Stay up to date with your, and others, ranking using the Angler of the Year table. Updated during Series 16 in 2025 to help you establish bragging rights.

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Qualified anglers, for the Australian Championship, are dependant on the number of entrants to each round.

Pre-Qualified Anglers

Hobie Worlds

Hobie World Championship Team positions shall be awarded to the top anglers from with highest Angler of the Year (AOY) Points at the end of the Hobie Kayak Fishing Series.

2025 FISHING RULES

Hobie Kayak Fishing Series 16 is designed to offer kayak anglers competitive fishing tournaments. All events are open to all makes of kayaks.

2025 FISHING RULES

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Updated: October 15, 2025 4:38 pm.

Pos Angler Name STATE AC QUAL? Best 5 Total Points R1 R2 Glenelg River, SA HAR01 Blackwood River, WA HAR02 R3 R4 R5 Swan River, WA HAR03 R6 R7 R8 R9
1 Joseph Gardner WA S15 AUSCHAMP 491 626 64 99 100 99 99 94 71
2 Simon Morley NSW R01 472 758 99 65 65 83 95 100 84 73 94
3 Tony Pettie VIC 469 787 98 78 87 88 96 65 94 88 93
4 Jack Gammie NSW R03 469 469 91 99 88 96 95
5 Ryan Honeybrook NSW 463 561 54 44 98 91 97 93 84
6 Adam Lalor NSW R09 460 644 42 90 93 92 70 72 86 99
7 Rick King NSW 458 673 29 36 90 93 93 68 82 84 98
8 Brendan Pieschel NSW 456 564 94 40 68 75 96 94 97
9 Greg Cooper WA R02 452 538 93 97 88 86 86 88
10 Peter Nord VIC 443 702 77 60 89 59 87 63 93 79 95
11 Blake Partington NSW 441 523 28 54 87 81 94 89 90
12 Luke Rogan QLD R03 436 436 100 52 97 100 87
13 Shaun Dallman VIC 427 475 90 81 96 48 85 75
14 Jayden Dihood VIC 422 422 71 87 95 97 72
15 Daniel Quarmby NSW 406 406 75 69 86 98 78
16 Jamie Cole NSW R07 405 420 58 15 92 75 81 99
17 Ben Harrison SA 399 399 95 68 70 80 86
18 Patrick Byrne NSW 399 547 83 17 76 63 73 89 78 68
19 Darryl Sillis NSW 397 458 73 74 92 61 77 81
20 Greg Crebert NSW R04 395 395 62 48 97 100 88
21 Paul Hardiman VIC 390 433 86 8 69 89 35 80 66
22 Corey Lean NSW 389 457 57 12 80 56 71 99 82
23 Warren Allen NSW 389 507 58 70 83 60 88 81 67
24 Wayne Siow ACT 387 387 80 85 46 84 92
25 Francis Di Mattina NSW 384 384 47 91 79 82 85
26 Mark Knight NSW 379 380 59 1 58 80 92 90
27 David Shanahan VIC 378 378 89 39 68 91 91
28 Carl Dubois NSW 376 376 42 84 86 90 74
29 James Tran NSW 375 477 49 1 52 69 85 73 89 59
30 Raymon Cooper VIC 366 482 30 38 75 54 48 87 91 59
31 David Crebert NSW 363 407 56 63 79 90 44 75
32 Darrin Haywood NSW 362 362 81 73 51 96 61
33 Jason Bennett NSW 353 373 96 20 49 82 50 76
34 Peter Cook NSW 353 399 67 46 72 57 92 65
35 Adrian Barbour WA 347 347 73 33 77 79 85
36 Riley Whelan VIC 347 347 74 30 76 90 77
37 Jason Goodfellow NSW 341 341 83 43 79 67 69
38 Mitchell Taylor NSW R05 339 339 96 67 100 76
39 Andrew Death NSW 338 370 32 67 49 75 74 73
40 Ted Richmond VIC 336 336 76 1 97 84 78
41 Doug Baker NSW 333 380 47 64 56 66 73 74
42 Mark Vandersteen NSW 331 363 40 55 71 78 32 87
43 Allen Parish QLD 330 376 51 46 72 58 66 83
44 Corey Gallagher VIC 320 320 88 53 97 82
45 Jamie Bowden NSW 311 395 44 56 64 62 40 59 70
46 Bob Liebelt VIC 311 311 82 71 81 77
47 Leanne Cowan ACT 309 343 33 1 45 47 41 87 89
48 Wade Walker QLD 307 307 52 26 63 71 95
49 Chris Byrne NSW R07 300 300 38 31 71 62 98
50 Jarrad Hickman NSW R04 289 289 95 98 96
51 Ben Johnston ACT 289 289 39 2 74 86 88
52 Ruth Beeby VIC 288 288 72 83 57 76
53 Johnathon Lawrence NSW 277 277 67 57 73 80
54 Gavin Howard SA 270 270 32 28 76 77 57
55 Michael Buttigieg NSW 269 269 36 97 72 64
56 James Kilpatrick NSW 267 267 81 61 55 70
57 Brad Clark VIC R02 267 267 75 98 94
58 Dennis Villamor VIC 261 261 91 84 86
59 Carl Everton VIC 257 257 61 61 72 63
60 Glenn Allen NSW 257 257 94 78 85
61 Dennis Mageropoulos NSW 257 257 66 74 57 60
62 Greg Lewis NSW 253 253 78 93 82
63 David Ayton VIC 247 247 70 94 83
64 Dylan Pace VIC 245 245 87 59 99
65 David Hedge NSW 235 235 25 51 95 64
66 Terry Grima NSW 234 234 60 50 58 66
67 Mitchell Nichols NSW 227 227 85 70 72
68 Leon Leong VIC R01 226 226 100 35 91
69 Duane Penza VIC 213 213 80 1 60 72
70 Paul Dunlop NSW 203 203 85 54 64
71 Leigh Kuerschner SA 201 201 84 27 90
72 Claudio Araujo NSW 200 200 61 69 70
73 Jason Marshall NSW R05 199 199 99 100
74 Matt McCarthy WA HAR02WA-AOY 195 195 97 98
75 Richard Raynham WA 191 191 95 96
76 Alex Greisdorf WA 190 190 93 97
77 Peter Breukel VIC 188 188 92 96
78 Travis Newland WA HAR03WATA 187 187 87 100
79 Dominique Cera WA 183 183 90 93
80 Ben Oakes WA HAR02WATA 183 183 99 84
81 Simon McGuire ACT 182 182 32 68 82
82 Stuart McCarthy WA 181 181 92 89
83 Andrew Richmond NSW 178 178 44 55 79
84 Wade Naylor QLD 177 177 84 93
85 Aaron Williams WA 174 174 82 92
86 Paul Siemaszko WA 174 174 84 90
87 Steve Pourniotis NSW 174 174 62 53 59
88 Zachary Morozoff NSW 173 173 78 95
89 Mitch McMaster VIC 173 173 82 91
90 Ryan Ottens SA 173 173 60 29 84
91 Dale Baxter VIC 172 172 89 83
92 Jason Meech NSW 169 169 92 77
93 Ian Abercromby WA 168 168 86 82
94 Tim Golby VIC 166 166 10 85 71
95 Ian Ganal VIC 166 166 65 22 79
96 Joel Crosbie VIC R02 165 165 100 65
97 Tyler Breust NSW 164 164 79 85
98 Michael Ettingshausen NSW 163 163 19 53 91
99 Gary Hanson VIC 162 162 93 69
100 Jack Hunter WA 162 162 81 81
101 Ben Pearce NSW 159 159 79 80
102 Geoff Alford NSW 158 158 3 75 80
103 Robert Cockshutt WA 156 156 69 87
104 Jenny Gardner WA 153 153 70 83
105 James Scott NSW 153 153 18 59 76
106 Jon Chen ACT 152 152 88 64
107 Mark Muggleton QLD 152 152 94 58
108 Matthew Fielden ACT 147 147 70 77
109 Brian Hunt NSW 145 145 95 50
110 Steven Pryke VIC 144 144 69 75
111 Ryland Sainsbury NSW 137 137 86 51
112 Lee Male QLD 135 135 55 80
113 Beth Harris VIC 133 133 31 23 79
114 Phil Cockshutt NSW 133 133 71 62
115 Ben Hanscombe NSW 124 124 55 69
116 Gary Slykerman VIC 122 122 43 79
117 Richard Benson NSW 122 122 45 77
118 Chris Curtis NSW 121 121 75 46
119 Craig Richards VIC 121 121 49 72
120 Philip Bradley QLD 117 117 34 41 42
121 John De La Mare NSW 115 115 45 70
122 Jason Deenen VIC 115 115 63 52
123 Alex Jurgeleit NSW 112 112 46 14 52
124 Mick Duck NSW 103 103 35 7 61
125 Grant Oliver NSW R09 100 100 100
126 Kobi Rothall SA HAR01SA 100 100 100
127 Andrew Krushka TAS R06 99 99 99
128 Stephen Maas QLD R06 98 98 98
129 Mohammed Faraj NSW 98 98 98
130 Paul Burton WA 98 98 98
131 Sean Pearson SA 98 98 98
132 Jason Richards VIC 98 98 97 1
133 Bradley Burnett NSW 96 96 36 60
134 Guy Struthers QLD 96 96 96
135 Steven Owens WA 96 96 96
136 Billy Bowe WA 95 95 95
137 Brendan Marretta VIC 95 95 24 71
138 Andy Mitchell WA 94 94 94
139 Matt Martin WA 94 94 94
140 Jackson Pitstock QLD 92 92 92
141 Ben Gibbs SA 92 92 92
142 Jacob Iedema QLD 91 91 91
143 Michelle Pardini WA 91 91 91
144 Tristan Barbour QLD 90 90 90
145 Adriano Tosolini NSW 89 89 89
146 Jamie Dempsey NSW 89 89 89
147 Ben Scott WA 89 89 89
148 Tyson Hayes QLD 88 88 88
149 Hunter Grose WA 88 88 88
150 Nathan Wright VIC 88 88 88
151 Noah Buttigieg NSW 87 87 41 1 45
152 Andrew Hancox NSW 86 86 86
153 Thomas Guest WA 85 85 85
154 Colin Peasey WA 85 85 85
155 Steve Crawley QLD 84 84 84
156 Benjamin Hotchkin VIC 83 83 83
157 James Leadbeatter WA 83 83 83
158 Kevin Nguyen NSW 82 82 82
159 Michael Aquilina NSW 82 82 48 34
160 Paul Cook SA HAR01SA-AOY 82 82 82
161 Steven Dee QLD 81 81 81
162 Damien Forssman WA 80 80 80
163 Brendan Talbot SA 80 80 80
164 Ethan Howard TAS 79 79 79
165 Hunter Grose WA 79 79 79
166 Robert White WA 78 78 78
167 Ryan Wainwright WA 78 78 78
168 Neil Hutchins SA 78 78 78
169 Cullen Di Mattina NSW 77 77 77
170 Cedric Lopez NSW 77 77 77
171 Daniel Marotti SA 77 77 77
172 Khean Mak QLD 76 76 76
173 Didier Blanquart WA 76 76 76
174 Richard Patterson NSW 76 76 76
175 Deon Brink WA 75 75 75
176 Gareth Goodhew QLD 74 74 74
177 Robert White WA 74 74 74
178 Luke Ansell SA 74 74 74
179 James Irwin WA 73 73 73
180 Tim Heinze VIC 73 73 73
181 Vanessa Cera WA 72 72 72
182 Tristan Lock NSW 72 72 72
183 Jayke Moyies NSW 71 71 37 34
184 Michael Rostron NSW 70 70 70
185 Lex Irwin QLD 69 69 69
186 Toby Longworth NSW 69 69 69
187 Hamish McNabb WA 68 68 68
188 Emmanuel Heinze VIC 68 68 68
189 Wayne Sederlan VIC 68 68 68
190 Dylan Woodiwiss QLD 67 67 67
191 Byron Hill NSW 67 67 67
192 Peter Valenti SA 67 67 67
193 Scott Gusman VIC 67 67 66 1
194 Nelson Grilo NSW 66 66 66
195 Brian Lean NSW 66 66 66
196 Bikrant Gurung QLD 65 65 65
197 Jeff Kirkby NSW 65 65 65
198 Matthew Lind NSW 64 64 64
199 Troy Brown QLD 63 63 63
200 Tom McBride ACT 62 62 62
201 Chris Semmens NSW 62 62 62
202 Lyndsay Pryke VIC 61 61 50 11
203 Jason Reid NSW 56 56 56
204 James Maher NSW 54 54 54
205 Fiona Johnston ACT 53 53 53
206 Joanne Ritzau-Gallagher NSW 53 53 6 47
207 Dan Brady VIC 53 53 53
208 Richard Adams NSW 52 52 48 4
209 Martyn Giddens VIC 51 51 51
210 Mitchell Maddison NSW 50 50 50
211 James Kilpatrick Jr NSW 49 49 49
212 Andrew Halton NSW 47 47 47
213 Francisco Sevilla NSW 44 44 44
214 Jacob Dodds NSW 43 43 43
215 Gianni Zaniol NSW 42 42 42
216 Mark Pearce NSW 39 39 39
217 Jordan Dang ACT 38 38 38
218 Peter Conroy NSW 37 37 37
219 Ben Shuey VIC 37 37 37
220 Pine Ross NSW 34 34 34
221 Dean Larsson VIC 27 27 27
222 Andrew Smith NSW 21 21 21
223 Paul Malov VIC 16 16 16
224 Nick Mace VIC 13 13 13
225 Marlee Cook NSW 9 9 9
226 Bryan Hocking VIC 5 5 5


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