Here’s the code: “29th”! Needs to be visible on the measuring rule.
Once again, welcome!
On behalf of all Sydney AFA members, we trust your weekend with us will be one of enjoyment and great fishing.
This is the 29th year as our tournament continues to grow with our loyal sponsors providing great support with their goods and services. Please take time to meet our sponsors and visit / purchase their goods at every opportunity.
Please enjoy our hospitality, make yourself at home, catch some great fish and thank you for coming.This website provides all information on joining in, the rules and organisational arrangements for MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC who are invited to fish the Tournament.
Email us if you have any queries.
Our tournament continues to grow with our loyal sponsors providing great support with their goods and services. Please take time to meet our sponsors and visit/purchase their goods at every opportunity.
South Sydney Amateur Fishing Association
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If you have any questions about registration, payment options, rules or anything else, just email us!
Yes, want to register? Just email…couldn’t be simpler.
ANSA NSW Club Registrations must be in by close of business Friday 15 March…clubs use this link to download an entry form.
This tournament is open to all financial members of ANSA (Australian National Sportfishing Association) and non-ANSA members and must be fished under ANSA rules to be eligible for the ANSA Divisions.
Individual, non-club registrations can be made at any time up to close of business Friday 22 March. Just email us.
WHO & WHERE
HOSTS:
SOUTH SYDNEY AMATEUR FISHING ASSOCIATION
TOURNAMENT BASE:
South Sydney AFA premises
Corner Hastings Avenue and Macquarie Street, Chifley
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Categories and sizes
Length only sections
SNAPPER, FLATHEAD, BREAM, BONITO, MULLOWAY, SALMON, TUNA, DRUMMER, WHITING, LUDERICK, KINGFISH.
Catch and Release is preferred but is not compulsory. Photos with ID are a must.
Make sure you check the Rules.
LOCAL INFO
Petrol Stations
Corner Bunnerong Rd p& Franklin St Matraville
6:30 am open
BP Service Station Bunnerong Rd Matraville
6:30 am open
7 Eleven Bunnerong Rd Matraville Open 24 hours
Boat ramps
Botany Bay Boat Ramp, Foreshore Drive, Botany
Kyeemagh Boat Ramp, Mutch Avenue, Kyeemagh
Malabar Beach (small tinnies only), Bay Parade, Malabar
Port Botany Boat Ramp can experience long delays in launching and retrieving boats due to overcrowding. Parking is also at a premium in good weather events, so get there early and make sure you have enough time to retrieve your boat and get back to the Club grounds on Sunday morning / noon prior to weigh-in deadline.
Local GPS Marks
Botany Heads: S34 00 018, E 151 13 840
Sydney Heads: S 33 51 000, E 151 18 000
Osborn Shoals Pt Hacking: S 34 03 493, E 151 11 296
Peak Mt. Off Maroubra: S 33 55 000, E 151 21 150
Watts Reef Botany Bay: S 34 00 080, E 151 13 000
12 Mile Reef (NE Peak): S 33 58 710, E 151 21 590
Browns Mountain: S 34 02 200, E 151 39 500
Kurnell Light Reef: S 34 02 065, E 151 13 952
Coogee Trag Grounds: S 33 56 175, E 151 16 471
Wave buoy Kurnell: S 34 02 430, E 151 15 241
Colours off Syd. Heads: S 33 49 600, E 151 19 450
100 Fathom Off Bot Bay: S 33 06 507, E 151 28 086
84 Fathom Off Bot Bay: S 34 03 764, E 151 29 138
70 Fathom Off Bot Bay: S 34 03 618, E 151 24 204
Stanwell Canyons: S 34 13 000, E 151 30 000
Hacking Wreck: S 34 08 330, E 151 09 050
FISHERIES FAD: S 33 58 935, E 151 21 061
FISHERIES FAD WIDE: S 34 06 541, E 151 24 964
South Head Artificial Reef: S 33 50 797, E 151 17 988
Rock Fishing
It is now a legal requirement for anyone who is rock fishing anywhere in the Randwick local government area, including children, or anyone who is helping them rock fish, must wear a lifejacket. This is also recommended for all other rock fishing areas. Make sure you read our Safety notes.
Local Medical Centres
Matraville 02 9311 3333
Maroubra 02 9314 3400
Malabar (Not open Sunday) 02 9311 2324
Prince of Wales Hospital, High St Randwick 02 9382 2222
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Fishing times
Start: 5 am Friday 23 March 2024
Finish: Weigh in 1 pm Sunday 24 March 2024
Weigh masters will be available as well as bar staff.
Meal times
Friday Dinner: 6.30 pm BBQ
Sat Breakfast: 5.00 am Continental only or BBQ available if you wish to cook.
Sat Lunch: Supplied at breakfast (Make yourself)
Sat Dinner: 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm
Sunday Breakfast: 5.00 am Continental only or BBQ available if you wish to cook.
Sunday lunch: 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm
Breakfast is Continental style, (breads, cereals, fruit etc) no hot meals, but BBQ facility is available.
Anglers to supply own plates, cups and cutlery
Entertainment
Raffles on Saturday evening and Sunday presentation. One per day.
Tides for weekend
Friday 22nd March 2024
Low 01.17 am (0.66) High 07.36 am (1.63)
Low 14.11 pm (0.50) High 20.14 pm (1.41)
Saturday 23rd March 2024
Low 01.58 am (0.60) High 08.13 am (1.65)
Low 14.40 pm (0.47) High 20.45 pm (1.47)
Sunday 24th March 2024
Low 02.34 am (0.55) High 08.46 pm (1.66)
ENTRY FEES AND REGISTRATION
Entry costs:
$70 - Senior
$30 - Junior
$150 - Family (2 Adults and 2 Juniors)
Club registration
Click here to download a club registration form.
Important Notes for Tournament
Entry of Captures: A capture can only be entered into one of the particular divisions with the exception of the George Pratt Length Only Awards and the Length Only Species Awards. (Eg: A fish may be submitted in the Tagging division and the Length Only Species.)Captures in the following length only sections ARE NOT eligible for points towards the Champion Club award, but are open to all ANSA and Non-ANSA members:
George Pratt Length Only Species Awards (Snapper, Flathead and Bream). Catch and Release is preferred but is not compulsory. Photos with code visible are a must. Note all Flathead over 70 cm must be released.
Length Only Species Awards (Kingfish, Morwong, Trevally, Bonito, Mulloway and Salmon) Catch and Release is preferred but is not compulsory. Photos with ID cards are a must.
Most Meritorious Award (Eligible for ANSA members ONLY)
Catering
Thursday BBQ supplied for early arrivals.
First fully catered meal is a BBQ Friday evening at 6.30 pm on the 22nd March 2024.
Use BBQs if you require cooking facilities prior to Tournament commencing.
Breakfast is Continental style, (breads, cereals, fruit etc) no hot meals, but BBQ facility is available.
Local eateries
House of Pie (Next to Matraville Pub on Bunnerong Rd.) Open 24 hrs for the best pies, bread, cakes, milk and drinks.
7 Eleven Bunnerong Rd - All foods catered for.
WEIGH-IN
Sunday 24th March weigh-in ends at 1 pm. No fish will be weighed after 1 pm if the fish are not in the weigh area.