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

Scroll to the side to see all rounds.

Updated: May 4, 2026 7:55 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
1 Joseph Gardner WA R02 469 469 87 100 89 99 94
2 Simon Morley NSW R05 441 494 53 97 91 95 63 95
3 Joel Crosbie VIC 438 438 78 92 97 97 74
4 Tony Pettie VIC R04 426 478 52 75 68 94 100 89
5 Dennis Villamor VIC R05 413 413 96 56 90 75 96
6 Patrick Byrne NSW 378 426 93 79 64 80 62 48
7 Brendan Pieschel NSW R02 377 377 89 99 89 100
8 Leon Leong VIC R01 369 369 98 93 100 78
9 Ben Harrison SA 363 363 82 46 94 72 69
10 Ian Ganal VIC 344 344 70 55 67 62 90
11 David Shanahan VIC 342 342 77 90 96 79
12 Cameron Cole TAS 339 339 97 64 91 87
13 Greg Crebert NSW R01 332 332 100 68 65 99
14 Evan Leonard TAS 331 331 66 71 94 100
15 David Ayton VIC 331 331 60 33 86 70 82
16 Bob Liebelt VIC 331 331 47 69 76 66 73
17 Ruth Beeby VIC 328 328 92 82 67 87
18 Leigh Kuerschner SA 314 314 61 72 86 95
19 Benjamin Hotchkin VIC 309 309 72 80 83 74
20 Gary Hanson VIC 300 300 55 71 88 86
21 Rick King NSW 277 277 73 81 71 52
22 Chris Byrne NSW 273 273 35 50 97 91
23 Francisco Sevilla NSW 272 272 86 64 67 55
24 Thomas Guest WA 268 268 95 69 60 44
25 Ben Hanscombe NSW R02 266 266 69 98 99
26 Collin Bryant TAS 259 259 25 58 85 91
27 David Crebert NSW R01 258 258 99 89 70
28 Ryan Honeybrook NSW R06 256 256 76 82 98
29 Adam Lalor NSW 254 254 36 84 66 68
30 Peter Breukel VIC 254 254 71 88 95
31 Francis Di Mattina NSW 253 253 73 92 88
32 Warren Allen NSW 252 252 29 54 83 86
33 Shane Ling TAS 252 252 46 42 93 71
34 Jason Bennett NSW 250 250 50 89 68 43
35 Peter Nord VIC 250 250 90 67 93
36 Geoff Alford NSW 234 234 38 48 60 88
37 David Hedge NSW 232 232 75 85 72
38 Raymon Cooper VIC 230 230 87 78 65
39 Wade Walker QLD 227 227 81 61 85
40 Jamie Bowden NSW 224 224 64 82 78
41 Jamie Cole NSW 221 221 95 65 61
42 Paul Hardiman VIC 218 218 22 66 60 70
43 Justin Stevens TAS 216 216 51 82 83
44 Jason Goodfellow NSW 212 212 54 66 92
45 Andrew Richmond NSW 212 212 83 72 57
46 Jeremy Thomas NSW 207 207 77 85 45
47 Jenny Gardner WA 207 207 85 58 64
48 Corey Gallagher VIC 203 203 67 51 85
49 Mitchell Nichols NSW 200 200 81 61 58
50 Andrew Death NSW 198 198 43 96 59
51 Jack Gammie NSW R03 196 196 100 96
52 Kevin Nguyen NSW 196 196 17 37 79 63
53 Nathan Wright VIC 192 192 50 63 79
54 Sean Hill NSW 190 190 15 93 82
55 Corey Lean NSW 186 186 30 62 94
56 Michael Alexander TAS 185 185 20 67 98
57 Lyndsay Pryke VIC 184 184 90 94
58 Mitchell Taylor NSW 183 183 43 74 66
59 Isaac Harris TAS 183 183 84 99
60 Allen Parish QLD 182 182 74 58 50
61 Mitchell Maddison NSW R04 181 181 98 83
62 John Chen ACT 181 181 83 98
63 Greg Cooper WA 179 179 48 44 87
64 Steven Pryke VIC 178 178 91 87
65 Wayne Siow ACT 175 175 59 39 77
66 Tyler Breust NSW 174 174 79 95
67 Jayden Dihood VIC 172 172 86 86
68 Andrew Krushka TAS 171 171 90 81
69 Ethan Howard TAS 167 167 83 84
70 Terry Grima NSW 167 167 92 75
71 Matthew Fielden ACT 165 165 33 47 85
72 Jason Deenen VIC 162 162 85 77
73 Mitch McMaster VIC 158 158 80 78
74 Steve Pourniotis NSW 157 157 70 87
75 Simon McGuire ACT 153 153 60 93
76 Steve Howard TAS 153 153 76 77
77 Leighton Beer TAS 151 151 71 80
78 Mark Vandersteen NSW 150 150 62 32 56
79 Gavin Howard SA 149 149 41 45 63
80 Michael Buttigieg NSW 145 145 24 75 46
81 Grant Oliver NSW 143 143 59 84
82 Philip Bradley QLD 142 142 66 76
83 Tameika Purnell NSW 141 141 63 78
84 Neil Hutchins SA 141 141 26 40 75
85 Mark Knight NSW 140 140 73 67
86 James Tran NSW 138 138 57 81
87 Harry Young VIC 137 137 88 49
88 Blake Partington NSW 136 136 52 84
89 Andrew Breward TAS 135 135 61 74
90 Darryl Sillis NSW 132 132 68 64
91 Gareth Goodhew QLD 132 132 73 59
92 Paul Dunlop NSW 129 129 80 49
93 Jess Melvin TAS 124 124 68 56
94 Shaun Dallman VIC 123 123 31 92
95 Ben Pearce NSW 122 122 71 51
96 Jon Fitzgibbon NSW 122 122 65 57
97 Beth Harris VIC 121 121 84 37
98 Stacey Alexander TAS 117 117 14 31 72
99 Michael Ettingshausen NSW 116 116 62 54
100 Riley Whelan VIC 116 116 38 78
101 Luke Rogan QLD 116 116 40 76
102 Phil Cockshutt NSW 114 114 57 57
103 Jacob Dodds NSW 110 110 68 42
104 Doug Baker NSW 110 110 57 53
105 Marcus van Riet NSW 107 107 60 47
106 Leanne Cowan ACT 103 103 45 58
107 Paul Burton WA HAR02WATA 100 100 100
108 Ben Oakes WA 99 99 99
109 Chris Miller SA HAR01SA 99 99 99
110 Alex Greisdorf WA 98 98 98
111 Kobi Rothall SA 98 98 98
112 Bradley Hart NSW R06 97 97 97
113 Anthony Perrella WA 97 97 97
114 Sean Pearson SA 97 97 97
115 Ben Scott WA 96 96 96
116 Josh Bland SA 96 96 96
117 Dale Baxter VIC 96 96 96
118 Phoenix Cole SA 95 95 95
119 Matt McCarthy WA 94 94 94
120 Robert Lee VIC 94 94 34 60
121 Brad Clark VIC 94 94 94
122 Jeff Corkill WA 93 93 93
123 Brodie Robb SA 93 93 93
124 Jack Gillespie TAS 92 92 92
125 Aaron Williams WA 92 92 92
126 Tim Golby VIC 92 92 18 74
127 Ian Abercrombie WA 91 91 91
128 Tim Heinze VIC 91 91 91
129 Ted Richmond VIC 91 91 27 64
130 James Scott NSW 91 91 91
131 James Kilpatrick Jr NSW 90 90 90
132 Paul Siemaszko WA 90 90 90
133 Glenn Allen NSW 89 89 89
134 Ben Gibbs SA 89 89 89
135 Martyn Giddens VIC 88 88 23 65
136 Matthew De Boer WA 88 88 88
137 Peter Conroy NSW 88 88 88
138 Ryan Newman SA 88 88 88
139 Zachary Morozoff NSW 87 87 87
140 Andy Mitchell WA 86 86 86
141 Robert White WA 84 84 84
142 Craig Richards VIC 84 84 84
143 Michelle Pardini WA 83 83 83
144 Stephen Newborough WA 82 82 82
145 Robert Cockshutt WA 81 81 81
146 Ben Johnston ACT 81 81 81
147 Emmanuel Heinze VIC 81 81 81
148 Nick Crispin QLD 80 80 80
149 Paul Cook SA 80 80 80
150 Adam Murphy NSW 79 79 79
151 Tyson Hayes QLD 79 79 79
152 James Kilpatrick NSW 77 77 77
153 Bodhi Pannenburg SA 77 77 77
154 Selwyn Edson TAS 76 76 76
155 Cullen Di Mattina NSW 76 76 76
156 Noah Buttigieg NSW 75 75 75
157 Carl Everton VIC 74 74 74
158 Cedric Lopez NSW 73 73 73
159 Kurt Warmington SA 73 73 73
160 Richard Adams NSW 72 72 72
161 Graeme Lalor NSW 72 72 16 56
162 Michael Aquilina NSW 71 71 71
163 Ben Jeffrey SA 70 70 70
164 Dylan Woodiwiss QLD 69 69 69
165 Duane Penza VIC 69 69 69
166 Tristan Lock NSW 69 69 69
167 Toby Longworth NSW 65 65 65
168 Brendan Marretta VIC 65 65 65
169 Fiona Johnston ACT 63 63 63
170 Greg Lewis NSW 63 63 63
171 Christian Balzer NSW 62 62 62
172 Peter Valenti SA 62 62 62
173 Claudio Araujo NSW 61 61 61
174 Ben Henshaw NSW 60 60 60
175 Brian Hunt NSW 58 58 58
176 Andrew Halton NSW 56 56 56
177 Mark Pearce NSW 53 53 53
178 Darrin Haywood NSW 44 44 44
179 Johnathon Lawrence NSW 42 42 42
180 Jack Furlong QLD 41 41 41
181 Archer Scicluna VIC 41 41 41
182 Anthony Longworth NSW 40 40 40
183 Dennis Mageropoulos NSW 39 39 39
184 Nikki Bryant VIC 39 39 39
185 Darryl Head NSW 37 37 37
186 Wayne Sederlan VIC 34 34 34
187 Brian Lean NSW 32 32 32
188 Dylan Cowell NSW 28 28 28
189 Andrew Hancox NSW 21 21 21
190 Harley Donaldson NSW 19 19 19
191 Joanne Ritzau-Gallagher NSW 13 13 13


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