The club was started on the 14th November 1981 with 4 Bay Boats. The name was Impangela Boat Club. During 1986 The Drift Sands Boat Club went under and all the members joined us. On the 18th of May 1984 the name was changed to Meerensee Boat Club.
The Light Tackle division was started by Hendrik Kuhn in 1986. The cano and kayak guys joined the club in 1986. The Ski boat division was started by Dawie Du Plessis in 1994/1995. The 21 Species fishing festival was started by Kokkie Jacobs in 1992 and the first Competition was held on the 18th and 19th of June 1992 and is today one of the most popular competitions with 1000 anglers participating yearly.
The names of the people who started the club:
Willie and Drieka Brits, Bruce and Denise Harvey, Late Paul Myburg, Piet Roos, Gert Smith, Jimmy Grimsdell, Daantjie Van Rensburg, and Daryl Shelver.
Please take note of the following Jetty Safety regulation by order off the MSBC Committee
1. No Children, Members or Non-Members are permitted to perform any fishing activities from or off the Jetty
2. Any Members or Visitors found fishing on the Jetty will be disciplined in accordance with the MSBC Constitution
3. Any Child (under the age of 18 years) found fishing on the Jetty, his or her parents/gradian will be disciplined in accordance with the MSBC Constitution
4. The Meerensee Boat Club is not responsible for any injury or loss off property of Members or Visitors when entering or existing the Jetty
5. Any children under the age of 12 fishing on vessels must be escorted by a parent or gradian when entering or existing the Jetty
The following safety notice is for the protection of our Members, Members Children and Visitors.
Members or Visitors that are found to be repeat offender will face certain expulsion from the club.
NAME | POSITION | CELL NR | EMAIL ADDRESS |
Giepie Joubert | Commodore | 078 800 1714 | |
Heinz Paul | Vice Commodore | 071 471 9067 | |
Bernie Brown | Staff | 083 366 3503 | |
Yogandra Naidoo | Bar & Kitchen | 073 506 2692 | |
Doep Du Plessis | IT | 076 861 4506 | |
Charl Fourie | Up Country | 079 526 6057 | |
Johan Du Plessis | Secretary/Marketing | 072 519 0554 | |
Lourain Cowie | Finance | 083 661 7509 | |
Renier Koekemoer | Grounds | 066 073 8642 | |
Jean Schoonhoven | Competitions | 082 492 7703 | |
Corne Kleinchmidt | Head Safety Officer | 084 456 7829 | |
Trevor Goddard | Safety Officer | 082 434 9381 | |
Trevor Harvey | Safety Officer | 082 822 6485 |