The SGDSAA annual interclub – commonly known as the “Rosebowl” is contested by the clubs making up Southern Gauteng. The zone nome comprises the following clubs: Nomads, TSC, Makaira, Guinjata, ERBFC and Albatros SC.
Each year a different club in the zone has the task of organising all aspects of the hotly contested competition.
Rosebowl calculation
All anglers present and registered on the Sunday prior to the start of the competition will officially compete in the Rose-Bowl scoring system, which is calculated as follows: –
- The sum of the club’s total points scored based on the SADSAA scoring system,
- plus bonus points received, as per the above,
- divided by the number of registered anglers of that club.
A minimum of 20 anglers per club will be used for calculation purposes.
2025 Sodwana Bay
Hosts: TSC
03-07 March 2025
Winners: TBA
2024 East Africa Safaris
Hosts: Nomads
11-15 March 2024
Winners: Nomads
2023 Sodwana Bay
Hosts: Makaira
20 March-24 March 2023
Winners: Makaira
2022 St Lucia
Hosts: Albatros
25 April-29 April 2022
Winners: Makaira
2021 Sodwana Bay
Hosts: East Rand
12 April-16 April 2021
Winners: Guinjata
2020 Guinjata Bay
Hosts: Guinjata
8 March-13 March 2020
Winners: Makaira
2019 Shelly Beach
Hosts: TSC
10 March-15 March 2019
Winners: TSC
2018 St Lucia
Hosts: Nomads
5 March-09 March 2018
Winners: Makaira
2017 Sodwana Bay
Hosts: Makaira
26 February-03 March 2017
Winners: East Rand
2016 Richards Bay
Hosts: Albatross
10-15 April 2016
Winners: Albatross
2015 Durban
Hosts: East Rand
15-20 March 2015
Winners: Nomads
2014 Guinjata Bay
Hosts: Guinjata
16-21 March 2014
Winners: TSC
2013 Sodwana bay (Legends Rosebowl)
Hosts: Nomads
12-17 May 2013
Winners: Nomads
Congratulations to the Nomads Club and the Nomads team for again bringing the Rose Bowl home.
Day 1 Nomads went into the lead with the tag and release of a sailfish on the boat “My Dream” . Day two saw “Gaffer Dog” release a sailfish and day 3 “Gaffit” released a Blue marlin of approximately 200kg. The fishing was extremely slow and it shows the calibre of our anglers and skippers to have the above 3 billfish fish on the score board while all the other boats in the competition had not released any billfish to date. Freespool and RamKat also brought notable fish to the scale.
TSC, ERSBC and Makaira started targeting game fish from day 4 and in the case of Makaira they almost beat us to the post due to some big Yellow fin Tuna being brought to the scales that had been caught on 6kg line. Day 5 started off with strong winds and although we launched the competition was called off at 08H30 due to gusting winds exceeding the 22 knot limit.
The food was great, the Wednesday night with the Karaoke was brilliant and the prize giving evening very successful. All the competitors enjoyed the occasion and showed not only team spirit in their own clubs, but between the teams as well. I believe the Rose Bowl is a great means of gathering the Southern Gauteng anglers together to form friendships and the Rose Bowl goes a long way towards making Southern Gauteng the strongest province in the fishing fraternity.
To the organizers and our MC Dave Martin a very big thank you for a superb competition that was very well organized and run.
Regards
Mitchell Moore (2013 Rosebowl Captain)
Download the 2013 Rosebowl Rules
2012 Sodwana Bay
5th-9th March
Hosts: TSC
Winners: no award
On Monday 5 March 2012, the organisers of the 2012 Rosebowl called off the competition due to the heavy seas and high rainfall brought about by Tropical Storm (IRINA).
2011 Sodwana Bay
14th-19th March 2011
Winners: Nomads
2010 Sodwana Bay
10th-14th May
Winners: ERBFC
2009 Guinjata Bay
1st-7th March
Winners: TSC
2008 Zavora
Hosts: Nomads
Winners: TSC
2007 Barra Lodge
Hosts: SGDSAA – all Clubs
Winners: TSC
2006 Sodwana Bay
Hosts: Makaira
Winners: Nomads
2005 Guinjata Bay
Hosts: Guinjata assisted by ERBFC
Winners: Nomads
2004 Barra Reef
Hosts: Nomads
Winners: Makaira
2003 Ponta de Malongane
Hosts: TSC
Winners: Nomads
2002 Sodwana Bay
Hosts: Makaira
Winners: Nomads
2001 Guinjata Bay
Hosts: Guinjata
Winners: Guinjata
2000 Sodwana Bay
Hosts: Nomads
Winners: Guinjata
