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BABER COMPETITION LOSKOP DAM – 2013
COMPETITION RULES
ENTRY
1. The competition takes place at Loskop Dam on Saturday 26 October 2013.
2. Entries at the venue will start from Friday 25 October 2013 at 12:00 to 23:00 and Saturday
26 October 2013 from 04:00 till 08h00.
3. All entrants must report at the main gate of Loskop Dam either Friday on Saturday morning before 09h00am on the weekend of the competition in order to collect his participant armband. Without this arm band no weigh in will be allowed.
4. If a participant arm band has been lost a new arm band can be obtained from the Competition Administration at a fee of R100.00. The entry will be verified before a new arm band can be issued.
5. Any person may enter this competition except those as indicated in rule 10.
6. All angling and/or boat regulations as stipulated by the Mpumalanga Parks Board must be adhered to.
7. The Competition will start Saturday morning as soon as the flare is fired over the dam (no boats will be allowed to pass the Marshall boats before the flare is fired) The competition is expected to start Saturday morning at 04:30.
8. Each participant must be in possession of his/her Participant armband at all times during the competition. (See rule 3).
9. Right of admission is reserved.
10. Organizers and management of Albatros Deep Sea Angling Club and sponsors, their agencies and promotional companies involved with the Baber Competition, shall be ineligible to participate in the Baber Competition. They will be ineligible for any prize awarded in the Baber Competition.
GENERAL
1. Each participant may only use a maximum of 2 rods.
2. Line class is unrestricted.
3. Any bait may be used.
4. In the event of a dispute the Dispute Committee will handle it. (which exists of the Albatros chairman and events coordinator) After a dispute form has been completed and a dispute fee of R100 will be paid. The Committee’s ruling will be final and binding and no further correspondence will be entered into. A dispute must be handled in at the latest 2 hours after the prize giving has been completed.
5. The Committee can change rules at any time without any prior notice to participants.
6. Accommodation is the sole responsibility of the angler. The reception will be open 24 hours on Friday. Petrol will be available in the resort 24 hours on Friday and up to 19h00 on Saturday.
7. By entering it is understood that you agree to all the Rules and Terms & conditions lay down and that it is your responsibility to check for any changes in the rules that may take place.
8. Albatros Deep See Angling Club and Forever Resorts can not be held responsible for any loss of or damage to any property of one self. Participation is done at own risk.
9. Warning, beware of crocodiles and Hippos, getting to close to wild animals or reptiles or entering the water is done at own risk.
10. Any rules that are broken can result in immediate disqualification.
11. Parks board and Baber officials will inspect the dam on Friday afternoon 25/10/13 for markers, night lines and fish nets they will remove them if any before the competition starts.
12. Boats and vehicles may be inspected by Park Board to ensure that no baber is in anyone’s possession before 04:30 Saturday morning (See rule 10)
13. All anglers must have a fishing license that can be bought at Parks Board
BOAT ANGLER
1. All boats must comply with prevailing rules.
2. Only entered anglers may be on a boat.
3. There is no limit on boats or anglers fishing. NB!! (Keep To Boats Registration Total Carrying Capacity).
SHORE ANGLER
1. Maximums of 300 shore anglers are permitted.
2. Participants who angle form the shore will choose their spots on a first come basis, according to the markers that have been placed by the committee.
WEIGH INN
1. A maximum of 2 fish per angler may be weighed in.
2. The weigh in camp will open at 12h00 and close at 16h00 on the Saturday of the Competition.
3. Only anglers with their fish are allowed at the weigh in Que.
4. All fish weighed remain the property of the Baber Competition, for releasing back into the dam.
5. No dead fish will be weighed since this competition supports conservation.
PRIZES
1. One fish one prize
2. Price giving will commence 1 hour after the Competition has been closed. Any winners not present at the prize giving ceremony will forfeit their prize(s).
3. This is an individual competition and any man, women of junior can win a price.
4. Each person that enters the Competition will be entered into the lucky draw. This person must be present at the prize giving with his/her Participation armband, to be eligible to receive any price(s).
5. Each winner, if any, is responsible for paying any and all taxes on any price(s) won and must authorize the deduction of such taxes, if any, from the prize(s) to the extent required by law.
6. Albatros Deep See Angling Club may use names and likeliness of the Baber Competition winner(s), for promotional purposes without further compensation.
7. Bonanza prize – 4 random weights will be placed in a hat, after the weigh inn is closed, one will be drawn and the baber with the closest weight to the drawn weight, will win the prize.
8. To be eligible of any prize the participant must be a legal entrant of the Baber Competition 2012 event. An entrant is considered legal if the entrant compiles with and accepts all the rules and Terms & conditions of the Competition and has paid his/her entry fee in full for the date(s) specified for the Competition and has received his/her Participation arm band. The rule of one prize for one fish will apply for all prizes.
• Eligible location : Loskop Dam, Mpumalanga, South Africa
• Eligible species: Barber (Sharp Tooth Catfish) of Clarias Gariepinus.
• An official entrant in the competition during the Competition dates and times must catch the fish.
• The fish must be caught in the manner prescribed by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) International angling rules.
• If the situation arise that two of more fish weigh the same, the fish weighed in first will be regarded as the winning fish. The other fish will then be placed according to their respective with in times.
• If there is a claim the claimant must complete in full, sign and provide all documentation as required by the Competition.
• If there is a claim the claimant and all witnesses can be required to submit to and pass in a conclusive manner, a polygraph examination as a condition present to claim consideration, if, in the Competition Organizers sole opinion, such action is warranted.
SKINS
1. A R1000-00 first price and R500-00 second price will be awarded for the heaviest baber weighed every hour – 1st skin starts 05:00 to 07:00 then every hour till 14:00.
2. There will be 10-boat marshals and 2-shore marshals that will handle the weighing of the fish with certified scales.
3. It is the anglers responsibility to weigh the fish with the marshal and to sign the weigh sheet with a witness.
4. All fish weigh for the skins will be released and will not be eligible for any other prices.
5. The baber committee will not be responsible for any fish lost during this weighing process and it will not be considered for any prices if not weighed before it was lost.
6. It is the sole responsibility of the angler to flag down, call and notify the marshal of his or her intention to weigh a fish.
7. Any fish not weighed in the hour can be carried over to the next skin. The Baber will only count for the hour it’s been weighed in. Our aim is to release the baber as soon as possible to ensure future catches.
8. The baber committee will not be responsible for any babers not weigh during any period.
9. Use your fish on flag to flag a marshal boat down.
10. Call a marshal on channel 1 or 19 and give him your grid reference
BABER COMPETITION LOSKOP DAM – 2013
COMPETITION RULES
ENTRY
1. The competition takes place at Loskop Dam on Saturday 26 October 2013.
2. Entries at the venue will start from Friday 25 October 2013 at 12:00 to 23:00 and Saturday
26 October 2013 from 04:00 till 08h00.
3. All entrants must report at the main gate of Loskop Dam either Friday on Saturday morning before 09h00am on the weekend of the competition in order to collect his participant armband. Without this arm band no weigh in will be allowed.
4. If a participant arm band has been lost a new arm band can be obtained from the Competition Administration at a fee of R100.00. The entry will be verified before a new arm band can be issued.
5. Any person may enter this competition except those as indicated in rule 10.
6. All angling and/or boat regulations as stipulated by the Mpumalanga Parks Board must be adhered to.
7. The Competition will start Saturday morning as soon as the flare is fired over the dam (no boats will be allowed to pass the Marshall boats before the flare is fired) The competition is expected to start Saturday morning at 04:30.
8. Each participant must be in possession of his/her Participant armband at all times during the competition. (See rule 3).
9. Right of admission is reserved.
10. Organizers and management of Albatros Deep Sea Angling Club and sponsors, their agencies and promotional companies involved with the Baber Competition, shall be ineligible to participate in the Baber Competition. They will be ineligible for any prize awarded in the Baber Competition.
GENERAL
1. Each participant may only use a maximum of 2 rods.
2. Line class is unrestricted.
3. Any bait may be used.
4. In the event of a dispute the Dispute Committee will handle it. (which exists of the Albatros chairman and events coordinator) After a dispute form has been completed and a dispute fee of R100 will be paid. The Committee’s ruling will be final and binding and no further correspondence will be entered into. A dispute must be handled in at the latest 2 hours after the prize giving has been completed.
5. The Committee can change rules at any time without any prior notice to participants.
6. Accommodation is the sole responsibility of the angler. The reception will be open 24 hours on Friday. Petrol will be available in the resort 24 hours on Friday and up to 19h00 on Saturday.
7. By entering it is understood that you agree to all the Rules and Terms & conditions lay down and that it is your responsibility to check for any changes in the rules that may take place.
8. Albatros Deep See Angling Club and Forever Resorts can not be held responsible for any loss of or damage to any property of one self. Participation is done at own risk.
9. Warning, beware of crocodiles and Hippos, getting to close to wild animals or reptiles or entering the water is done at own risk.
10. Any rules that are broken can result in immediate disqualification.
11. Parks board and Baber officials will inspect the dam on Friday afternoon 25/10/13 for markers, night lines and fish nets they will remove them if any before the competition starts.
12. Boats and vehicles may be inspected by Park Board to ensure that no baber is in anyone’s possession before 04:30 Saturday morning (See rule 10)
13. All anglers must have a fishing license that can be bought at Parks Board
BOAT ANGLER
1. All boats must comply with prevailing rules.
2. Only entered anglers may be on a boat.
3. There is no limit on boats or anglers fishing. NB!! (Keep To Boats Registration Total Carrying Capacity).
SHORE ANGLER
1. Maximums of 300 shore anglers are permitted.
2. Participants who angle form the shore will choose their spots on a first come basis, according to the markers that have been placed by the committee.
WEIGH INN
1. A maximum of 2 fish per angler may be weighed in.
2. The weigh in camp will open at 12h00 and close at 16h00 on the Saturday of the Competition.
3. Only anglers with their fish are allowed at the weigh in Que.
4. All fish weighed remain the property of the Baber Competition, for releasing back into the dam.
5. No dead fish will be weighed since this competition supports conservation.
PRIZES
1. One fish one prize
2. Price giving will commence 1 hour after the Competition has been closed. Any winners not present at the prize giving ceremony will forfeit their prize(s).
3. This is an individual competition and any man, women of junior can win a price.
4. Each person that enters the Competition will be entered into the lucky draw. This person must be present at the prize giving with his/her Participation armband, to be eligible to receive any price(s).
5. Each winner, if any, is responsible for paying any and all taxes on any price(s) won and must authorize the deduction of such taxes, if any, from the prize(s) to the extent required by law.
6. Albatros Deep See Angling Club may use names and likeliness of the Baber Competition winner(s), for promotional purposes without further compensation.
7. Bonanza prize – 4 random weights will be placed in a hat, after the weigh inn is closed, one will be drawn and the baber with the closest weight to the drawn weight, will win the prize.
8. To be eligible of any prize the participant must be a legal entrant of the Baber Competition 2012 event. An entrant is considered legal if the entrant compiles with and accepts all the rules and Terms & conditions of the Competition and has paid his/her entry fee in full for the date(s) specified for the Competition and has received his/her Participation arm band. The rule of one prize for one fish will apply for all prizes.
• Eligible location : Loskop Dam, Mpumalanga, South Africa
• Eligible species: Barber (Sharp Tooth Catfish) of Clarias Gariepinus.
• An official entrant in the competition during the Competition dates and times must catch the fish.
• The fish must be caught in the manner prescribed by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) International angling rules.
• If the situation arise that two of more fish weigh the same, the fish weighed in first will be regarded as the winning fish. The other fish will then be placed according to their respective with in times.
• If there is a claim the claimant must complete in full, sign and provide all documentation as required by the Competition.
• If there is a claim the claimant and all witnesses can be required to submit to and pass in a conclusive manner, a polygraph examination as a condition present to claim consideration, if, in the Competition Organizers sole opinion, such action is warranted.
SKINS
1. A R1000-00 first price and R500-00 second price will be awarded for the heaviest baber weighed every hour – 1st skin starts 05:00 to 07:00 then every hour till 14:00.
2. There will be 10-boat marshals and 2-shore marshals that will handle the weighing of the fish with certified scales.
3. It is the anglers responsibility to weigh the fish with the marshal and to sign the weigh sheet with a witness.
4. All fish weigh for the skins will be released and will not be eligible for any other prices.
5. The baber committee will not be responsible for any fish lost during this weighing process and it will not be considered for any prices if not weighed before it was lost.
6. It is the sole responsibility of the angler to flag down, call and notify the marshal of his or her intention to weigh a fish.
7. Any fish not weighed in the hour can be carried over to the next skin. The Baber will only count for the hour it’s been weighed in. Our aim is to release the baber as soon as possible to ensure future catches.
8. The baber committee will not be responsible for any babers not weigh during any period.
9. Use your fish on flag to flag a marshal boat down.
10. Call a marshal on channel 1 or 19 and give him your grid reference