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De Villiers, who started her match-fishing career in the
U.S. nearly 20 years ago, coached and fished on South
Africa’s ladies team in the FIPSed World Champi-
onships in 2012 and 2013. “I’m very excited that the
U.S.A. will have a team competing in Hungary this
summer,” she says. “I’m enjoying getting to know
these other wonderful ladies and helping to prepare
them however I can. I’m extremely proud to be repre-
senting Team USA.”
In addition to maintaining a rigorous training sched-
ule, the USA Ladies’ Match Fishing Team is raising
money to offset equipment, training, travel and
competition costs leading up to the competition
in August. Individuals and businesses interested in
helping financially are invited to make tax-deductible
donations of any amount at www.gofundme.com/
team-usa-ladies-match-fishing.
Bronze ($500), Silver ($1,000) and Gold ($2,000)
level sponsorships providing sponsor logo placement
and other various forms of recognition are also being
offered.
Visit www.teamusafishing.org for more information,
or join the conversation on Facebook at https://www.
facebook.com/TeamUSALadiesMatchFishing/.
Media Contact: Hannah Hudson
[email protected]
*All photographs courtesy of Kristen Monroe
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