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: June 22, 2026 9:14 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 R10
1 Simon Morley NSW R07 478 594 53 97 91 95 63 95 100
2 Brendan Pieschel NSW R02 472 472 89 99 89 100 95
3 Joseph Gardner WA R02 469 469 87 100 89 99 94
4 Joel Crosbie VIC 438 438 78 92 97 97 74
5 Leon Leong VIC R01 426 426 98 93 100 78 57
6 Tony Pettie VIC R04 426 517 52 75 68 94 100 89 39
7 David Shanahan VIC 420 420 77 90 96 79 78
8 Dennis Villamor VIC R05 413 413 96 56 90 75 96
9 Greg Crebert NSW R01 407 407 100 68 65 99 75
10 Cameron Cole TAS 404 404 97 64 91 87 65
11 Patrick Byrne NSW 378 488 93 79 64 80 62 48 62
12 Ruth Beeby VIC 376 376 92 82 67 87 48
13 Ben Harrison SA 363 363 82 46 94 72 69
14 David Crebert NSW R01 351 351 99 89 70 93
15 Rick King NSW 349 349 73 81 71 52 72
16 Ian Ganal VIC 344 344 70 55 67 62 90
17 Evan Leonard TAS R05 331 331 66 71 94 100
18 David Ayton VIC 331 331 60 33 86 70 82
19 Bob Liebelt VIC 331 331 47 69 76 66 73
20 Peter Nord VIC 327 327 90 67 93 77
21 Adam Lalor NSW 317 317 36 84 66 68 63
22 Leigh Kuerschner SA 314 314 61 72 86 95
23 Francisco Sevilla NSW 309 309 86 64 67 55 37
24 Benjamin Hotchkin VIC 309 309 72 80 83 74
25 Chris Byrne NSW 303 303 35 50 97 91 30
26 Gary Hanson VIC 300 300 55 71 88 86
27 Jason Bennett NSW 296 296 50 89 68 43 46
28 Warren Allen NSW 295 295 29 54 83 86 43
29 Justin Stevens TAS 285 285 51 82 83 69
30 Francis Di Mattina NSW 284 284 73 92 88 31
31 Andrew Death NSW 282 282 43 96 59 84
32 Mitchell Taylor NSW 280 280 43 74 66 97
33 Corey Lean NSW 280 280 30 62 94 94
34 Jason Goodfellow NSW 276 276 54 66 92 64
35 Kevin Nguyen NSW 275 275 17 37 79 63 79
36 Andrew Richmond NSW 270 270 83 72 57 58
37 Thomas Guest WA 268 268 95 69 60 44
38 Ben Hanscombe NSW R02 266 266 69 98 99
39 Raymon Cooper VIC 263 263 87 78 65 33
40 Jamie Bowden NSW 262 262 64 82 78 38
41 Wayne Siow ACT 261 261 59 39 77 86
42 David Hedge NSW 261 261 75 85 72 29
43 Collin Bryant TAS 259 259 25 58 85 91
44 Jon Chen ACT R03 257 257 83 98 76
45 Jack Gammie NSW R03 257 257 100 96 61
46 Ryan Honeybrook NSW 256 256 76 82 98
47 Paul Hardiman VIC 254 254 22 66 60 70 36
48 Peter Breukel VIC 254 254 71 88 95
49 Shane Ling TAS 252 252 46 42 93 71
50 Steve Pourniotis NSW 242 242 70 87 85
51 Sean Hill NSW 241 241 15 93 82 51
52 James Tran NSW 236 236 57 81 98
53 Geoff Alford NSW 234 234 38 48 60 88
54 Blake Partington NSW 232 232 52 84 96
55 Grant Oliver NSW 232 232 59 84 89
56 Wade Walker QLD 227 227 81 61 85
57 Simon McGuire ACT 223 223 60 93 70
58 Matthew Fielden ACT 221 221 33 47 85 56
59 Jamie Cole NSW 221 221 95 65 61
60 Terry Grima NSW 214 214 92 75 47
61 Jeremy Thomas NSW 207 207 77 85 45
62 Jenny Gardner WA 207 207 85 58 64
63 Ben Pearce NSW 203 203 71 51 81
64 Corey Gallagher VIC 203 203 67 51 85
65 Mitchell Nichols NSW 200 200 81 61 58
66 Nathan Wright VIC 192 192 50 63 79
67 Shaun Dallman VIC 191 191 31 92 68
68 Mark Knight NSW 190 190 73 67 50
69 Michael Alexander TAS 185 185 20 67 98
70 Lyndsay Pryke VIC 184 184 90 94
71 Isaac Harris TAS R06 183 183 84 99
72 Allen Parish QLD 182 182 74 58 50
73 Mitchell Maddison NSW R04 181 181 98 83
74 Greg Cooper WA 179 179 48 44 87
75 Steven Pryke VIC 178 178 91 87
76 Doug Baker NSW 176 176 57 53 66
77 Tyler Breust NSW 174 174 79 95
78 Tameika Purnell NSW 173 173 63 78 32
79 Jayden Dihood VIC 172 172 86 86
80 Andrew Krushka TAS 171 171 90 81
81 Ethan Howard TAS 167 167 83 84
82 Jason Deenen VIC 162 162 85 77
83 Marcus van Riet NSW 161 161 60 47 54
84 Riley Whelan VIC 158 158 38 78 42
85 Mitch McMaster VIC 158 158 80 78
86 James Kilpatrick Jr NSW 157 157 90 67
87 Michael Ettingshausen NSW 157 157 62 54 41
88 Graeme Lalor NSW 155 155 16 56 83
89 Steve Howard TAS 153 153 76 77
90 Leighton Beer TAS 151 151 71 80
91 James Kilpatrick NSW 150 150 77 73
92 Mark Vandersteen NSW 150 150 62 32 56
93 Beth Harris VIC 149 149 84 37 28
94 Gavin Howard SA 149 149 41 45 63
95 Carl Everton VIC 148 148 74 74
96 Michael Buttigieg NSW 145 145 24 75 46
97 Claudio Araujo NSW 143 143 61 82
98 Peter Conroy NSW 143 143 88 55
99 Philip Bradley QLD 142 142 66 76
100 Neil Hutchins SA 141 141 26 40 75
101 Ben Henshaw NSW 140 140 60 80
102 Harry Young VIC 137 137 88 49
103 Andrew Breward TAS 135 135 61 74
104 Ben Johnston ACT 133 133 81 52
105 Darryl Sillis NSW 132 132 68 64
106 Gareth Goodhew QLD 132 132 73 59
107 Paul Dunlop NSW 129 129 80 49
108 Leanne Cowan ACT 128 128 45 58 25
109 Jess Melvin TAS 124 124 68 56
110 Jon Fitzgibbon NSW 122 122 65 57
111 Stacey Alexander TAS 117 117 14 31 72
112 Luke Rogan QLD 116 116 40 76
113 Phil Cockshutt NSW 114 114 57 57
114 Jacob Dodds NSW 110 110 68 42
115 Toby Longworth NSW 109 109 65 44
116 Darrin Haywood NSW 104 104 44 60
117 Paul Burton WA HAR02WATA 100 100 100
118 Nelson Grilo NSW R07 99 99 99
119 Ben Oakes WA 99 99 99
120 Chris Miller SA HAR01SA 99 99 99
121 Alex Greisdorf WA 98 98 98
122 Kobi Rothall SA 98 98 98
123 Bradley Hart NSW R06 97 97 97
124 Anthony Perrella WA 97 97 97
125 Sean Pearson SA 97 97 97
126 Ben Scott WA 96 96 96
127 Josh Bland SA 96 96 96
128 Dale Baxter VIC 96 96 96
129 Phoenix Cole SA 95 95 95
130 Matt McCarthy WA 94 94 94
131 Robert Lee VIC 94 94 34 60
132 Brad Clark VIC 94 94 94
133 Jeff Corkill WA 93 93 93
134 Brodie Robb SA 93 93 93
135 Mick Duck NSW 92 92 92
136 Jack Gillespie TAS 92 92 92
137 Aaron Williams WA 92 92 92
138 Tim Golby VIC 92 92 18 74
139 Daniel Rappolt NSW 91 91 91
140 Ian Abercrombie WA 91 91 91
141 Tim Heinze VIC 91 91 91
142 Ted Richmond VIC 91 91 27 64
143 James Scott NSW 91 91 91
144 Joshua Richards NSW 90 90 90
145 Paul Siemaszko WA 90 90 90
146 Jose Lopes NSW 89 89 89
147 Glenn Allen NSW 89 89 89
148 Ben Gibbs SA 89 89 89
149 Martyn Giddens VIC 88 88 23 65
150 Matthew De Boer WA 88 88 88
151 Ryan Newman SA 88 88 88
152 George Agathos NSW 87 87 87
153 Zachary Morozoff NSW 87 87 87
154 Andy Mitchell WA 86 86 86
155 Robert White WA 84 84 84
156 Craig Richards VIC 84 84 84
157 Michelle Pardini WA 83 83 83
158 Stephen Newborough WA 82 82 82
159 Robert Cockshutt WA 81 81 81
160 Emmanuel Heinze VIC 81 81 81
161 Nick Crispin QLD 80 80 80
162 Paul Cook SA 80 80 80
163 Adam Murphy NSW 79 79 79
164 Tyson Hayes QLD 79 79 79
165 Bodhi Pannenburg SA 77 77 77
166 Selwyn Edson TAS 76 76 76
167 Cullen Di Mattina NSW 76 76 76
168 Noah Buttigieg NSW 75 75 75
169 Anthony Longworth NSW 74 74 40 34
170 Cedric Lopez NSW 73 73 73
171 Kurt Warmington SA 73 73 73
172 Richard Adams NSW 72 72 72
173 Peter Carter NSW 71 71 71
174 Michael Aquilina NSW 71 71 71
175 Ben Jeffrey SA 70 70 70
176 Dylan Woodiwiss QLD 69 69 69
177 Duane Penza VIC 69 69 69
178 Tristan Lock NSW 69 69 69
179 Dennis Mageropoulos NSW 67 67 39 28
180 Brendan Marretta VIC 65 65 65
181 Fiona Johnston ACT 63 63 63
182 Greg Lewis NSW 63 63 63
183 Christian Balzer NSW 62 62 62
184 Peter Valenti SA 62 62 62
185 Harvey Delforce NSW 59 59 59
186 Brian Hunt NSW 58 58 58
187 Andrew Halton NSW 56 56 56
188 Carl Dubois NSW 53 53 53
189 Mark Pearce NSW 53 53 53
190 Tully Alchin NSW 49 49 49
191 Joanne Ritzau-Gallagher NSW 48 48 13 35
192 Harvey Purnell NSW 45 45 45
193 Johnathon Lawrence NSW 42 42 42
194 Jack Furlong QLD 41 41 41
195 Archer Scicluna VIC 41 41 41
196 Kayle Rattenbury NSW 40 40 40
197 Nikki Bryant VIC 39 39 39
198 Darryl Head NSW 37 37 37
199 Wayne Sederlan VIC 34 34 34
200 Brian Lean NSW 32 32 32
201 Jarrad Hickman NSW 28 28 28
202 Dylan Cowell NSW 28 28 28
202 Dylan Cowell NSW 28 28 28
203 Andrew Hancox NSW 21 21 21
204 Harley Donaldson NSW 19 19 19
205 John De La Mare 0 0
205 Timothy Fittkau 0 0
205 Paul Jensen 0 0
205 Danny Teskera 0 0
205 Dave Chapman 0 0
205 Luke Scicluna 0 0
205 David Shekleton 0 0
205 Stephen Tapp 0 0
205 Lochlan O’Kelly 0 0
205 Hongda Chi 0 0
205 Ranil Arcillas 0 0
205 Roy Andrada 0 0
205 Jack Chambers 0 0
205 Lachlan Davies 0 0


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