APL League casts off
Affiliation to the APL is ongoing and members are urged to register if they are interested in joining the league.
The Angling Professional League kicks of with the hosting of their first league at Sandford on August 16, which is sponsored by Vees Micro Enterprises.
The winner of the league is difficult to predict as both Breakwaters and Challengers would resume their traditional rivalry when they were previously affiliated to the Association.
Their rivalry and competitiveness is similar to the El Classico between Barcelona and Read Madrid. Breakwaters have their old team intact while Challengers have regrouped and have a formidable team.
Dark horses of the league, Stillwaters also have a number of new recruits who joined the APL and their performance is unknown and they could spring a few surprises during the course of the season.
The “angler of the day”, one who accumulates the most points, will be awarded an outright trophy, the orange cap and R200 cash at the conclusion of each competition.
The angler leading the log will don the purple cap. New categories have been introduced which include, “heaviest scaled fish”, heaviest non scaled fish, Junior Angler of the Year (below 16 years of age); Senior Angler of the Year (Over 60 years), “Lady Angler of the Year” and the ultimate title of Angler of the Year. R500 would be awarded for rare species in the order of bass, eel or scaly, while anglers cracking the 4kg and 10kg mark for carp and Barbel respectively also pocket a cool sum of R500.
This season, the top three anglers for the season will be awarded angling tackle from the renowned brand names such as Sensation, Daiwa, Okuma and Rapala (stockist of Shimano range).
These prizes would include household appliances, office equipment, outdoor equipment, power tools, motor accessories, sound equipment, office automation equipment, etc.
The estimated prize package for the top three anglers of the season is R5 000, R3 000 and R2 000 respectively. These incentives and prize money is likely to draw great interest among the high caliber of anglers affiliated in the ranks of the APL.
Both Breakwaters and Stillwaters took to the water in their preseason fixture, the Champion of Champion Round One at Sandford. Shakeel Sheik topped the log with two points, followed by Nadir Chrisenduth (two points) and Radie Roberts (one point) on a day characterised by some very poor catches with most anglers blanking out on the day.
The APL is also be hosting an overnight open competition on November 28 and 29 at Sandford, details will be announced closer to the event.
Affiliation to the APL is ongoing and members are urged to register if they are interested in joining the league.
If you are interested in joining, please contact Terence Chetty (072 786 0866); Sanvir Goli (073 566 4052); (Monty Slabbert (082 391 6324); Barge Ramlal (082 4143915) or Matthew Shunmugam (082 807 8919). Our email address: matthewnn@telkomsa.net.
