PROTEA TEAMS
2025 – Current Protea Team
Congratulations to the Protea Team for 2025, they will compete in the World Championships in the Northern Ireland to be held in August https://www.wftc2025.com/. The team welcomes a new member Bernd Stachelhaus to the Protea team. Bernd will have the honour of being the flag bearer, well done on your achievement.
2024 – World Championships USA – Phoenix
South Africa had a memorable outing and performed well, missing a podium place by only 1 point, ending 4th overall (only 1 point separated 2nd to 4th places). Gerhard Genade once again excelled and proved his ability by ending in 3rd place overall. Cor Swanepoel proudly secured 2nd place for Veterans after a shootout for 1st with USA’s Greg Sauve.
2023 – South Africa Wins Gold
Congratulations to the South African Protea team for winning and taking the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships hosted locally at Kommandonek Resort. Not only did the Protea Team win convincingly, but Gerhard Genade also won the coveted World Championship title in a 3 way shoot-out.
Historical Protea Teams
| 2025 (Team of 6) | 2024 (Team of 6) | 2023 (Team of 8) | 2022 (Team of 6) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerhard Genade | Gerhard Genade | Gerhard Genade | Wian Strydom |
| Derek van Niekerk | Derek van Niekerk | Heinri Brink | Cor Swanepoel |
| Baldur Engelbrecht | Wian Strydom | Derek van Niekerk | Derek van Niekerk |
| Adrian Hollis | Adrian Hollis | Gerhard Strydom | Keith Tiquin |
| Wian Strydom | Jan Steytler | Machiel Basson | Adrian Hollis |
| Bernd Stachelhaus | Cor Swanepoel | Danel van Tonder | Jan Steytler |
| Jan Steytler | |||
| Wian Strydom |
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerhard Genade | Gerhard Strydom | Errol Mann | Gerhard Strydom | Gerhard Strydom | Hennie Breytenbach | Hennie Breytenbach | Hennie Breytenbach | Hennie Breytenbach | Hennie Breytenbach | Hennie Breytenbach | Hennie Breytenbach | Hennie Breytenbach | Hennie Breytenbach | Hennie Breytenbach |
| Baldur Engelbrecht | Gerhard Genade | Jacques Fouche | Gerhard Genade | Gerhard Genade | JP De Jager | JP De Jager | Piet Breetd | Piet Breetd | Piet Breetd | Piet Breetd | Herman Laatz | Siegfried Liebner | Jason Guthrie | Jason Guthrie |
| Cor Swanepoel | Heinri Brink | Regy van Jaarsveld | Errol Mann | Heinri Brink | Heinri Brink | Heinri Brink | Gerhard Strydom | Gerhard Strydom | David Combrink | Erica Fourie | Deon Du Toit | Alan Riedle | Bradley Marias | Cobus Lewis |
| Mark Fairon | Wian Strydom | Lauren Parsons | Heinri Brink | Regy van Jaarsveld | Jacques Fouche | Jacques Fouche | Francois du Toit | Lukas Richter | Curt February | David Combrink | Alan Riedle | Quentin Jordan | Deon Du Toit | David Fourie |
| Brendan de Klerk | Machiel Basson | Wian Strydom | Regy van Jaarsveld | Jacques de Jager | Regy van Jaarsveld | Regy van Jaarsveld | Gerhard Genade | Natali Tereblanch | Gary Govender | Werner Breetd | Piet Breetd | Piet Breetd | Siegfried Liebner | Herman Laatz |
| Devon Du Toit | Thomery Knoetze | Thomery Knoetze | Michael Olivier | Lauren Parsons | Stefan Viljoen | Stefan Viljoen | Jannie Welman | Lynn Strydom | Lukas Richter | Curt February | Erica Fourie | Lukas Richter | Jaundre Venter | Darren Porter |
| Jan Steytler | Markus Babl | Keith Tiquin | Wian Strydom | Wyan Schoonwinkel | Christy-Anne Venter | Christy-Anne Venter | Joshua Forsman | Robert Stewart | Natali Tereblanch | Wimpie Breetd | Johan Gouss | |||
| Sean Orsmond | Cor Swanepoel | Baldur Engelbrecht | Machiel Basson | Francois Oppermann | Lauren Parsons | Lauren Parsons | Errol Mann | Francois du Toit | Marius van Schalkwyk | Lukas Richter | Lukas Richter |