Officials

The angling officials are responsible for the controlling of an angling event and the calculation of the results after the weigh-in of the fish. The officials receive training on mainly two levels of participation namely:

  • Provincial
  • National

The training of the official ensures that the officials get qualified to complete specific tasks during a competition, championships and tournaments. The following are some of the functional positions which the officials full fill during competitions, championships and tournaments:

  • Zone official
  • Control official
  • Head official

The training of the provincial coaches is done by the different Provincial Angling Committees. The training of national officials is being done by the National Officials Committee. These training normally takes place on an annual basis.

Mr GP Nel

GP Nel was born in Bloemfontein on the 25 th March 1966. He is married to Riana.
GP achieved Free State Colours on ____ occasions, from 19___-20__ in Freshwater Angling. GP also achieved Free State A Carp Angling team (2006 – 2018). While representing Free State during National Senior Championships, GP was crowned as SA Individual Champion for _____ years as well as follow-up Victor Ludorum for ____years.

GP achieved Protea Colours for Freshwater Bank Angling during 19__ to 20____. GP also achieved Protea Colours for Carp Angling during 2008 to 2011 and 2018 & 2019. GP was an angler in the Protea Carp Angling Team which were crowed as World Champions during 2008 to 2011 and 2019.
GP as Protea Carp Angler were crowed as World Individual Champion during 2008, 2010 and 2019.