Claude back in the SA side

March 31, 2008
Zululand
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Claude back in the SA side








Some of the heavyweight catches during the fishing competition

Barry Tedder

THE Zululand senior A side recently returned from competing in the SA Nationals tournament in the Southern Cape.
Claude D’Offay, who finished in 4th place overall, was again selected for the Protea side for the second consecutive year.
Rudolph Scheepers also claimed fame, being the top angler overall in the tournament and also catching the biggest fish - a Raggie of 110kg. He furthermore bagged the most number of fish.
Zululand finished in 5th place in the team competition behind Southern Cape, Border, Boland and Eastern Povince.
Our neighbours Natal ended up in 7th position out of the 12 provinces that participated.
Next years Senior A SA Nationals tournament will be hosted by Zululand.

Results
South Cape 704.27
Border 686.51
Boland 666.44
Eastern Province 642.13
Zululand 641.79
Western Province 585.69
KwaZulu-Natal 567.68
Central Gauteng 556.84
West Coast 307.72
Gauteng North 293.84
Free State 277.61
Mpumalanga 204.67

Results from the last postal competition:
Top 10 anglers for the round:
1. J le Roux – 51.6 pts; 2. P Sambiah – 32.6 pts; 3. N van Blerk – 31.0 pts; 4. CJ Visagie – 30.6 pts; 5. M Reddy – 28.7 pts; 6. B Moodley – 22.2 pts; 7. G van Huysteen – 21.2 pts; 8. C Hunter – 18.4 pts; 9. M Stratton – 17.8 pts; 10. C D’Offay – 16.8 pts.

Top 10 teams
1. Kwambo A - 176.8 pts; 2. St Lucia A - 73.0 pts; 3. Kwambo B - 71.4 pts; 4. Umzingazi A - 63.1 pts; 5. Tugela A - 42.2 pts; 6. Richards Bay A - 40.1 pts; 7. Blackfin A - 32.3 pts; 8. Mtunzini A - 32.2 pts; 9. Umzingazi B - 25.5 pts; 10. St Lucia B - 16.8 pts.

Top 20 anglers on Zululand ladder:
1 C Hunter 579.262; M Reddy 544.063; D Hunter 493.134; A Naicker 492.545; J Pybus 447.516; B Tedder 436.277; J le Roux 403.718; C D’Offay 382.099; J van Ede 367.2810; B Halgreen 363.5911; F Sheik Hassan 342.3212; M Vlcek 341.9013; N van Blerk 337.6814; C Haye 337.1815; C Singh 332.0816; L Young 327.5717; N Simmonds 310.7818; D King 310.7119; S Mathura 310.5720; R Moodley 301.54.

A reminder that the next ZSAA competition, which is a Postal round, is scheduled for 12-13 April.