Hi All
Feeling better now, having almost forgotten my score (which some comforting friends have told me may be due to my MPR 'cooking') and quaffed an ice cream and several pints of water.
My report after Round 5 at Buxted opened with the words “Wow; what a hot one!”, but I reckon that today beat it. While the Oakies had ordered up a very tricky breeze, capable of pushing shots almost anywhere but where you may have expected, this did little to cool us down. We really needed the half-way watering station and end of shoot ice cream van seen at Bisley’s hosting of the UKAHFT a couple of weeks ago. Byfold take note, please
In spite of the weather, today’s average score was more than a tad higher than at Buxted; in fact nearly 2 ½ points higher, at 45.7, and included some exceptional achievements. Most notable were Rudy and Sam’s 57s and all the other winners of the first of this year’s SIHFT Platinum Badges.
Here are the full results – in the usual format – and with the usual request for you to PM me if you believe you spot any errors or omissions.
Name Club Class Score % Badge T(eam) Rudy Goldslade Oaks J 57 100.0% Gold T Sam Robinson Buxted O 57 100.0% Gold T Peter Goodwin Iden Fern O 55 96.5% Gold T Charles Peal Oaks O 55 96.5% Gold T Chris Tyhurst Oaks O 55 96.5% Gold T Jason Wells Buxted O 55 96.5% Gold T Tony Archer Iden Fern O 54 94.7% Gold T Eric Bynum Horsham O 54 94.7% Gold T Graeme Cargan Oaks O 54 94.7% Gold T Jon Fairman Oaks O 54 94.7% Gold T Bob Pattenden Oaks O 54 94.7% Gold Adam Stennar Iden Fern O 54 94.7% Gold T Nigel Wheal Iden Fern O 54 94.7% Gold T Simon Williams Oaks O 54 94.7% Gold Charlie Jacobs Horsham J 53 93.0% Gold T Andy Simpson Buxted O 52 91.2% Silver T Mike Byford Oaks O 51 89.5% Silver Tim Clark Oaks O 51 89.5% Silver Philip Jacobs Horsham O 51 89.5% Silver T Gary Morrison Buxted O 51 89.5% Silver T Rob Simpson Ford O 51 89.5% Silver T Ryan Stennar Iden Fern J 50 87.7% Gold T Nigel Tostevin Oaks O 50 87.7% Silver Barry Wintrip Buxted O 50 87.7% Silver T Richard Chase Ford O 49 86.0% Bronze T Darren Cruttenden Iden Fern O 49 86.0% Bronze Tas Violaris Horsham O 49 86.0% Bronze T Barry Blackham Ford O 48 84.2% Bronze T Nigel Buchan Buxted O 48 84.2% Bronze Ben Davies Buxted O 48 84.2% Bronze Kim Lum Buxted O 48 84.2% Bronze Steve Nailor Buxted O 48 84.2% Bronze Justin Roberts Ford O 48 84.2% Bronze T Eli McCullough Swallows O 47 82.5% Bronze T Eddie Phillips Ford O 47 82.5% Bronze T Dave Pickett Buxted O 47 82.5% Bronze Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 46 80.7% Silver Steve Light Horsham O 46 80.7% Bronze John McDonald Buxted O 46 80.7% Bronze Scott Stennar Iden Fern J 46 80.7% Silver Derek Watson Horsham O 46 80.7% Bronze T Terry Aiken Oaks O 45 78.9% Bronze Mike Burgess Swallows O 45 78.9% Bronze T Andrew Duckworth Buxted O 45 78.9% Bronze Keith Warrener Iden Fern O 45 78.9% Bronze Kyle Wood Horsham O 45 78.9% Bronze Owen Johnson Oaks P 44 77.2% Silver Steb Martinez Ford O 44 77.2% Steve Mecrow Horsham O 44 77.2% Gerry Jellicoe Swallows O 43 75.4% T Jon Kelly Buxted O 43 75.4% Simon Whittick Horsham O 43 75.4% Stuart Woods Buxted O 43 75.4% Phil Bleasdale Oaks R 42 73.7% Bronze Colin Davidson Iden Fern O 42 73.7% Steve Noakes Swallows O 42 73.7% T James Parnell Horsham O 42 73.7% Glen Bradley Buxted O 41 71.9% Neil Chitty Buxted O 41 71.9% Laurence Ray Oaks R 41 71.9% Bronze Caroline Stewart Iden Fern O 41 71.9% Dave Walden Swallows R 40 70.2% Bronze T Sadie Davidson Iden Fern J 39 68.4% Bronze Luke Blackwell Iden Fern O 38 66.7% Barbara Pearce Iden Fern O 38 66.7% Roy Pearce Iden Fern R 37 64.9% Carla Chambers Swallows O 36 63.2% Peter Epps Ford O 36 63.2% Lewis Hodges Oaks O 36 63.2% Mick Maynard Horsham O DNF John Turnbull Buxted O DNF
Mentioned in dispatches above … the winners of this year’s first batch of Platinum Badges – awarded freely to those of you achieving 5 Golds – were Rudy Goldslade, Peter Goodwin, Charles Peal, Sam Robinson and Ryan Stennar. Very well done, guys, especially so early in the series and clearly demonstrating consistent high quality air-gunning.
Team Results – bit of a switch around at the top, between what must be two of the most competitive clubs in the county. I’m sure it will still go down to the wire ….. roll on Round 10 (is that why Swallows FTC are always asked to host it ?!? )
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total Oaks 285 271 270 275 266 275 1642 Buxted 289 276 267 273 265 265 1635 Iden Fern 278 267 274 277 264 267 1627 Horsham 280 267 266 279 254 253 1599 Ford 269 256 258 264 217 243 1507 Swallows 243 212 231 263 201 217 1367
Round 7 coming up in two weeks, to be hosted by Ford HFT (good to see Sir Cutthroat back in the saddle today ) on Sunday 4th August.
Full results tables for the Individual Championship will be published AFTER Round 7, to begin to take in to account the ‘dropping’ of your lowest score (assuming you’ve entered Rounds 1 to 6).
Biggles