Team results
South Africa
Gold medal
Zimbabwe
Silver medal
Namibia
Bronze medal
Individual results
Shane Webb
Gold medal
Joseph van Huyssteen
Silver medal
Anton Williams
Bronze medal
Festival Competition
This is a new facet of angling, so unfortunately only South Africa, Namibia
and Zimbabwe were represented. To make it more appealing, a Senior
Invitational team was included, consisting of four anglers who’d just missed
being selected for the Senior team, but who’d been awarded Protea colours
in the past.
The festival concept is well known to the anglers and put a very competitive
edge on the competition. The Invitational Team had to prove that they were
still good anglers and they did not disappoint. Achieving wins on Day 1 and
2, and this team was on the way to the podium, or so they thought. Then the
Senior Team won Day 3 and it was a race to the end. The Seniors needed to
win Day 4 with 120 kg more weight than the Invitational Team, but this did
not happen, and the Invitational Team emerged victorious.
The winner of the Festival Competition was Kyle Schmidt. He fished with
old-timer Len Alkers, who has achieved Springbok and Protea colours more
than 20 times. Their pairing ended up the winning combination.
What we can say is never write off an old Protea angler. These anglers can be
included into the Senior team any day of the week and perform well.
A Protea Ladies team and a Protea Invitational Team competition also took
place - and it was a good fight to the end.