National Protea Colors - Zone 6

2 February 2009



TO : SAFBAF Executive Committee
: SAFBAF Fixed Committees
: SAFBAF Member Provinces



NATIONAL PROTEA COLOURS ZONE 6 COMPETITIONS


The Action Committee decided on a meeting held on 1 February 2009 to, until further notice, suspend the awarding of National Protea Colours to athletes participating in die Zone 6 Competitions. The suspension will take effect after the SAFBAF Annual General Meeting on 4 July 2009. The implementation date is extended as to enable the Action Committee to get the amendments to the Constitution approved and to manage all the consequences of the decision. Written notice of the intended amendments to the Constitution will be circulated to all persons entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting, at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the meeting. The extension of the implementation date means that National Teams will still be selected for participation in the 2009 Zone 6 Tournaments with the 2008 Junior Trials and the 2009 Ladies and Senior Trials as basis.

2. The reasons for the suspension of National Colours are due to the fact that Namibia and Zimbabwe increasingly fail to comply with the Zone 6 Constitution. This non compliance effect the eligibility of this tournament as suitable for the awarding of national colours.

3. In terms of the National Colours Regulations the award of national colours shall only apply to athletes who represent South Africa in an international competition of the required nature and standard as recommended by the relevant Member Federation against fully representative teams from another country or countries, provided that such recommendation is approved by the National Colours Board and furthermore that such recommendation be consistent with SASCOC High Performance System and any applicable policy of SRSA.

4. All application for the award of National Colours must be accompanied by an declaration signed by the President of a of Member Federation stating that:

Affiliated To:
South African Sport Anglers And Casting Confederation
Federation Internationale de la Pêche Sportive en eau douce

4.1. the Federation approves of the application for national colours;

4.2. the event is of the required nature and standard as to justify national colours;
and

4.3. the national team is participating against fully representative teams.

5. In a situation where Namibia and Zimbabwe are not able to comply with the Zone 6
Constitutional regulations and/or where the competitions is not of the necessary standard and status an/or where South Africa is not participating against fully representative teams, the President will not sign the declaration and thereby conduct a action that may be considered as a breach of the National Colours regulations, or constitute an abuse of the national colours, or constitute bringing the said national colours into disrepute.

6. SAFBAF will on the next Zone 6 Executive Board Meeting proposes constitutional amendments to further increase the tournament standards to which participating nations had to comply. If one or more of the participating nations are not able to conform to the Constitutional stipulations, no national colours will be awarded in that particular year.

7. The Action Committee is making a submission to FIPS-ed General Assembly in Dresden, Germany on 18 April 2008 requesting FIPS-ed to consider the approval of a FIPS-ed Africa Continental Feeder Angling (Bank Angling) Championship as a substitution for the current Zone 6 Feeder Angling Competition in which South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe participates. We need a "Feeder Angling Competition" that is open to all African Countries and also to other FIPS-ed members wishing to participate in this tournament. This will lift the status and standard of the tournament and make it a tournament suitable for the awarding of national colours.

8. Provincial Members are requested to advice their provincial teams accordingly.


Regards

DES VAN JAARSVELD PRESIDENT