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).

The National Championships were hosted by Western Division at Clanwilliam Dam.  James Roberts, from Western Division, is the SA National Champion with Japie Botha the runner-up.  The Wrangler Angler is Riem de Beer from the Northern Division.  A huge congratulations to all the anglers who took part.  Full results as well as the Protea and President teams , who will participate in the 2012 tests, will be posted on the results page.

Congratulations to Joe Mendes who won the boat at this year's Albert Falls Classic with a spectacular catch, 5.5kg.  We would like to thank Mercury and Escape Boating for enabling us to offer this prize. To our other sponsors, Windy Bay Agencies Rapala VMC, Kingfisher/Daiwa, CDT containers, Webco Tools, Crow Tackle, Sports Fisher, Eco Aire, KR Motor Spares, Duck Inn Bass, Ladysmith Bassmasters and our Divisions  a huge heartfelt thank you to you. 

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!

The Protea Team have just fished in the Zone 6 tournament at von Bach Dam, Namibia.  Our team did South Africa proud and led from day 1.  Well done anglers, a brilliant team effort!

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

Register for the 2012 THEEWATERSKLOOF DAM R100000 BASS CLASSIC.
CLICK HERE to download the entry form.

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