Sussex Interclub HFT 2014 Round 4 Results

[biggles]

Hi All

Sorry this post is late (again), but this week is was not down to family or friends but simply one of getting over tiredness. Yup, yours truly was definitely cream crackered by the time I got home and needed a brief respite before a long soak in the shower; feeling almost human again now.

And I expect I was not alone among Swallows FTC members feeling the aches of many days hard work to prepare today’s course for you. As a result, I’ll kick off by naming the crew who gave so much of their time. Gerry and Stewart Jellicoe (equipment and ground clearance, shed management and cooking), Steve Noakes, Dave, Carla, Vince, Kim and Peter who contributed between them many days effort collecting together our new target lofting posts, putting out ropes, hacking brambles and 7’ tall nettles and the course setting itself yesterday. Thank you all – lots and lots and lots. One extra special thanks to Steve Noakes for hand making our new club-related Swallows In Flight target. I’d love to have seen it in its original placement, where the birds were above the horizon and silhouetted against the skyline. It will be in future, when we’ve tweaked the knock-down paddle so there’s no daylight showing when placed so high above the peg position.

Anyway …. At last, here are the results from SIHFT Round 4. Please, as usual, let me know a.s.a.p. (by email or BBS PM) in the event that you spot any suspected errors or omissions.

Name		Club	Class	Score	%	Badge	T(eam)
Tony	Archer	Iden Fern	O	59	100.0%	Gold	T
Mike	Burgess	Swallows	O	59	100.0%	Gold	T
Mike	Byford	Oaks	O	59	100.0%	Gold	T
Eric	Bynum	Horsham	O	58	98.3%	Gold	T
Nigel	Wheal	Iden Fern	O	58	98.3%	Gold	T
Graeme	Cargan	Oaks	O	57	96.6%	Gold	T
Rudy	Goldslade	Oaks	O	57	96.6%	Gold	T
Steve	Light	Swallows	O	57	96.6%	Gold	T
John	McDonald	Buxted	O	57	96.6%	Gold	T
Bob	Pattenden	Oaks	R	57	96.6%	Gold	T
Aaron	Friend	Oaks	O	56	94.9%	Gold	T
Andy	Simpson	Buxted	O	56	94.9%	Gold	T
Jon	Fairman	Oaks	O	55	93.2%	Gold
Charles	Peal	Oaks	O	55	93.2%	Gold
Chris	Silcock	Horsham	O	55	93.2%	Gold	T
Anthony	Smith	Visitor	O	55	93.2%	Gold
Stuart	Woods	Buxted	O	55	93.2%	Gold	T
Vince	Guy	Swallows	O	54	91.5%	Silver	T
Justin	Roberts	Ford	O	54	91.5%	Silver	T
Sam	Robinson	Buxted	R	54	91.5%	Gold	T
Chris	Tyhurst	Oaks	O	54	91.5%	Silver
Simon	Williams	Oaks	O	54	91.5%	Silver
Barry	Blackham	Ford	O	53	89.8%	Silver	T
Richard	Gallop	Buxted	O	53	89.8%	Silver
Kim	Lum	Swallows	O	53	89.8%	Silver	T
Gary	Morrison	Buxted	O	53	89.8%	Silver	T
Steve	Nailor	Buxted	O	53	89.8%	Silver
Roy	Pearce	Iden Fern	R	53	89.8%	Gold	T
Chris	Roberts	Oaks	R	53	89.8%	Gold
Terry	Aiken	Oaks	O	52	88.1%	Silver
Jeremy	Follis	Ford	O	52	88.1%	Silver	T
Philip	Jacobs	Horsham	O	52	88.1%	Silver	T
Mariusz	Morzuch	Visitor	O	52	88.1%	Silver
Dean	Stride	Horsham	O	52	88.1%	Silver	T
Simon	Whittick	Horsham	O	52	88.1%	Silver	T
Mark	Wood	Buxted	O	52	88.1%	Silver
Laurence	Ray	Oaks	R	51	86.4%	Silver
Tas	Violaris	Horsham	O	51	86.4%	Bronze
Derek	Watson	Horsham	R	51	86.4%	Silver
Nigel	Buchan	Buxted	O	50	84.7%	Bronze
Richard	Chase	Ford	O	50	84.7%	Bronze	T
Steve	Noakes	Swallows	O	50	84.7%	Bronze
Justin	Rayner	Buxted	O	50	84.7%	Bronze
Luke	Fletcher	Horsham	O	49	83.1%	Bronze
Barbara	Pearce	Iden Fern	L	49	83.1%	Silver	T
Carla	Chambers	Swallows	O	48	81.4%	Bronze
Nigel	Hammond	Buxted	O	48	81.4%	Bronze
Phil	Moody	Horsham	O	48	81.4%	Bronze
Maciek	Pajek	Horsham	O	48	81.4%	Bronze
Alex	Noakes	Swallows	P	47	79.7%	Gold	T
Eddie	Phillips	Ford	O	47	79.7%	Bronze	T
Dave	Pickett	Buxted	O	47	79.7%	Bronze
Dave	Standing	Swallows	O	47	79.7%	Bronze
Gary	Friend	Oaks	O	46	78.0%
Kate	Gold	Oaks	L	46	78.0%	Bronze
Steb	Martinez	Ford	O	46	78.0%
Bethan	Whittick	Horsham	L	46	78.0%	Bronze
Bradley	Hoelger	Horsham	O	45	76.3%
Tom	Lum	Swallows	J	45	76.3%	Bronze
Bob	Morris	Ford	R	45	76.3%	Bronze
Peter	Epps	Ford	O	43	72.9%
Graham	Simons	Visitor	O	41	69.5%
Kaitlin	Simons	Visitor	J	39	66.1%

For all/any of you who were unable to stay after the shoot to collect your badge, please remind us when you attend any future SIHFT round and we’ll happily hand you one of the right colour in exchange for small change (unless you’re in either Junior or Primary Class, in which case the badges are FREE )

For those same people, you missed out on an opportunity to win either today’s £32 cash draw or the Air Arms goody bag – for these prizes you HAVE to be present when your name comes out of the bag

Team scores today and cumulatively are :

Club	Round 4	Total
Oaks	286	1115
Buxted	275	1061
Swallows	274	1052
Horsham	269	1056
Iden Fern	269	1023
Ford	256	1001

Oaks go ahead by a further 11 points and, even this early in the season, are beginning to look like the uncatchables. Swallows FTC (yes, I know it was on our home territory) so very nearly made it in to today’s 2^nd spot. If only I’d not mucked up that gimme rat on peg 8

Another short break now before we ascend middle Weald to the land of Hobbits – meeting on July 6^th in the dastardly woods of Buxted.

Happy shooting in the meantime ….

Biggles

[NSRH]

Great day and great company, thanks Swallows for putting on a great shoot, damn that confusing wind

ATB
No Hope

[Nwheal]

Thanks to Swallows for a great day and course we all had a blast.

Nigel

[blackscale]

Ha!...'The untouchables'...got a ring to it!

Great day got caught out by the wind on peg 27 (30mm @ more than 40yds...) Enough clever targets to rob us of a clear round!

Good balance of targets, great weather and i beat Simpleton, what could be better!

Spongey X

[blackscale]

Thanks to Swallows for a great day and course we all had a blast.

Nigel

You could have done well with a full team!, nice seeing you anyways X

[Nwheal]

Mike

Roy Pearce was shooting springer and got 53 which was a gold he spoke with Charles and exchanged badge and was recorded on paper sheets as recoil.... you had already done the spreadsheet so that is the only change from us lot.

Nigel

[Nwheal]

You could have done well with a full team!, nice seeing you anyways X

Many thanks... yep would be nice to have a team... but we shoot anyway we like the circuit....

Nigel

[blackscale]

So would i tbh, good crack and some great guys....not to mention great shots! (good shooting today btw!) X

[biggles]

Mike

Roy Pearce was shooting springer and got 53 which was a gold he spoke with Charles and exchanged badge and was recorded on paper sheets as recoil.... you had already done the spreadsheet so that is the only change from us lot.

Nigel

Thanks Nigel

Corrections made and the spreadsheet updated. Top springer shooting, Roy. Equal 3rd in class today

Biggles

[scumble]

Always enjoy shooting at swallows but I don't know how you manage to set the course one target better than me every time

[biggles]

Many thanks... yep would be nice to have a team... but we shoot anyway we like the circuit....

Nigel

1st time it's happened this year - a club not quite being able to field a full team.

I guess I should have reminded everyone in my opening post that the SIHFT rules allow for a 'lucky dip' card to be drawn for any club in this situation. You're only allowed a max of 3 lucky dip cards (per round) and they are picked at random from ALL cards. Should any card drawn be from another club's top 5 team member, they are redrawn.

In today's event, the first card drawn for Iden Fern was not knocked out for this reason and was a 51; a true lucky card for you today as this represent a very respectable addition and the means by which Iden achieved today's total of 269 and =4th place

Biggles

[biggles]

Always enjoy shooting at swallows but I don't know how you manage to set the course one target better than me every time

We keep and review all cards (especially yours) and compare against the course setting notes.

This way we know how many of the type you regularly plate and add one more each time we know your coming down.

Simples

[Nwheal]

1st time it's happened this year - a club not quite being able to field a full team.

I guess I should have reminded everyone in my opening post that the SIHFT rules allow for a 'lucky dip' card to be drawn for any club in this situation. You're only allowed a max of 3 lucky dip cards (per round) and they are picked at random from ALL cards. Should any card drawn be from another club's top 5 team member, they are redrawn.

In today's event, the first card drawn for Iden Fern was not knocked out for this reason and was a 51; a true lucky card for you today as this represent a very respectable addition and the means by which Iden achieved today's total of 269 and =4th place

Biggles

Many thanks Mike...

We have a couple that are MIA at the moment... hopefully we will not have to use the lucky dip too often..

Nigel

[Nwheal]

So would i tbh, good crack and some great guys....not to mention great shots! (good shooting today btw!) X

Many thanks mate...

They say practice makes perfect.... we will have to see about that... just happy to be getting some good score...lol

[scumble]

We keep and review all cards (especially yours) and compare against the course setting notes.

This way we know how many of the type you regularly plate and add one more each time we know your coming down.

Simples

Good job you can't add any more standers then after today