Archived News
Greece Competition - Graham Carlile and myself were all set to leave ,when Graham was told his leave was cancelled due to work. That was 2 days before I was due to fly out...Click here to read more!    
News from SASpearoranking Website - Saspearoranking website has almost been going for a year now and things are going well. A site like this could obviously not exist without the input, articles and pictures from the diving community and fellow divers. Click here to read more! National Team Selection - Q & A - A couple of concerns has been raised regarding the selection of the National Team - Click here to read the questions and answers! America's World Qualifiers - America's world qualifiers was held in Venezuela recently. Click here to view the results!
Raggies keep divers on their toes - On Sunday 9 September I was diving with Mark Jackson on a good reef off the west side of Cape Receife. The conditions were great - Click here to read the story! SAMLMA Meeting - PE - Some points that where raised that may affect the underwater fishing guys. MCM is asking to have the Tuna quotas for recreational fishing decreased - Click here to read more! Marlin Competition - On Saturday, 22nd September, the Marlin Skiboat club in Port Edward held the second Marlin Underwater Fishing Champs. Click here to read more!
Euro Qualifiers 2007 Report Back - The SA team comprising of Angelo, Gletwyn, Gyula and Mark traveled to Rota, Cadiz with the aim of ensuring that SA qualified for the upcoming World championships in 2008. Click here to read the whole story! Euro Qualifiers 2007 Report Back - I am writing these few notes to pass on some of the lessons learned in Spain when SA sent a team to the Euro-Africa Qualifier underwater fishing competition hosted in Rota on the 20th and 21st of July 2007. Click here to read the whole story! 2nd Committee Meeting of SAUFF - Click here to view the minutes of the last SAUFF meeting held on 8th August 2007
Team Selection for World Championships in Venezuela - CONGRATULATIONS to the following athletes. They have been invited by the National selectors to compete in a National Squad Competition - Please click here to read more!
Americas Zone Qualifier - The competition will be held at a place called Higuerote in the Province of Miranda in Venezuela from 3rd to 8th October 2007.. This is about 100Km east of the capital Carracas. Click here to read more! SAFA - Letter from Chairman - This year promises to be a very busy one for SAFA, for although the next World Championships is only going to be held in 2008, in order for us to be represented there we need to qualify this year - Read More!

News in from  SAUFF
Now that the Nationals is over I think it is appropriate to provide a summary of the “State of the Nation” as far as SAUFF is concerned to all our members “whoever they are” see below.
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The Brazilian National Spearfishing Champs took place in the state of Sao Paulo on the island of Ilha Bela. Former Natal spearo Chris Ananiadis and his team take home the Gold! The first Eastern Province Trials, for the year, was held with a good turnout of divers traveling from as far as Cape St Francis and Grahamstown. Please click here to read more! Gyula has kindly had a year’s worth of diver and spearing stats formulated - Click here!
Freedivers have just released their latest catalogue - Click here to view! Drumlines to replace some shark nets as a measure to reduce catches of marine animals - Read More!
The Hottie-shoot was held 17/03/07 with Niel Barnard taking first place - Click here to read more and to view results! Greece Competition - A few years ago some divers got together to celebrate the art of spearfishing. They invited only top divers whom had proved themselves in the sport, so as to get together divers for the sake of diving and comradeship - Read More
Click thumbnail for large pictureNationals 2007 - It is the most prestigious event on the calendar. This is where the best SA Spearfishermen compete for both Individual and Provincial Team Ranking. Read More! I have now received a further communication from CMAS confirming the date and venue for the 2007 Euro/Africa Zone qualifier in Rota (Bay of Cadiz) Spain - Brent Addison - SAFA Chairman - Read More! There we were, all odds stacked against us. Bad reports, all planned and the weather for the social weekend at Stilbaai was not going to be favorable. Click here to read more!
New SA Record - "I shot this bonito (Sarda Sarda) at Nationals in PE in April this year. It weighed in at 5.2kg (4.2kg gutted and gilled) and broke the SA record by quite a significant margin (3.67kg since 1967). Having learnt my diving in PE it felt fitting that I was able to succesfully shoot and claim an SA record where it all started 7 years ago. The fish was shot on the wreck of the Mv Kapodistrias on the 2nd day of the comp" - Corry
Geremy Cliff Chairman of Natal Underwater Union NUU presenting Craig Heslop with the trophy for scoring the most points in the Natal trials - To view some of the picture and to read more - Click Here! Musselcracker Fever - Arriving in numbers to the Eastern Cape dive spots!!! These robust fish are making an appearance and good sightings have been made from Port Elizabeth to Cape St Francis and Mosselbay. Combined Natal Trials - Congratulations to Ryan Burmeister for winning the Natal trails on 4th November 2006! Click here for Results!
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Bonito Open  - Well done to Niel Barnard for winning the Bonito Open in Gourits with a total of 15.7 points. View Results
Tuna have arrived in Cape Town for the summer run!
Tuna off the Eastern Cape - The Eastern Cape divers have been venturing out to the Tuna grounds in hope of finding the same amount and size of fish that their Cape Town counter parts do. Unfortunately this has not been the case with very little fish been seen and speared. Read More! The following is a recount of an absolutely phenomenal day involving 2 Marlin, a crocodile Couta, massive Kaakaps, Dusky Yellowtail and a wayward Cape Yellowtail. This is the reason we all spearfish and it’s a day I will never forget. Click here to read more!
37 Bottlenose Dolphins die at Bazaruto Island,  Mozambique. Click here to read more!! New SA Record - Congratulations to Ryan Burmeister on his 9,4kg Catface Rockcod - Pending SA Record! Please click on the thumbnail to enlarge!
New Species Points for Southern Natal Union - After discussions with ORI and other parties, Southern Natal are looking at implementing a new point structure for their competitions...Read More!
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Wahoo club member, Kevin Daly, takes the UK title for 2006. Click here to view results!