Stay up to date with your, and others, ranking using the Angler of the Year table. Updated during Series 17 in 2026 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.

2026 FISHING RULES

Hobie Kayak Fishing Series 17 is designed to offer kayak anglers a professional platform to test their skills under a competitive tournament environment.

These events are open to Hobie-manufactured kayaks exclusively, including the Australian Championship, where all competitors are provided with identically fitted-out Hobie MirageDrive® kayaks.

2026 FISHING RULES

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Updated: August 17, 2026 11:21 am.

Pos Angler Name STATE AC QUAL? Best 5 Total Points R1 R2 Glenelg River, SA HAR01 R3 Welstead Estuary, WA HAR02 R4 R5 R6 R7 Swan River, WA HAR03 R8 R9
1 Joseph Gardner WA R02 489 756 87 100 89 99 94 91 97 99
2 Simon Morley NSW R07 482 773 53 97 91 95 63 95 100 95 84
3 Brendan Pieschel NSW R02 477 636 89 99 89 100 95 94 70
4 Joel Crosbie VIC 467 619 78 92 97 97 74 89 92
5 Tony Pettie VIC R04 457 616 52 75 68 94 100 89 39 99
6 Francis Di Mattina NSW R08 441 472 73 92 88 31 98 90
7 David Crebert NSW R01 438 508 99 89 70 93 70 87
8 Greg Crebert NSW R01 433 566 100 68 65 99 75 86 73
9 Leon Leong VIC R01 426 476 98 93 100 78 57 50
10 David Shanahan VIC 420 420 77 90 96 79 78
11 Dennis Villamor VIC R05 413 413 96 56 90 75 96
12 Ruth Beeby VIC 409 457 92 82 67 87 48 81
13 Cameron Cole TAS 404 404 97 64 91 87 65
14 Patrick Byrne NSW 398 570 93 79 64 80 62 48 62 82
15 Wade Walker QLD 394 394 81 61 85 79 88
16 Adam Lalor NSW 390 489 36 84 66 68 63 93 79
17 Simon McGuire ACT 386 386 60 93 70 80 83
18 David Ayton VIC 386 419 60 33 86 70 82 88
19 Corey Lean NSW R09 378 378 30 62 94 94 98
20 Jamie Cole NSW 377 377 95 65 61 78 78
21 Rick King NSW 377 500 73 81 71 52 72 75 76
22 Greg Cooper WA 366 366 48 44 87 96 91
23 Ben Harrison SA 363 363 82 46 94 72 69
24 Thomas Guest WA 352 352 95 69 60 44 84
25 Jason Goodfellow NSW 350 350 54 66 92 64 74
26 Chris Byrne NSW 350 380 35 50 97 91 30 77
27 Justin Stevens TAS 347 347 51 82 83 69 62
28 Ian Ganal VIC 344 344 70 55 67 62 90
29 Kevin Nguyen NSW 343 360 17 37 79 63 79 85
30 Warren Allen NSW 342 371 29 54 83 86 43 76
31 Andrew Richmond NSW 336 336 83 72 57 58 66
32 Jamie Bowden NSW 332 370 64 82 78 38 47 61
33 Grant Oliver NSW R08 332 332 59 84 89 100
34 David Hedge NSW 332 332 75 85 72 29 71
35 Mitchell Taylor NSW 332 332 43 74 66 97 52
36 Evan Leonard TAS R05 331 331 66 71 94 100
37 Bob Liebelt VIC 331 331 47 69 76 66 73
38 James Tran NSW 327 327 57 81 98 91
39 Peter Nord VIC 327 327 90 67 93 77
40 Steve Pourniotis NSW 325 325 70 87 85 83
41 Jason Bennett NSW 325 368 50 89 68 43 46 72
42 James Kilpatrick NSW 320 320 77 73 84 86
43 Paul Hardiman VIC 317 375 22 66 60 70 36 59 62
44 Wayne Siow ACT 316 316 59 39 77 86 55
45 Raymon Cooper VIC 316 316 87 78 65 33 53
46 Leigh Kuerschner SA 314 314 61 72 86 95
47 Allen Parish QLD 311 311 74 58 50 61 68
48 Francisco Sevilla NSW 309 309 86 64 67 55 37
49 Benjamin Hotchkin VIC 309 309 72 80 83 74
50 Blake Partington NSW 306 306 52 84 96 74
51 Gary Hanson VIC 300 300 55 71 88 86
52 Jenny Gardner WA 293 293 85 58 64 86
53 James Kilpatrick Jr NSW 289 289 90 67 63 69
54 Andrew Death NSW 282 282 43 96 59 84
55 Matthew Fielden ACT 281 281 33 47 85 56 60
56 Philip Bradley QLD 279 279 66 76 73 64
57 Ben Hanscombe NSW R02 266 266 69 98 99
58 Collin Bryant TAS 259 259 25 58 85 91
59 Andrew Krushka TAS 258 258 90 81 87
60 Mark Knight NSW 257 257 73 67 50 67
61 Jon Chen ACT R03 257 257 83 98 76
62 Jack Gammie NSW R03 257 257 100 96 61
63 Ryan Honeybrook NSW 256 256 76 82 98
64 Peter Breukel VIC 254 254 71 88 95
65 Shane Ling TAS 252 252 46 42 93 71
66 Doug Baker NSW 242 242 57 53 66 66
67 Sean Hill NSW 241 241 15 93 82 51
68 Tameika Purnell NSW 238 238 63 78 32 65
69 Geoff Alford NSW 234 234 38 48 60 88
70 Mark Vandersteen NSW 225 225 62 32 56 75
71 Luke Rogan QLD R09 216 216 40 76 100
72 Terry Grima NSW 214 214 92 75 47
73 Gareth Goodhew QLD 212 212 73 59 80
74 Jeremy Thomas NSW 207 207 77 85 45
75 Ben Pearce NSW 203 203 71 51 81
76 Corey Gallagher VIC 203 203 67 51 85
77 Mitchell Nichols NSW 200 200 81 61 58
78 Phil Cockshutt NSW 199 199 57 57 85
79 Gavin Howard SA 197 197 41 45 63 48
80 Alex Greisdorf WA HARWA-AOY 196 196 98 98
81 Ben Oakes WA 196 196 99 97
82 Anthony Perrella WA 192 192 97 95
83 Nathan Wright VIC 192 192 50 63 79
84 Shaun Dallman VIC 191 191 31 92 68
85 Paul Burton WA HAR02WATA 189 189 100 89
86 Matt McCarthy WA 188 188 94 94
87 Glenn Allen NSW 185 185 89 96
88 Michael Alexander TAS 185 185 20 67 98
89 Tim Golby VIC 184 184 18 74 92
90 Paul Dunlop NSW 184 184 80 49 55
91 Aaron Williams WA 184 184 92 92
92 Lyndsay Pryke VIC 184 184 90 94
93 Isaac Harris TAS R06 183 183 84 99
94 Stephen Newborough WA 181 181 82 99
95 Mitchell Maddison NSW R04 181 181 98 83
96 Paul Siemaszko WA 180 180 90 90
97 Steven Pryke VIC 178 178 91 87
98 Leanne Cowan ACT 175 175 45 58 25 47
99 Ian Abercrombie WA 175 175 91 84
100 Tyler Breust NSW 174 174 79 95
101 Andy Mitchell WA 173 173 86 87
102 Jayden Dihood VIC 172 172 86 86
103 Michelle Pardini WA 171 171 83 88
104 Ethan Howard TAS 167 167 83 84
105 Robert Cockshutt WA 163 163 81 82
106 Jason Deenen VIC 162 162 85 77
107 Marcus van Riet NSW 161 161 60 47 54
108 Riley Whelan VIC 158 158 38 78 42
109 Mitch McMaster VIC 158 158 80 78
110 Michael Ettingshausen NSW 157 157 62 54 41
111 Graeme Lalor NSW 155 155 16 56 83
112 Steve Howard TAS 153 153 76 77
113 Leighton Beer TAS 151 151 71 80
114 Beth Harris VIC 149 149 84 37 28
115 Carl Everton VIC 148 148 74 74
116 Michael Buttigieg NSW 145 145 24 75 46
117 Claudio Araujo NSW 143 143 61 82
118 Peter Conroy NSW 143 143 88 55
119 Neil Hutchins SA 141 141 26 40 75
120 Dylan Woodiwiss QLD 140 140 69 71
121 Jose Lopes NSW 140 140 89 51
122 Ben Henshaw NSW 140 140 60 80
123 Adam Murphy NSW 137 137 79 58
124 Harry Young VIC 137 137 88 49
125 Andrew Breward TAS 135 135 61 74
126 Ben Johnston ACT 133 133 81 52
127 Darryl Sillis NSW 132 132 68 64
128 Jess Melvin TAS 124 124 68 56
129 Jon Fitzgibbon NSW 122 122 65 57
130 Jack Furlong QLD 118 118 41 77
131 Harvey Purnell NSW 117 117 45 72
132 Carl Dubois NSW 117 117 53 64
133 Stacey Alexander TAS 117 117 14 31 72
134 Jacob Dodds NSW 110 110 68 42
135 Toby Longworth NSW 109 109 65 44
136 Darrin Haywood NSW 104 104 44 60
137 Richard Raynham WA HAR03WATA 100 100 100
138 Brian Lean NSW 99 99 32 67
139 Nelson Grilo NSW R07 99 99 99
140 Chris Miller SA HAR01SA 99 99 99
141 Kobi Rothall SA 98 98 98
142 Travis Laga’aia QLD 97 97 97
143 Bradley Hart NSW R06 97 97 97
144 Sean Pearson SA 97 97 97
145 Jackson Pitstock QLD 96 96 96
146 Ben Scott WA 96 96 96
147 Josh Bland SA 96 96 96
148 Dale Baxter VIC 96 96 96
149 Stephen Maas QLD 95 95 95
150 Phoenix Cole SA 95 95 95
151 Guy Struthers QLD 94 94 94
152 Robert Lee VIC 94 94 34 60
153 Brad Clark VIC 94 94 94
154 Timothy Fittkau QLD 93 93 93
155 Adrian Barbour WA 93 93 93
156 Jeff Corkill WA 93 93 93
157 Brodie Robb SA 93 93 93
158 Mick Duck NSW 92 92 92
159 Jack Gillespie TAS 92 92 92
160 Daniel Rappolt NSW 91 91 91
161 Tim Heinze VIC 91 91 91
162 Ted Richmond VIC 91 91 27 64
163 James Scott NSW 91 91 91
164 Jeff Kirkby NSW 90 90 90
165 Joshua Richards NSW 90 90 90
166 Daryl Woods QLD 89 89 89
167 Ben Gibbs SA 89 89 89
168 Martyn Giddens VIC 88 88 23 65
169 Matthew De Boer WA 88 88 88
170 Ryan Newman SA 88 88 88
171 George Agathos NSW 87 87 87
172 Zachary Morozoff NSW 87 87 87
173 Wade Naylor QLD 85 85 85
174 Robert White WA 84 84 84
175 Craig Richards VIC 84 84 84
176 Alexander McAndrew QLD 82 82 82
177 Matt Branthwaite QLD 81 81 81
178 Robert Sgambelluri WA 81 81 81
179 Emmanuel Heinze VIC 81 81 81
180 Brayden Perrella WA 80 80 80
181 Nick Crispin QLD 80 80 80
182 Paul Cook SA 80 80 80
183 Tyson Hayes QLD 79 79 79
184 Bodhi Pannenburg SA 77 77 77
185 Selwyn Edson TAS 76 76 76
186 Cullen Di Mattina NSW 76 76 76
187 Noah Buttigieg NSW 75 75 75
188 Anthony Longworth NSW 74 74 40 34
189 Cedric Lopez NSW 73 73 73
190 Kurt Warmington SA 73 73 73
191 Richard Adams NSW 72 72 72
192 Peter Carter NSW 71 71 71
193 Michael Aquilina NSW 71 71 71
194 Ben Jeffrey SA 70 70 70
195 Daniel Quarmby NSW 69 69 69
196 Duane Penza VIC 69 69 69
197 Tristan Lock NSW 69 69 69
198 Peter Cook NSW 68 68 68
199 Dennis Mageropoulos NSW 67 67 39 28
200 James Maher NSW 65 65 65
201 Brendan Marretta VIC 65 65 65
202 Gary Hodgkinson QLD 63 63 63
203 Fiona Johnston ACT 63 63 63
204 Greg Lewis NSW 63 63 63
205 Christian Balzer NSW 62 62 62
206 Peter Valenti SA 62 62 62
207 Steven Dee QLD 60 60 60
208 Harvey Delforce NSW 59 59 59
209 Brian Hunt NSW 58 58 58
210 Zane Duce NSW 57 57 57
211 Graham Fifield ACT 56 56 56
212 Andrew Halton NSW 56 56 56
213 Mark Pearce NSW 53 53 53
214 Lachlan Davies NSW 49 49 49
215 Tully Alchin NSW 49 49 49
216 Joanne Ritzau-Gallagher NSW 48 48 13 35
217 Johnathon Lawrence NSW 42 42 42
218 Archer Scicluna VIC 41 41 41
219 Kayle Rattenbury NSW 40 40 40
220 Nikki Bryant VIC 39 39 39
221 Darryl Head NSW 37 37 37
222 Wayne Sederlan VIC 34 34 34
223 Jarrad Hickman NSW 28 28 28
224 Dylan Cowell NSW 28 28 28
225 Andrew Hancox NSW 21 21 21
226 Harley Donaldson NSW 19 19 19


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