Hi All

Big thanks to the Buxted crew for putting on yet another great course – the 3rd in 2 Sundays on the trot, after the Air Arms ‘do’ last weekend. Putting out two tough courses at Northall CPC didn’t deter them from doing it again at home today.

There may not have been nasty lanes out in the fields today, but plenty of tricksy ones hidden in the woods; especially that wretched thing up the pole which we had to wave at while entirely unsupported and just two feet on the slippery ground. I’ve yet to trawl all the cards to count the doughnuts that lane produced, but my pellet will remain in the wooden backstop for a while. Doh!

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)
Mike Byford Oaks O 59 100.0% Gold T
Sam Robinson Buxted O 57 96.6% Gold T
Steve Noakes Swallows O 56 94.9% Gold T
Mike Burgess Swallows O 55 93.2% Gold T
Richard Gallop Buxted O 55 93.2% Gold T
Peter Goodwin Iden Fern O 55 93.2% Gold T
Steve Light Horsham O 55 93.2% Gold T
Charles Peal Oaks O 55 93.2% Gold T
Chris Roberts Oaks R 55 93.2% Gold T
Andy Simpson Buxted O 55 93.2% Gold T
Rudy Goldslade Oaks J 54 91.5% Gold T
Jason Wells Buxted O 54 91.5% Silver T
Eric Bynum Horsham O 53 89.8% Silver T
Eddie Phillips Ford O 53 89.8% Silver T
Bruce Stevenson Iden Fern O 53 89.8% Silver T
Ben Davies Buxted O 52 88.1% Silver T
Laurence Ray Oaks R 52 88.1% Gold T
Tony Archer Iden Fern O 51 86.4% Bronze T
John Carliell Iden Fern O 51 86.4% Bronze T
Charlie Jacobs Horsham J 51 86.4% Silver T
Mick Maynard Horsham O 51 86.4% Bronze T
John Turnbull Buxted O 51 86.4% Bronze
Simon Williams Oaks O 51 86.4% Bronze
Rob Appleyard Oaks O 50 84.7% Bronze
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 50 84.7% Bronze
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 50 84.7% Silver T
Gary Morrison Buxted O 50 84.7% Bronze
Peter Pacer Iden Fern O 50 84.7% Bronze T
Chris Silcock Horsham O 50 84.7% Bronze T
Chris Tyhurst Oaks O 50 84.7% Bronze
Tas Violaris Horsham O 50 84.7% Bronze
Nigel Wheal Iden Fern O 50 84.7% Bronze
Terry Aiken Oaks O 49 83.1% Bronze
Luke Blackwell Iden Fern O 49 83.1% Bronze
Richard Chase Ford O 49 83.1% Bronze T
Kathryn Follis Ford O 48 81.4% Bronze T
Lewis Hodges Oaks O 48 81.4% Bronze
Dave Pickett Buxted O 48 81.4% Bronze
Justin Rayner Visitor O 48 81.4% Bronze
Simon Light Horsham O 47 79.7% Bronze
Kim Lum Buxted O 47 79.7% Bronze
Eli McCullough Swallows O 47 79.7% Bronze T
Colin Davidson Iden Fern O 46 78.0%
Darren Cruttenden Iden Fern O 45 76.3%
Dave Standing Swallows O 45 76.3% T
Alex Noakes Swallows P 43 72.9% Silver T
Jeremy Follis Ford O 42 71.2% T
Kyle Wood Horsham O 42 71.2%
Derek Watson Horsham O 41 69.5%
Barry Blackham Ford O 40 67.8%
Nigel Buchan Buxted O 40 67.8%
Mark Wood Buxted O 39 66.1%
Carla Chambers Swallows O 37 62.7%
Nigel Hammond Buxted O 37 62.7%
Phil Moody Horsham O 33 55.9%
Owen Johnson Oaks P 30 50.8%
Pavel Janski Swallows O 29 49.2%
Philip Jacobs Horsham O DNF




Two new Platinum badges awarded today – to Lord of Buxted (Simmmo) and yours truly. Very well done us.

Team Results – Oakies back on top today, led from the front by Lady Byford with a day-winning 59 and helping to stretch their lead over Buxted by a couple of points to a total of 15. Can the gap be bridged in the final round??

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Total
Oaks 285 271 270 275 266 275 278 273 275 2468
Buxted 289 276 267 273 265 265 266 279 273 2453
Iden Fern 278 267 274 277 264 267 268 281 260 2436
Horsham 280 267 266 279 254 253 271 271 260 2401
Ford 269 256 258 264 217 243 245 259 242 2253
Swallows 243 212 231 263 201 217 242 253 250 2112



Winners of today’s drawer prizes were Peter Goodwin – collecting the £29 bonus bunny – and Lewis Hodges taking home the Air Arms donated goodie bag.

The final (10th) competition round of the 2013 SIHFT is now 3 weeks away, being hosted by Swallows FTC on Sunday 6th October. Don’t miss it, as – with perhaps the exception of 1st places in the Open and Junior Class individual championships (and even these could be ‘adjusted’ with major nobbling !!) there are places to play for. Today’s superb result from Chris Roberts has seen him leapfrog Pat to take over the top slot in Recoiling, but this could easily swap back again. Fun! Fun! Fun!

And finally, a reminder for those of you present at today’s end-of-shoot session and new news for the rest …… we announced that the 2013 SIHFT Grand Finale scheduled for the 27th October is to be hosted by Cutthroat and the crew at Ford HFT. As well as the SIHFT trophies and shield, make absolutely sure you’re there or risk missing out on some fantastic draw prizes. In addition to a brand new Air Arms gun, we will be adding some cash/voucher prizes too. Names in the hat (we’ll need a big one, Richard, please) will be ALL of you who have entered 6 or more of this year’s SIHFT rounds – but you have to be at Ford on the 27th to win.

Biggles