We look forward to hosting our second annual Hawks Cay Sunrise / Sunset Tarpon Tourny April 24 - 26, 2009. The Tournament is part of the Redbone @ Large Celebrity Tournament Series. Redbone founder Gary Ellis nd his wife, Susan, have supported the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for two decades, not only because of its innovative and effective research efforts, but also for a very personal reason: their daughter, Nicole, was diagnosed with CF as an infant in the mid-1980s. Nicole is now thriving in the corporate world of international marketing, and she has witnessed - first hand - the advances made in the treatment of the disease. Financial support from the Redbone events has allowed tournaments such as the Hawks Cay Sunrise/Sunset Tarpon Tournament to help CFF make tremendous progress in the field of cystic fibrosis research and care. The
median age of survival for a person with CF has improved from early childhood in the 1950s to 36.8 years today.