Welcome to the official home of the South Africa Bass Angling Association. We would like to welcome you to our new site and would also like to thank Rob Fisher and his dedicated team at Always Active Technologies (www.aat.co.za) for creating it.

A quick introduction and what we, at SABAA, are all about. SABAA is the official body for Bass angling in South Africa and is the only body that can award National colours for Bass angling. We consist of 5 Divisions and it is through Divisional trials that an angler qualifies for the National Championships, whereby the top 10 anglers from each Division compete against each other. From these anglers our President and Protea teams are selected as well as the coveted Wrangler Angler. The Wrangler Angler competes in the Bass Federation Nation Championship in the USA annually. The Presidents team compete against the Zimbabwean Presidential team and the venue alternates between South Africa and Zimbabwe. The Protea team competes in the Zone 6 International against Namibia, Zambia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. A new addition to our calendar is the participation of the top 6 Protea anglers in the World Bass Angling championships.  In 2012, this event will be hosted by Venezuela and this will be our second year participating. Each Division comprises of 2 or more Provinces and anglers can qualify for their Provincial teams and earn themselves Provincial colours. The 15 provincial teams compete against each other, in an 8-man team competition. Both our National and Inter-Provincial events are rotated amongst the 5 divisions. Our Junior competitors hold their own Nationals, but qualify much the same way as the Seniors, and are assisted by our very dedicated Junior executive.

Each Divisional President holds a post of Vice President on the SABAA executive. Our current executive consists of Albert Olivier (SABAA President), Wendy Watson (Secretary/Treasurer), Craig Fraser (Western Division President), Mark Gibson (Eastern Division President), Martin Fereirra (Northern Division President), Pierre Bosch (Southern Division President), Tim Williams (Natal Division President) and Kevin Fisher (Junior President).

Our Junior Nationals were held over the last weekend in March.  Stuart Jones, from Natal, won the event with Martin Verster from Eastern Division the runner up.  The full Junior Protea team are as follows, Stuart Jones (KZN), Martin Verster (ED), Adriaan Swart (ND), Bertus Pretorius (ED), Andreas Ziemkendorf (KZN - Junior Captain 2012), Sheldon Hamilton (SD), Erich Klemm-Harris (SD - Junior Vice-Captain 2012),Johan Swarts (ND), Deoran Wessels (KZN), Nicholas Milligan (SD), Jonathan Hyem (SD), Cameron Harvey (KZN) and Luke Steenhuisen (KZN).  To all the Juniors who competed well done, Groenvlei must have been a novel experience to many of you.

Whilst the Juniors were competing at Groenvlei, Willem Lubbinge and Nico Retiref were competing at Lake Okeechobee in the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Southern Division for a much coveted berth to the Junior Bass Classic which will be held in Alabama in conjuction with the B.A.S.S. Federation National Championship.  Nico finished third in the 11 - 14 year old age group, well done Nico an excellent achievement! Willem finished first in the 15 - 18 year old age group and has deservedly earned a berth at the classic. We are all very proud of both these youngsters who are excellent ambassadors for our sport and put South Africa firmly on the map.

Pieter de Beer (Riem) will be competing at the same time as Willem in the Championship to earn his berth to the Classic! We wish you both all the best and know that the entire Bass fraternity will be rooting for you, may your lines sing!

Our President's team leave on the 13th April to fish against the Zimbabwean President's team at Lake Kyle.  We wish you all tight lines and a safe trip.

The Zone 6 dates have been confirmed and it will be held from the 5 - 10 August at Lake Darwindale, Zimbabwe.  The World Black Bass championships will be held in Venezuela from the 31 October - 4 November.  More details on both these events will follow in due course.

Don't forget about the Albert Falls Classic to be held end of August/beginning of September.  Some exciting changes will be taking place this year ... watch this space for more details

Entries are now open for next year's tournament and the entry form can be found at the bottom of this page.  We hope to see you there!

Register for the 2012 GARDEN ROUTE CLASSIC.
CLICK HERE to download the entry form.

Register for the 2012 TZANEEN CLASSIC.
CLICK HERE to download the entry form.

Register for the 2012 MERCURY AMATOLA BASS CLASSIC.
CLICK HERE to download the entry form.