Saturday 11 February 2023

Today marked the start of the Seventeenth Two Oceans Marlin Tournament, a popular annual event that is held at Suidpunt Diepsee Hengelklub in Struisbaai, Western Cape.

You can click on this link to read about the history of TOMT.

Most of the boats registered at the opening function this evening. There was an introductory meeting to welcome everybody and to go over the procedures that will be followed during the next week. This is a fun catch, measure and release competition and the emphasis is on the conservation of these magnificent fish. All the prizes are donated by our generous sponsors.

The competition will run until Friday next week and the weather looks promising.

This year there are 16 Teams participating in the tournament.

Name of Boat	Name of Skipper
Bad Company	Mike Broderick
Bayswater	Rudi Wessels
Cattitude	Mike Riley
Charlie’s Cat	Charles Geldenhuys
Dory	Dudley Rosslee
Gee Spot	Koos Pretorius
Grace	Gerard Rupert
Gwaza	Andrew van Zyl
Heat Seeker	Richard Donaldson
Indigo	Gawie Bruwer
John Graeme	Chris Goatley
Mojo	Jacques van Niekerk
Multi	Roelof Visagie
My Way	Simon Lowe
O2 Fish	Anton Steyn
Sea Cat	Chris Steyn

Marinda and her team as usual provided an excellent welcoming spit-braai. Below are just a few of the teams enjoying the evening. Watch this space for daily reports of the competition.