If it was me that you had helped, tourney or not, your efforts would have been applauded. As long as you felt helping him was the right thing to do, then you did the right thing.
This type of angler attitude, and the fact that I'm not great fisherman, is why I have only fished one tourney over 15 boats in my life. That one was enough for me, due to a similar situation.
A big thumbs up to you GeoBass. If I'm ever in this situation, I only hope that someone like you comes along!