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