Southern Hunter Results - R4 - Lea Valley

[jinx]

Today saw round 4 at Lea Valley with a good turnout, good weather and a great course. The LV course setters got it just right, with a fine balance of tricky shots and clever target placements - along with a few gimme's. There were very few stoppages, so the day went pretty much without a hitch. I would like to say a big thanks to LV for putting on a fantastic days shooting and well done to Rog B and his crew for all the hard work i know went into setting up and Gretal for the catering. Also thanks to Sarah & Sue for saving me from the clerical nightmare of booking in and sorting out all the scores + paperwork.


Open

Gold
Colin Matthews 59
Tim Roscoe 59
John McDonald 59
Jeff Westley 58
Mark Andrews 58
Geoff Ryder 58
Roger Lait 58
Richard Cunningham 58
John Dove 58
Simon Vant 58
Bruce Marshall 57
Roger Bentley 57
Tim Bohr 57
Jon Fairman 57
Larissa Sykes 57
Matt Smith 57
Barry Smith 57
Andrea Marshall 56
Martyn Goodsall 56
Ralph Presland 56
Richard Woods 56
Dave Allam 56
Ashley Poile 56
Andy Simpson 56
Wayne Marriott 56
Steve Gillies 56
Mike Edminson 55
Mike Carney 55
Jeff Woods 55
Guy Gillies 55
Spencer Hayward 55
Eddie Phillips 55
Silver
Steve Light 54
Anne Russell 54
Dave Bowles 54
Bill Hall 54
Mike Isaac 54
Rob Simpson 54
Edwin Marwick 54
Chris Boulton 53
Ian Bainbridge 53
Rob Appleyard 53
Tony Dunford 53
Terry Aiken 53
Charles Coxsedge 53
Jon Houghton 53
Dave Maun 52
Justin Rhone 52
James Free 51
Mike Lycett 51
Richard Bailey 51
Alan Moss 51
Jennie Stone 50
Roger Martin 50
Peter Foote 50
Chris Saunders 50
Bronze
Geoffrey Marwick 49
Jon Pearson 49
Nicky Pearson 49
Martin SLane 49
Jacek Nawrocki 48
Steve Griggs 48
Aaron Marriott 46
Mark Britten 45
Mick Salmon 43

Recoiling

Gold
Pat Fitzgerald 57
Derek Watson 55
Leon Bimding 54
Basil Meacher 53
Andy Yates 53
Mike Byford 52
Dean Wood 51
Richard Chase 51
Kelley Hogan 50
Steve Simpson 50
Toby Lee 50
Silver
Peter Husband 49
Harry Kalaydjian 47
Alan Sultano 46
Phil Russell 46
John Dunford 46
Chris Gent 46
Neil Beadle 45
Paul burt 45
John Andrew 44
Bronze
Paul Fletcher 42
Ruaraidh Chase 42

.22

Gold
Matt Rawlings 53
Simon Jones 52
Lloyd Davies 51
Silver
Colin Sykes 49
Edward Tandi 49

Junior

Gold
Cameron Casey 57
Spencer Fairman 55
Luke Woods 54
Connor Andrews 51
Becky Rawlings 51
Jack Houghton 51
Silver
George Rounce 47
Craig Lord 46
No Award
Ben Rawlings 36
Owen Marriott 30

See you all in 2 weeks at Ford Ranges on 7th Feb - this was the round postponed from Jan 10th.

[Charlts]

Laity 58! Must've been a few gimmies! Top shooting all, especially Cameron.

Ryan

[jinx]

Oops I forgot to put that these people earned their 4th Gold Badge and were awarded a Platinum Badge:

Open

Jeff Westley
Matt Smith
Mark Andrews

Recoiling

Derek Watson

.22

Simon Jones

Juniors

Connor Andrews
Spencer Fairman

[Mrs. H]

Another superb days shooting so a big thanks to all those involved in the organisation and setting up

For once it wasn’t me that was guilty of b*ggering about with scopes (I’d even checked that the mounts and the silencer to make sure nothing was in imminent danger of making a bid for freedom). Nope, Dad decided on the zero range that he was shooting low and duly wound his scope up 10 clicks. I won’t say another word about what happened next.

Suffice to say that combined with splitting his waterproof trousers he wasn’t been a happy bunny.

I on the other hand actually managed a half decent score!! I know, I’m not sure what happened either….I was probably using the aim points from a different gun.
Don’t worry, usual service will be resumed shortly…

[Steve L]

Gutted.... missed the platinum by a long way today... knew I should have gone back to bed when I was woken up by my lift this morning @ 6am... > That will teach me to be out till 2am
Good course though. Just gutted by the deffo 2 inexplicable shots that dropped low @ 30ish yds > that will also teach me to make sure the rifle is performing & to remember I'm not shooting the HMR & getting lazy with rangefinding I suppose

[laity]

Gutted.... missed the platinum by a long way today... knew I should have gone back to bed when I was woken up by my lift this morning @ 6am... > That will teach me to be out till 2am
Good course though. Just gutted by the deffo 2 inexplicable shots that dropped low @ 30ish yds > that will also teach me to make sure the rifle is performing & to remember I'm not shooting the HMR & getting lazy with rangefinding I suppose

I know what you mean. There is nothing worse than shooting something that is zeroed at 200 yards and then shooting HFT. I find that double hard. I would have given no wind and nothing below cross hair today at all. I have to rethink everything . I had a lovely day today, great fun . Good course too...Not for Guy though...Thanks all whom were involved.

LAity

[w-v-m]

A thoughroughly enjoyable day shooting with my boys, didn't miss many for a change, cost me nearly as much in food for the 2 of them as it did in entry fees, 2 McD breakfasts, several bacon rolls, burgers cakes and cans,

Looking forward to MAD 'cause they want to do it again.

Wayne

[anubis]

Great day out, thanks to all and very well done to the 59ers.
Shame really that Rog L equalled my score, would like to have beaten him, but then my score card did reflect what i had scored and not what i would have like to have scored
Nice to beat Mr Blackscale for once. even if he was boinging
Well done for getting the scores up so quick, and thank you to the course setters.
P.S. Colin M, stay at home more often

[Steve L]

I know what you mean. There is nothing worse than shooting something that is zeroed at 200 yards and then shooting HFT. I find that double hard. I would have given no wind and nothing below cross hair today at all. I have to rethink everything . I had a lovely day today, great fun . Good course too...Not for Guy though...Thanks all whom were involved.

LAity

Yeah I'm getting to used to this 'point & shoot' Rog...

[elite warrior]

was an excellent day will be looking forward to ford in a couple of weeks
hope i can match a good score for my 1st southern hunters shoot .


atvb
martyn g

[chip]

As above, great days shooting .

Thank you to everyone involved in making it happen.

Kelley

[rogb]

On behalf of LV I would like to say thanks to Mark and all the SH crew especially Sarah and Sue for booking in duties.

Thanks to Bob for helping out and Gretel and her girls for the grub. Also all LV members who helped clear away and help out generally.

Special thanks to Andy Y for assisting me in the set up when I started to run out of steam , well after I had fallen down a slope in the woods and done me back in

The weather was very kind with barely a breeze, hence the glut of high scores
In the end, the course just won, with no clearances (how sad).
As for Laity, I don't know what to say, he keeps doing well

Cheers to all who turned up, over 100, and who contributed to Help 4 Heroes via tea/coffee donations. Apparently there was around £100 in the tin so well done all Southern Hunter shooters

Regards
Rog

[jinx]

http://s885.photobucket.com/albums/a...0Lea%20Valley/

Pics of the day.

[Phil Russell]

Superb pictures, Thanks Mark.
I especially like the dedicated 'kill zone' or 'monk impression' picture ....
No doubt one day I will have the same 'cranium cooling zone apparatus'.
Cheers, Phil

[taicomm]

Good pics Mark, great day all us lot had great fun... cheers!