Hi All

What a tricky little course set by our friends at Horsham Hawks; especially those targets which must have kept the club’s one-n-only extreme tree climber busy (you know who you are – Steve ).

And what a huge turn-out too. I’ll need to check back over some of our previous seasons’ records to see if/when we have ever topped 91 starters. This included small coach loads from Iden Fern and Mile Oak, each club fielding no fewer than 20 competitors. I dunno … what’s the world coming to when Buxted get pushed in to 3rd place (just 19 today).

Lucky I suppose with the weather, for which at least the rain was kind enough to stay away – a rare event for Horsham in recent years – and even the breeze didn’t blow as hard as some forecasters predicted.

A very proud day for me too as, while we continued to hang on by the skin of our teeth to 6th place in the team contest, Swallows not only fielded 8 players, 4 of which are very new to the sport, but we managed a handful of PBs, 6 badges and 4 of our team scoring 50+. Go Swallows FTC!!

A grand day out all round

Here are the full results – in the usual format – and with the usual request to PM me if you believe you spot any errors or omissions.
Name Club Class Score % Badge T(eam)
Mike Byford Oaks O 59 100.0% Gold T
Steve Light Horsham O 57 96.6% Gold T
Tony Archer Iden Fern O 56 94.9% Gold T
Mike Burgess Swallows O 56 94.9% Gold T
Eric Bynum Horsham O 56 94.9% Gold T
Philip Jacobs Horsham O 56 94.9% Gold T
Steb Martinez Ford O 56 94.9% Gold T
John McDonald Buxted O 56 94.9% Gold T
Adam Stennar Iden Fern O 56 94.9% Gold T
Bruce Stevenson Iden Fern O 56 94.9% Gold T
Ben Davies Buxted O 55 93.2% Gold T
Paul Duguid Horsham O 55 93.2% Gold T
Jon Fairman Oaks O 55 93.2% Gold T
Peter Goodwin Iden Fern O 55 93.2% Gold T
Mick Maynard Horsham O 55 93.2% Gold T
Steve Noakes Swallows O 55 93.2% Gold T
Charles Peal Oaks O 55 93.2% Gold T
Derek Watson Horsham O 55 93.2% Gold
Darren Cruttenden Iden Fern O 54 91.5% Silver T
Rob Hobson Iden Fern O 54 91.5% Silver
Eli McCullough Swallows O 54 91.5% Silver T
Steve Nailor Buxted O 54 91.5% Silver T
Ashley Poile Buxted O 54 91.5% Silver T
Sam Robinson Buxted O 54 91.5% Silver T
Chris Silcock Horsham O 54 91.5% Silver
Keith Crawley Horsham O 53 89.8% Silver
Kim Lum Buxted O 53 89.8% Silver
Bob Pattenden Oaks O 53 89.8% Silver T
Rob Simpson Ford O 53 89.8% Silver T
John Turnbull Buxted O 53 89.8% Silver
Chris Tyhurst Oaks O 53 89.8% Silver T
Jason Wells Buxted O 53 89.8% Silver
Simon Williams Oaks O 53 89.8% Silver
Stuart Woods Buxted O 53 89.8% Silver
Nigel Buchan Buxted O 52 88.1% Silver
Richard Chase Ford O 52 88.1% Silver T
Colin Davidson Iden Fern O 52 88.1% Silver
Rudy Goldslade Oaks J 52 88.1% Gold
John Herbert Oaks O 52 88.1% Silver
Jon Kelly Buxted O 52 88.1% Silver
Peter Pacer Iden Fern O 52 88.1% Silver
Eddie Phillips Ford O 52 88.1% Silver T
Andy Simpson Buxted O 52 88.1% Silver
Ryan Stennar Iden Fern J 52 88.1% Gold
Nigel Tostevin Oaks O 52 88.1% Silver
Keith Warrener Iden Fern O 52 88.1% Silver
Tim Clark Oaks O 51 86.4% Bronze
Charlie Jacobs Horsham J 51 86.4% Silver
Gary Morrison Buxted O 51 86.4% Bronze
Justin Roberts Ford O 51 86.4% Bronze T
Graham Sinclair Horsham O 51 86.4% Bronze
Dave Walden Swallows R 51 86.4% Silver T
Andrew Duckworth Buxted O 50 84.7% Bronze
Barry Landa Horsham O 50 84.7% Bronze
Chris Roberts Oaks R 50 84.7% Silver
Caroline Stewart Iden Fern O 50 84.7% Bronze
Nigel Wheal Iden Fern O 50 84.7% Bronze
Barry Wintrip Buxted O 50 84.7% Bronze
John Carliell Iden Fern O 49 83.1% Bronze
James Parnell Horsham O 49 83.1% Bronze
Dave Pickett Buxted O 49 83.1% Bronze
Terry Aiken Oaks O 48 81.4% Bronze
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 48 81.4% Bronze
Mark Coshall Iden Fern O 48 81.4% Bronze
Jeremy Follis Ford O 48 81.4% Bronze
Spencer Hayward Oaks O 48 81.4% Bronze
Simon Light Horsham O 48 81.4% Bronze
Scott Stennar Iden Fern J 48 81.4% Silver
Simon Whittick Horsham O 48 81.4% Bronze
Kyle Wood Horsham O 48 81.4% Bronze
Barry Blackham Ford O 47 79.7% Bronze
Sadie Davidson Iden Fern J 47 79.7% Silver
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 47 79.7% Silver
Dave Standing Swallows O 47 79.7% Bronze
Mick Foster Iden Fern O 46 78.0%
Conrad Wells Buxted R 46 78.0% Bronze
Roy Pearce Iden Fern R 45 76.3% Bronze
Bill Raggett Buxted O 45 76.3%
Luke Blackwell Iden Fern O 44 74.6%
Malcolm Martin Horsham O 44 74.6%
Alex Noakes Swallows P 43 72.9% Silver T
Gerry Jellicoe Swallows O 41 69.5%
Bob Morris Ford R 40 67.8%
Justin Rayner Visitor O 40 67.8%
Carla Chambers Swallows O 39 66.1%
Barbara Pearce Iden Fern O 39 66.1%
Laurence Ray Oaks R 38 64.4%
David Sharp Horsham R 38 64.4%
Fred Croft Buxted J 34 57.6%
Owen Johnson Oaks P 30 50.8%
Peter Searle Horsham O DNF


Team Results – very well done to the ‘home’ team today, 2 points clear of the field. And Mile Oak’s 275 reducing the gap at the top to a measly 4 points. Long way still to go and lots to play for.
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Buxted 289 276 267 273 1105
Oaks 285 271 270 275 1101
Iden Fern 278 267 274 277 1096
Horsham 280 267 266 279 1092
Ford 269 256 258 264 1047
Swallows 243 212 231 263 949


Lucky winners of our ‘be-there-to-win’ drawer prizes were Simon Williams whose name was first out the hat (bag) taking away the higher than usual cash prize of £46. 2nd was Steve Light winning the Air Arms ‘goodie bag’. The BIG question is - will Si invest the cash in the bottom half of his trousers?

We now look forward to Round 5, after a somewhat longer than usual break, to be hosted by Buxted on Sunday 7th July. Hope to see a bunch of you there and, no doubt, a few at the UKAHFT at Bisley on the 30th June.

Biggles