Southern Hunters Round 4 Results - M.A.D

[jinx]

With the bar having been set high by the first three rounds, the crew from Maldon had their work cut out to put on a good show - which they did and very well. The weather, allbeit a bit on the cold side first thing, was not too bad and we even had a bit of sunshine, though not much of it. Terry rang me in the week to say they had set the course and all the strings were crossed and the targets all sat at 45 yards, what we found when it was shot, was a very well thought out course which was really enjoyable to shoot, top job lads.
We had 2 platinum Winners today, Chris Coombes and myself (wahey), there will be a good few up for top honours next time at Ford Ranges - i will post a list once i have worked out who is on it

In all the day was a great success, so a big well done to Ian and Terry + their team at M.A.D, also to Ryan for a great 59 and to Larissa in the juniors for a new PB of 58.

Open

Gold
Ryan Charlton 59
Martin Slane 58
Mark Andrews 58
Richard Woods 58
John Murray 57
Steve Light 57
Clive Presland 56
Andy Simpson 56
Roger Bentley 56
Gary Chillingworth 56
Gary Morrison 56
Guy Gillies 56
Kyle Hampton 56
Tim Bohr 56
Richard Chase 55
Geoff Ryder 55
Roger Lait 55
Matt Rawlings 55
Silver
Garry Kingaby 54
Jonathon Major 54
Ralph Presland 54
Dave Bowles 54
Cliff Hill 53
Dave Lillywhite 53
Mike Isaac 53
Derek Watson 53
Les Marshall 53
Mike Carney 53
Jennie Stone 52
Simon Parker 52
Mike Byford 51
Chris Boulton 51
Ray Hampton 51
Rob Simpson 50
Spencer Hayward 50
Alan Grayson 50
Lee Banham 50
Bronze
Bill Hall 48
Mike Hazlelwood 48
John Turnbull 48
Charles Coxsedge 48
Ollie Wadcock 48
Chris Sutcliffe 47
Wayne Marriot 47
Terry Blackman 47
Tony Ward 47
Alan Rowe 47
Gedas Girzadas 46
Paul Foyle 46
Greg Hansman 45
David Stephenson 45
Mick Reed 44
Steve Crowther 44
Matt Smith 43
Chris Saunders 43
Siobhan Hobden 42
No Award
Len Brede 40
Lewis Gent 39
Dave Winter 39
Mike Hyde 39
Nick Bishop 38
Louise Bignall 37
Eric O'Donovan 36
Jean Greatrex 35

Recoiling

Gold
Darren Lindsay 54
Silver
Basil Meacher 49
Tony Dunford 49
Steve Gillies 48
Darren Quincey 46
Ray Rogers 46
John Dunford 45
Jeff Westley 45
Bronze
Dave Hard 43
Paul Fletcher 42
Chris Gent 41
Simon Vant 41

.22

Gold
Chris Coombes 53
Silver
Simon Jones 47
Colin Sykes 47
Bronze
Chris Norris 40

Juniors

Gold
Larissa Sykes 58
Craig Grayson 55
Scott Grayson 55
Connor Andrews 52
Steve Jones 52
Silver
Stuart Gould 47
Greg Hensman 46
Sabrina Kingaby 44
Bronze
Ben Rawlings 40
No Award
George Vant 28

See you all on the 25th of Jan at Ford Ranges for Round 5.

[Steve L]

Well done Ryan cracking score, commiserations to Derek, who was on for his platinum till the last 2 targets (6 & 7), also well shot Steve Jones, a new PB & gold for him today, Lee, well the wheels fell off after he shot a twig.... & got a big fat 0 !!

[Alegazmoz]

Originally Posted by Steve L

....... commiserations to Derek, who was on for his platinum till the last 2 targets (6 & 7) ...........

Never mind Del boy, we've all got three more chances ......
Ford ......... could go either way.
Bisley ....... unchartered waters for most.
Basingstoke ....... silver there for me last time, must do better.

Nice shooting today Mr Light, obviously all that work paid off.

[Steve L]

Originally Posted by Alegazmoz

Never mind Del boy, we've all got three more chances ......
Ford ......... could go either way.
Bisley ....... unchartered waters for most.
Basingstoke ....... silver there for me last time, must do better.

Nice shooting today Mr Light, obviously all that work paid off.

I need two more out of 3 shoots..... & i never break mid 50's at Ford... must concentrate & practice, practice, practice, W-T-F happened to Smiffy, did someone drug him

[blackscale]

Oh! The shame...the degradation, the lowest of the low....But that's enough about MATT Smith
I am in no position to shout!

They had it easier second half and no mistake!
Cheatin bleedin can'tgetoutofbedders.

OK so i am p$$d with my score!

XX

[Steve L]

Originally Posted by blackscale

Oh! The shame...the degradation, the lowest of the low....But that's enough about MATT Smith
I am in no position to shout!

They had it easier second half and no mistake!
Cheatin bleedin can'tgetoutofbedders.

OK so i am p$$d with my score!

XX

Well now, with temps of -6 when we left at 0830 i think we made the right choice Mikey baby, it must have been all of -5 by the time we shot

[Alegazmoz]

Originally Posted by Steve L

W-T-F happened to Smiffy, did someone drug him

I don't know .......... I watched him inexplicably plate that MAD target.
What made it worse was Craig telling him how he should have shot it .... stupid boy! ... no tact.
There were quite a few who were having a mare, funny enough I plated no 6, easy 40mm shot, I watched the pellet strike the paddle ........ someone said there might have been ice on it

[pikeman]

Went to the club today on my way to a fishing trip just to see everyone and say hello,looked as if everyone was having a good time apart from the cold,good turn out and just to say thanks to the southern hunter gang ya done well.Also a big thanks to the chaps who help put the course out over the past week Ian,Paul,dave,Harry,Kyle,Ray & Simon you all make this job a lot easy thanks againWould have love to shot but thoughs big girls want it!!
Terry

[popsheep]

some top scores well done to all attnding the best club in the Maldon area

[rogb]

Well done to all at SH and MAD for a good round dahn in Essix.

It was a good honest course, with no trickery or silliness in the way of cages etc, just very clever positioning of the targets, excellent use of terrain and trees. It all seemed very innocuous, yet nobody managed to clear it

I think in the back of my mind was the effect of the stiff Arctic breeze out on the zero range, the question was how much to give it in the woods hehe.

Thanks to good old Clubshot for the lift, and to my shooting partner Mr Nibbley for the company After some intensive coaching from me, Darren managed to learn how to get a consistent hold on that gnarly old twanger he was using Seriously, top shooting mate, without the inexpicable misses from the master(could it have been that it was f~~~~n cold), I reckon the Dazzer would have been on for a 57+ with the springer!

The course was so interesting that I even disagreed with Nibbley (tut-tut) over some ranges after we shot them, and still weren't 100% sure about them. Now that's good course setting

[Steve L]

Agreed Mr B, it was a very good course, prob one of the best i've shot so far, the SHS courses just seem to get better all the time.... roll on Ford.

[Charlts]

Thanks all at MAD that was the type of course I really enjoy even without a cage! It was obvious a lot of thought had gone into the layout and it was nice to have so much space between the pegs.

Ryan

[stillwater]

Top shooting Ryan,
nice to see all that practise among the sheep is paying off

[laity]

It was great fun, great course..but just a little COLD. What a proper day out. I do ache a bit...think the cold might have got into my joints. Nice bath and a glass of red seemed to do the trick.
Thanks to all at MAD, a cracking time.

LAity

[Feral]

Originally Posted by Charlts

it was nice to have so much space between the pegs.

Ryan

Indeed there was plenty of space... but not quite enough to get a healthy distance from the heckling from Matt and Charles!