Angling Profession League to kick off
At a meeting held under the auspices of Breakwaters Angling Club, the blue print for the APL was laid, which makes for an exciting season ahead.
The face of the angling scene is set to change with the formation of the Angling Professional League (APL) based on cricket’s winning formula, the IPL.
At a meeting held under the auspices of Breakwaters Angling Club, the blue print for the APL was laid, which makes for an exciting season ahead.
Each of the league, knock-out and grand challenge competitions will carry prize money of R500 to be awarded to the winning team.
The “Angler of the Day” will be awarded with an outright trophy in recognition of his achievement and get the chance to wear the orange cap.
The top three anglers, per competition, will be rewarded for their achievements, and will receive trophies.
Anglers catching carp over four kilograms or barbel over 10 kilograms respectively will be awarded will be awarded a bonus prize of R500 for their efforts. If there is a tie, the angler with the heaviest carp or barbel will be declared winners.
Interested anglers need not affiliate to teams, but can participate as individuals who will be allocated into teams for the purposes of the competition.
The “Angler of the Year” will receive the usual trophies as well cash incentives, including a family weekend getaway. The angler leading the log table will be afforded the honour of wearing the purple cap as each round of the competition progresses.
In addition to these trophies and incentives, other competitions will take place simultaneously, which include the league champions, knock out champion, most fish caught, champion of champion, social outing champion (scaled and non-scaled); internal knock-out doubles and singles knock-out; junior and senior angler of the year, highest point scorer, heaviest scaled fish and non-scaled fish. These incentives and trophies will be awarded at a glamorous awards function to be held at the completion of the season.
A special meeting will be held to discuss the composition of the teams, as well as the appointment of captains, vice captains and record clerks for each team.
The governing body to administer the affairs of APL include Matthew Shunmugam (President); Terrence Chetty (Vice President); Kidd Rampersadh (Treasurer); Vicky Bhooli (Secretary); Anil Boodhoo (Record Clerk); Ajen Goli (PRO); Monty Slabbert (Captain) and Prenesh Pandoy (Vice Captain).
Other members will be elected to the controlling body should the need arise.
Application forms for APL can be obtained from Mr Omar at Midas Spares. Interested anglers can contact Kidd Rampersadh on 084 6008 333, Terence Chetty on 072 786 0866 or Monty Slabbert on 082 391 6324 for more information.
APL begins with its first competition on August 3 at Richgate Park in Zones 2 or 4.
