Anglers reel in the wins

Angling Professional League (APL) anglers recently participated in the fourth round of the Vees Micro Enterprises League at Richgate Park.

The Paper House team was the dominant force and put itself in a comfortable position to win the league title. The team scored 62 points, followed by NFH Super Stars with 48 points, Team Streetwire on 47 points and the Fishing People on 35 points.

The stand out angler of the day was Monty Slabbert, who won both the orange and purple caps.

He accumulated 19 points, followed by Ossie Oosthuizen on 16, Matthew Shunmugam, Ashvir Ramnarayan and Tony Singh on 14 points each.

The title contenders included Tony Singh with the heaviest scaled fish weighing in at 3,490 kg; Faizel Seedat with the heaviest non scaled fish weighing in at 3,690kg; Shakeel Sheik reeled in the heaviest scaly of 650 grams and Monty Slabbert was the highest points scorer with 28 points.

Shane Mangaroo was crowned Champion of Champion while Harry Singh won the title of Knock-Out Champion. Monty Slabbert continued reeling in the wins when he was awarded title of League Champion.

Rishen Nankoo and Minesh Gopi were crowned as Knock-Out Doubles Champions.

The title for the “Angler of the Year” sees Monty Slabbert comfortably in poll position with 66 points, followed by Vicky Bhooli on 53 points and Ossie Oosthuizen on 52 points.

Paper House leads the Vees Micro Enterprises lead with 30 points, followed by Team Streetwire on 24 points; NFH Super Stars on 14 points, followed by the Fishing People on 12 points.

The next APL competition will be the Transnat Knock-Out finals and play-offs at Sandford on March 15.

The finals will be between Paper House and the Fishing People, while Team Streetwire and NFH Super Stars will fish against each other.

Membership to the APL is ongoing and membership forms may be collected from Midas Spares (Mr. Omar); the Fishing People (Shabir); Terence Chetty (072 786 0866) or Monty Slabbert on 082 391 6324 for more information.