On the 6th April 2016 our family sadly lost my Dad Jeff Maye after a short battle to Leukaemia at the age of 63. My father was a devoted and passionate pleasure and match angler all his life, and was very devoted to always supporting others and was a generous man who would always give of his time and support others in need in his local community and especially his fellow anglers.

The last six years in his memory we have held a memorial match on one of his favourite waters Lakeside in Portsmouth.

The money raised on these day's has totalled £5000 which has been donated to Portsmouth & District Angling Societies Charitable Fund .

The PDAS charitable fund was set up to provide a level of support to those in need, and to make spontaneous random gestures of kindness to those who would benefit in times of need which is voted on by the PDAS members committee of which my Dad sat upon. The money raised over the past few years has contributed to monies distributed to a number of charities for the blind, for cerebal palsy, a children's charity and the air ambulance all of which are local charities which would have greatly pleased my Dad.

This year’s memorial match will be held on the 25th June 2023 and we are hoping that even more of his angling friends can attend and hope we raise an even greater total this year!v Maybe even this year I'll be the lucky one to get my name on his trophy!!!

If you wish to fish the match please let me know.

Despite the cost of living crisis making it again a very difficult year for a lot of families and businesses following on from the pandemic, as a family we would be hugely grateful for any donation no matter how small that you are able to make to help support our attempts in raising money for charity in memory of a wonderful man.

Kindest Regards