Fur & Feather Annual Christmas Match

In mid December most years the Society organises a friendly match for Members, followed by a meal and friendly get together in pub/restaurant shortly afterwards.

Being a light hearted social affair, there are several prizes up for grabs and a raffle, and a chance to catch up with old fishing friends and make new ones too! The match and the post-match festivities are open to all Members and the match fees, prizes and the meal are all funded by the Society.

Places are always limited, either because of the number of pegs available for the match, or because of the number places available in the pub/restaurant, or both.

Fur & Feather ~ 2024

After a gap of a few years, the Fur and Feather fun match and social gathering has returned!

On 15th December 2024 25 anglers met at Monk Lakes, Lake one on a chilly, but thankfully dry Sunday morning.

Once the draw had taken place and we were all set up, the fishing began.  This proved to be slow for all anglers, with some catching and some not.

However everyone persevered despite some not having single bite in the four and an half hours! Although the northerly wind was cold, at least it didn’t rain.

After the weigh in and before tucking into a hearty meal and a social gathering at the nearby Tickled Trout pub in West Farleigh, for those that wanted them a box of mince pies were on offer for angler to take away.

Congratulations to Neil Turnnidge on winning with an impressive – for the day at least – 22lb 12oz of fish.  Dennis Hammond gave a good account of himself taking the runners up spot with 14lb 9oz of fish.  In a creditable 3rd place was Dave Bishop with 10lb 9oz.

A big thank you to all who attended, stuck it out to the end and participated in the social gathering. We hope you enjoyed the day.

Ian Collier, Website Administrator
on behalf of Brian Potter, Match Secretary.

Results in full:

1st Neil Turnnidge 22lb 12oz
2nd Dennis Hammond 14lb 9oz
3rd Dave Bishop 10lb 9oz
4th Terry Williamson 8lb 5oz
5th Robert Hearn 7lb 0oz
=6th Ken Obee 6lb 13oz
=6th Brian Heard 6lb 13oz
8th Colin Wenham 6lb 12oz
9th Stuart Fritter 4lb 14oz
10th Steven Julian 3lb 1oz
11th Roger Kiddie 2lb 6oz
12th Colin Clarke 1lb 14oz
13th Jack Louth 1lb 13oz
14th Brian Potter 1lb 9oz
15th Ryan Ibrahim 0lb 15oz
16th Ed Smith 0lb 12oz
17th Tony Palmer 0lb 10oz
18th Frank Landon 0lb 5oz
=19th Sarah Whitlock DNW
=19th Phil Townsend DNW
=19th Broderick Bassett DNW
=19th Alan Rotchell DNW
=19th Tom Moon DNW
=19th Ian Collier DNW
=19th Clive Howse DNW

Photos courtesy of Ian Collier, Broderick Bassett, Ryan Ibrahim, Stephen Julian and Sarah Whitlock.

Fur & Feather ~ 2021

On Saturday 11th of December 15 anglers fished the TWAPS Fur and Feather at Chart Fishery near Langley, Maidstone.

The weather was extremely kind to us and the fishing was too with some good winter weights recorded for December.

A big congratulations to Dave Dell who won first prize with 66lb 14oz of carp, with Andy Abbott in second place with 55lb 15oz and Kevin Edwards in third with 54lb 8oz.

I would like to personally congratulate Broderick Bassett who fished his first match for years who narrowly missed out on the top three on the day and came forth with 52lb 7oz.

I would also like to thank all anglers who came to the Fur and Feather this year and fished, and I would like to see as many new faces next year at the event.

I will start taking names in October 2022 for next year so look out for Facebook posts in the Offical TWAPS Group.

Fur and Feather results 2021

1st Dave dell 66lb 14oz
2nd Andy Abbott 55lb 15oz
3rd Kevin Edwards 54lb 8oz
4th Broderick Bassett 52lb 7oz
5th Pat Brunger 49lb 4oz
6th Frank Landon 48lb 12oz
7th Jack Louth 46lb 10oz
8th Tim 41lb 3oz
9th Jack Dean 39lb 15oz
10th Stuart Fritter 33lb 7oz
11th Ray Brown 29lb 13oz
12th Jeff Buxton 24lb 3oz
13th Matt Buxton 9lb 6oz
=14th Richard Higgins DNW
=14th Jim Beaconsfield DNW

Jack Dean
TWAPS match secretary

Fur & Feather ~ 2018

Fur & Feather ~ 2017

Fur & Feather ~ 2016

Fur & Feather ~ 2014

Previous Matches

The 2019 Fur and Feather took place on Saturday 14th December at Darenth Fishing Complex, Darenth Hill, Darent, Kent, DA2 7QY.

Afterwards there was a Christmas lunch, prizes, raffle, banter, ribaldry and raucous behaviour at the Questor Café, Questor Industrial Estate, Dartford,Kent. DA1 1JS.

The 2018 Fur & Feather took place on Sunday 9th December at Stones Fishery Match Lake, Sheerness.

A social gathering including a meal, prize giving and social get together which took place on Tuesday 15th January (2019) at The Pocock Public House in Gravesend DA12 1AH.

2018 Results:

Roger Kiddie – 45lbs 13ozs
Dave Shirley – 39lbs 5ozs
Stuart Eastman – 26lbs 9ozs
Phil Townsend – 24lbs
Derek Graves – 18lbs 13ozs
Jack Louth – 15lbs 12ozs
Tony Rayner – 13lbs 14ozs
Frank Landon – 10lbs 12ozs
Barry Simms – 9lbs 6ozs
Charlie Rayner – 8lbs 6ozs
Clive Howse – 8lbs 1ozs
Dennis Hammond – 7lbs
Dave Bishop – 6lbs 14ozs
Peter Warr – 6lbs 14ozs
Kevin Edwards – 4lbs 10ozs
Mick Harris – 4lbs 2ozs
Luke Warr – 2lbs 15ozs
Jim Beaconsfield – 1lbs 13ozs
Rupert Garrett – 15ozs

The 2017 Fur & Feather match took place on Sunday 10th December 2017 at Stones Fishery Match Lake, Sheerness.

Fishing took take place between 9am and 1pm. It was a cold winters day with snow showers to begin with, following by lots of rain, with an occasional stiff breeze (see video). With conditions far from ideal, some of the 25 or so anglers actually managed to catch. Results are shown below.

Following the match there was a prize presentation, raffle and sit down Christmas dinner held at the nearby Five Bridges Pub.

TWAPS thanks Derek and Tracey Graves for all their hard work in organising and running the Fur&Feather. Their efforts are greatly appreciated.

2017 Results:

Jack Louth – 26lb 7oz
Stuart Eastman – 4lb 14oz
Terry Williamson – 4lb 2oz
Ian Collier – 3lb 8oz
Dave Shirley – 3lb 4oz
Charlie Rayner – 2lb 14oz
Tony Rayner – 2lb 9oz
Dennis Hammond – 2lb oz
Everyone else – Did not weigh in

In 2015 and 2016 the Fur and Feather also took place at Monk Lakes, followed by Christmas lunch, prize giving and a raffle at Lashings in Maidstone. Again a good time was had by all.

In 2014 the Fur and Feather took place at Monk Lakes, followed by Christmas lunch, prize giving and a raffle at the nearby Style Bridge Inn. A good time was had by all.