14.44 lbs.
11^th	Nicole Wattengel	Copper Center, AK	14.32 lbs.
12^th	Jennifer Forster	Wasilla, AK	13.98 lbs.
13^th	Elizabeth Stroup	Melbourne, FL	13.88 lbs.
14^th	Trish Kindt	Pierre, SD	13.68 lbs.
15^th	Hope Roberts	Valdez, AK	13.62 lbs.
16^th	Natalie Chamberlin	Fairbanks, AK	13.58 lbs.
17^th	Sarah Kupczyk	Valdez, AK	13.56 lbs.
18^th	Dorothy Cook	Jber, AK	13.54 lbs.
19^th	Becky Dallas	Palmer, AK	13.44 lbs.
20^th	Viki Kaas	Anchorage, AK	13.40 lbs.
21^st	Adiana Clark	North Pole, AK	13.36 lbs.
22^nd	Dezirae Wiley	Valdez, AK	13.30 lbs.
23^rd	Marilou Wolterman	North Pole, AK	13.18 lbs.
24^th	Phimchanok Boswell	Valdez, AK	13.14 lbs.
25^th	Robin Tate Lesher	Seabeck, WA	13.12 lbs.
26^th	Chris Harris	Glennallen, AK	13.04 lbs.
27^th	Kyra Meyer	Valdez, AK	13.02 lbs.
28^th	Germaine Eames	Anchorage, AK	13.00 lbs.
29^th	Christina Cordes	Palmer, AK	13.00 lbs.
30^th	Thale Steenhoven	Salcha, AK	13.00 lbs.
31^st	Amanda Godin	Valdez, AK	12.94 lbs.
32^nd	Dani Walters	Valdez, AK	12.90 lbs.
33^rd	Rene Kappel	Fairbanks, AK	12.88 lbs.
34^th	Lisa Cronk	Valdez, AK	12.84 lbs.
35^th	Lillian Demoski	Wasilla, AK	12.82 lbs.
36^th	Nikcol Fischer	Fairbanks, AK	12.80 lbs.
37^th	Paula Rothenbuhler	Salcha, AK	12.72 lbs.
38^th	Rachelle Jeppsen	Ester, AK	12.72 lbs.
39^th	G.S. Richmand	San Ramon, CA	12.68 lbs.
40^th	Leslie Bauman	Valdez, AK	12.66 lbs.
41^st	Thitinan Dykstal	Anchorage, AK	12.60 lbs.
42^nd	Kaylee MacDonald	Valdez, AK	12.58 lbs.
43^rd	Bonnie Hinkle	Salcha, AK	12.58 lbs.
44^th	Jennifer Smith	Valdez, AK	12.54 lbs.
45^th	Ann Gravier	Anchorage, AK	12.50 lbs.
46^th	Jaruwan Kaewprasert	Anchorage, AK	12.50 lbs.
47^th	Luci Wright	Wasilla, AK	12.50 lbs.
48^th	Marjorie Pleiss	Valdez, AK	12.44 lbs.
49^th	Chalayna Culler	North Pole, AK	12.40 lbs.
50^th	Joey Eastman	Glennallen, AK	12.38 lbs.

Registration Info

*Women’s Derby Events are ONLY open to WOMEN WITH A 2018 DOG TAG.

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Early Registration Begins: August 4th – 11th at the Prospector Valdez
(New location! – 200 Egan Drive)
Friday, August 10th: After 6:00pm, register up at the Opening Ceremonies at the Civic Center:
6:00-9:00pm
Saturday, August 11th: Prospector: 5:30am – Noon

Tickets

Tickets are $50, + Silver Salmon Derby Ticket (daily or season).

Weigh In Hours

9:00am – 6:00pm
Thank YOU to Our Super Weigh In Volunteers! Weigh In station located near the Harbormaster’s business office.

Events

Opening Celebration

Friday, August 10, 2018
SILVER SALMON SISTERHOOD™ OPENING CELEBRATION
Valdez Civic Center • 6:00pm – 9:30pm
Lots of Great Door Prizes • No Host Bar • Wheel of Chocolate • Costume Contest • Fish Olympics
Theme for this year is “Adventures On the High Seas”

Awards Party

Saturday, August 11, 2018
SILVER SALMON SISTERHOOD™ AWARDS PARTY
“Crowning of the Queen of the Silver Salmon Sisterhood™”
Valdez Civic Center • Doors open at 7:00pm • Event begins at 8:00pm
Music • Door Prizes • No Host Bar • Top 50 Prizes Awarded

2017 Overall Winners

1st Place
Chinda Heston
Valdez, AK
14.88 lbs.

2nd Place
Kristina Bragg
Fairbanks, AK
14.58 lbs.

3rd Place
Sandra Virguez
Valdez, AK
13.44 lbs.

Women’s Fish Derby History

In 2005, derby clerk Angela Corcoran, came up with the idea of doing a fishing event for women. Corcoran and the Valdez Fish Derby Committee invited Fish Alaska Magazine’s publisher Melissa Norris to be keynote speaker and were pleasantly surprised when 372 women showed up for the registration event at Prospector Outfitters sporting goods. The opening event quickly outgrew the original venue and filled the Valdez Civic Center ballrooms to capacity with 707 registrants in 2010.

In 2009, the Valdez Fish Derbies weigh-in station weighed in more than 1,000 silvers on the Women’s Silver Derby day. The event has turned into much more than a day of fishing with an opening ceremony featuring music, Fish Olympic Games, Door Prizes, A Bachelor Filet-A-Fish Auction to benefit cancer survivors and the infamous Fox River Sock Toss. Lots of local businesses and big name sponsors like: The North Face; Carhartt; Dansko; Merrell; XtraTuffs; Camelbak; Columbia; SmartWool; Haiku; Chuckar Cherries; Grundens; Ugg; Muck Boots; Helly Hansen; Native Eyewear; Smith Sunglasses; Shakespeare; Adventure Medical Kits; Blue Fox; Gamakatsu; Woolrich; SuperFeet; Therma-Rest; Timberland; Life Is Good; Pendleton and Teva provide prizes for the event.

General Information

The 2018 Women’s Silver Salmon Derby will be held on Saturday, August 11th!

A fishing derby just for women?!?
That’s right. The Women’s Silver Salmon Derby has been going on for 14 years and running. It is the ONLY women’s fish derby in Alaska. You can read more about the Women’s Fishing Derby History here.

Women’s Derby Events are ONLY Open to WOMEN with a 2018 DOG TAG. We are excited that an unlimited number of women can enter the salmon fishing part of the event. Unfortunately, we have limited space at the Civic Center for the events. ADMITTANCE IS NOT GUARANTEED DUE TO SPACE CONSTRAINTS.

For more information, call 907-255-4727 or email info@valdezfishderbies.com.

If you have ever wondered where your money goes? Here are the answers.

More Information

Valdez Fish Derbies
Runs Derbies and Events all summer long
Pays Out CASH Prizes for all derbies
Gives away $5,000 CASH to someone who purchases a derby ticket

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