General information:
Name: Hennie Papenfuss
Date of birth: 1 August 1974
Marital status: Single
Home language: Afrikaans
Other: English
Residence: Pretoria, Gauteng

My interest in the fishing sport date back to 1978 when I was introduced into the sport by my father Ruben Papenfuss, who was at that stage also a Provincial bank angler. My own provincial fishing career started in 1986 at 12 years of age when I was selected for the Northern Transvaal Junior B team. I represented Northern Transvaal Provincial teams until the age of 18.

In the National Championships at Roodeplaat Dam in Dec 1991, I finished 3rd out of a total of 144 anglers. At the Springbok trials that followed I ended first, and was awarded Junior Springbok Colours. In the same year I won the title of SA Casting Champion. and was also awarded senior Springbok August 1992, and also participate in the World Casting Championships in Plzen Czechoslovakia in September of the same year. I spent a total of two months in Europe during 1992. Up to date I have held various provincial, and National Angling Records Some of those are still standing to this date.

Casting: I started casting in 1989, and was crowned South African Senior Champion for the first time in 1991. Up to date I was named SA Casting Champion 13 times, and hold 13 out of a possible 18 of the National records.

I also won the German Junior Championships in Laupheim, Germany 1992. And represented South Africa at the following World Casting Championships:
Plzen, Czechoslovakia 1992 Switzerland 1994
South Africa 1996
World Games Lahti, Finland 1997
Nova Zamky, Slovakia 1998
Kalmar, Sweden 2000
World Games Akita, Japan 2001
World Games, Germany 2005

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