USAngling is excited to announce Zimbabwe National Bass Federation has formally invited a USA Bass High School Youth Team to attend and compete in the Inaugural Tri Nations Cup High School bass angling tournament hosted by Zimbabwe in December 2024. The tournament will include a youth team from the USA, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

The official tournament dates will be 9th December (Official Practice) through the 12th December 2024. The tour will also include a leisure day at a local Rhino & Elephant Rehabilitation, Safari and Conservancy.

The tournament will be held at the Mazvikadei Dam, the third largest in Zimbabwe. The dam provides water for farm irrigation and is also a popular recreation destination, primarily for Bass angling and home to Florida strain largemouth bass with common catches over 7lbs.

Jason Uldrych from Orland Park Illinois is the coach. His son Nathan and best friend Adrius Stankus won the Shimano State Championship and are competing later this month for the National Championship. Jason comments, “I’ve known Mike for several years and he’s always talking about fishing World Championships, I never thought I would be coaching a USA Bass Youth Team. It’s an honor to represent the United States in a Tri Nations Tournament, especially in an Olympic year.”

“This is the type of event we want to see happening across the globe”, say John Knight, CIPS Vice President. ” Nations working together to train the next generation of anglers to represent their countries is paramount for all nations that compete in the annual angling World Championships.”

USAngling Freshwater Sports Director, Mike McNett has been planning this event since he met with Karl Eckard, President of Zimbabwe Bass Federation and Craig Fraser from the South African Fishing Federation at the 2024 CIPs Congress in Cape Town South Africa.

Teams will be housed at resort Mazvikadei for the duration of the tournament. https://www.resortmazvikadei.co.zw