MAXFIELD , ELLISON TO HEAD FLW ’ S HIGH SCHOOL FISHING EFFORTS
NEWS & NOTES
South Africa Kicks Off Inaugural Cast-for-Cash Season
FLW South Africa kicked off its new tournament enterprise in November 2016 with its SA BASS Castfor-Cash series . Competition is divided into five geographic divisions – Gauteng , Mpumalanga , Limpopo , Kwa-Zulu Natal and Southern-Cape – and each division consists of seven tournaments .
Anglers compete on two-person teams , with the top 30 percent in the season standings in each division qualifying for the FLW South Africa Championship . The top two teams at the championship will advance to the Costa FLW Series Championship at Kentucky Lake in November 2017 .
At press time , Gauteng , Mpumalanga and Limpopo had hosted their first events , with Southern-Cape scheduled to begin in mid-December and Kwa-Zulu Natal kicking off in January .
South Africa is the fifth nation to join FLW ’ s International Division , along with Canada , Mexico , South Korea and China . For more information , visit flwsouthafrica . com .
MAXFIELD , ELLISON TO HEAD FLW ’ S HIGH SCHOOL FISHING EFFORTS
FLW and The Bass Federation recently announced a new program to expand the scope of High School Fishing in 2017 . As part of the expansion , FLW and TBF will host a series of more than 20 Opens across the country , in addition to 44 state championships and the HSF National Championship .
Dave Maxfield has been named as FLW ’ s new HSF tournament director . Maxfield ’ s experience in tournament fishing and youth sports dates back several decades . He began fishing the Red Man series , the predecessor to the T-H Marine Bass Fishing League , in the early ’ 80s and joined FLW as an assistant tournament director in 1997 . He ’ s directed BFL events full time for FLW since 2000 . Maxfield also coached youth football , basketball and baseball at various levels for 23 seasons .
Joining Maxfield is Scott Ellison in the role of youth director and promotions manager . Ellison has been with FLW since 2008 in various roles , most recently as promotions manager and manager of angler relations . Ellison joined FLW after earning his Master of Business Administration degree from Murray State University , where he served as president of the Student Government Association from 2005 to 2007 .
Altogether , FLW and TBF will host 76 HSF events in 2017 . For complete details on the expansion ,
Scott Ellison check out the 2017 season preview beginning on page 42 . Or visit highschoolfishing . org .
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