SAFFA Youth Nationals 2022
05 to 08 October 2022 - Vaal de Sioleh
Hosted by Gauteng North Fly Fishing
Championship Format
The event will consisted of five, 3-hour competitive fly-fishing sessions spread over 3 days. A scrum session format was used for the duration of the event with five separate sectors on the Vaal River.
Eligible fish species: Smallmouth Yellowfish, Largemouth Yellowfish and Mudfish.
Minimum size limit: 150mm
SAFFA and FIPS Rules apply during the event.
Rule modifications were confirmed during the Captains Meeting.
Event Summary
The South African Youth Fly Fishing Nationals was a huge success. A massive thank you to the Gauteng North organising team for the effort they put into making the event run perfectly.
From a fishing perspective, the five competition sectors that were chosen provided different skill set challenges for the competitors. From shallow ankle deep fast riffle water to chest deep slow glides, the competition had it all. A total of 780 fish were caught during the event. Considering that we had anglers competing from ages 11 to 19 years of age, it is really exciting to see our youth anglers doing so well.
Final Team Results
Results after 5 sessions
1st: Limpopo A - 76 Place Points
2nd: Cape Winelands A - 82 Place Points
3rd: Gauteng North A - 89 Place Points
4th: KwaZulu Natal A - 93 Place Points
5th: Gauteng North B - 126 Place Points
6th: Cape Winelands B - 139 Place Points
7th: Central Gauteng A - 154 Place Points
8th: KwaZulu Natal B - 187 Place Points
9th: Limpopo B - 209 Place Points
Final Individual Results
Final Individual Results (Top 10)
1st: Daniel Duane (KZN A) - 5 Place Points
2nd: Kade Thompson (LIM A) - 9 Place Points
3rd: Le Roux Roos (CW A) - 10 Place Points
4th: Liam O'Flaherty (CG A) - 11 Place Points
5th: Marc van Rooyen (GN A) - 11 Place Points
6th: Luke Fairhead (LIM A) - 13 Place Points
7th: Roarke Goosen (GN A) - 15 Place Points
8th: Benjamin Blaauw (CW A) - 15 Place Points
9th: David Mulder (LIM A) - 15 Place Points
10th: Theo Van Niekerk (CG A) - 17 Place Points
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*If there was a tie on place points, fish points were used as a tie breaker.
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Competitors
Below is a list of the teams that entered the event.
A Team
Liam O'Flaherty
Theo Van Niekerk
Ewan Oates
Angler 4 (TBC)
Angler 5 (TBC)
Manager - Marc Vincente
Le Roux Roos
Jabsi Louw
Ruben Petrus Burger
Ben Blaauw
Liam Swart
Manager - Louis de Jager
A Team
Province Team
Ethan Burgess
Johan Cronje
Dru Guberman
Angus van Ees
Hendrik Jacobus Lourens
Non Fishing Captain - Tim Pope Ellis
A Team
Marc van Rooyen
Roarke Goosen
Ruben Lambrechts
Adam Freeman
Francois Scholtz
Non Fishing Captain - Amy Visser
Lewis Bolton
Luca Moeller
Werner Klopper
Daniel van Wyk
Russell van der Westhuizen
Non Fishing Captain - Garth Bolton
B Team
A Team
Daniel Duane
Jack Walters
Griffin Price
Peter Louwrens
Speedy Walters
Non Fishing Captain - Graeme Duane
B Team
Daniel Cruickshank
Sean Robinson
Adam Fitzsimmons
Angler 4 (TBC)
Angler 5 (TBC)
Non Fishing Captain - Stewart Price
Kade Thompson
Luke Fairhead
Campbell Maclean
Cary Owtram
David Mulder
Manager - Peter Schulenburg
A Team
B Team
Bodo Schulenburg
Angler 2 (TBC)
Angler 3 (TBC)
Angler 4 (TBC)
Angler 5 (TBC)
Manager/Non Fishing Captain
Highlights
Sectors
The competition sectors were are as follows:
Sector 1: Oom Koos' Waters | Distance: 1.2 km from Vaal de Sioleh | Travel Time: 5 mins
Sector 2: River Run Resort (Upper) | Distance: 38 km from Vaal de Sioleh | Travel Time: 45 mins
Sector 3: Thabela Thabeng | Distance: 4.7 km from Vaal de Sioleh | Travel Time: 15 mins
Sector 4: Vaal de Sioleh | Distance: 0 km from Vaal de Sioleh | Travel Time: 0 mins
Sector 5: River Run Resort (Lower) | Distance: 38 km from Vaal de Sioleh | Travel Time: 45 mins
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