Sussex Interclub HFT 2014 Round 10

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Hi All

What a great final (10^th) 2014 SIHFT course was put together for us by the Hobbits today. The weather was kind, except to me, when the wind blew every which way – entirely unnoticed by anyone else

If truth be said, I accepted early on in the day that it would be entirely out of place for me to overtake Mike Byford on the individual league table on the one occasion he was incapacitated. I even managed to squeeze in a doughnut to make sure he would pick up a trophy. We missed you today, Byfold, and your other (many would say, better) half was seen to be approaching tears when he learnt of your absence.

Great to see 5 brand new faces so late in the season, including no fewer than 3 new Primary Class competitors; that has to bode well for 2015 and the further growth of HFT in Sussex.

Anyway ….. rambling over and here are the scores on the doors, for the last time in 2014.

Name		Club	Class	Score	%	Badge	T(eam)
Colin	Wilson	Visitor	O	58	100.0%	Gold
Jon	Fairman	Oaks	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Aaron	Friend	Oaks	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Steve	Light	Swallows	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Charles	Peal	Oaks	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Andy	Simpson	Buxted	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Philip	Jacobs	Horsham	O	56	96.6%	Gold	T
Graeme	Cargan	Oaks	O	55	94.8%	Gold	T
Rudy	Goldslade	Oaks	O	55	94.8%	Gold
Bob	Pattenden	Oaks	R	55	94.8%	Gold	T
Tas	Violaris	Horsham	O	55	94.8%	Gold	T
Jason	Wells	Buxted	O	55	94.8%	Gold	T
Glen	Breadmore	Buxted	O	54	93.1%	Gold	T
Lewis	Hodges	Oaks	O	54	93.1%	Gold
Alex	Larkin	Visitor	O	54	93.1%	Gold
Steb	Martinez	Ford	O	54	93.1%	Gold	T
John	McDonald	Buxted	O	54	93.1%	Gold	T
Justin	Rayner	Buxted	O	54	93.1%	Gold	T
Geoff	Ryder	Visitor	O	54	93.1%	Gold
Chris	Tyhurst	Oaks	O	54	93.1%	Gold
Gary	Morrison	Buxted	O	53	91.4%	Silver
Spencer	Bailey	Buxted	O	52	89.7%	Silver
Gary	Chillingworth	Visitor	O	52	89.7%	Silver
Gary	Friend	Oaks	O	52	89.7%	Silver
Vince	Guy	Swallows	O	52	89.7%	Silver	T
Justin	Roberts	Ford	O	52	89.7%	Silver	T
Simon	Williams	Oaks	O	52	89.7%	Silver
Terry	Aiken	Oaks	O	51	87.9%	Silver
Steve	Noakes	Swallows	O	51	87.9%	Silver	T
Barbara	Pearce	Iden Fern	L	51	87.9%	Gold	T
Don	Berrington	Horsham	O	50	86.2%	Bronze	T
Roy	Pearce	Iden Fern	R	50	86.2%	Silver	T
Lawrence	Ray	Oaks	R	50	86.2%	Silver
Nigel	Buchan	Buxted	O	49	84.5%	Bronze
Peter	Epps	Ford	O	49	84.5%	Bronze	T
Kim	Lum	Swallows	O	49	84.5%	Bronze	T
Alex	Noakes	Swallows	P	49	84.5%	Gold	T
Chris	Roberts	Oaks	R	49	84.5%	Silver
Mike	Burgess	Swallows	O	48	82.8%	Bronze
Jean	Greatrex	Visitor	L	48	82.8%	Silver
John	Milner	Buxted	O	48	82.8%	Bronze
Maciek	Pajek	Horsham	O	48	82.8%	Bronze	T
Derek	Watson	Horsham	O	48	82.8%	Bronze	T
Nigel	Hammond	Buxted	O	47	81.0%	Bronze
Dave	Pickett	Buxted	O	47	81.0%	Bronze
Dave	Standing	Swallows	O	47	81.0%	Bronze
Gerry	Jellicoe	Swallows	O	44	75.9%
Simon	Whittick	Horsham	O	42	72.4%
Carla	Chambers	Swallows	O	41	70.7%
Kate	Gold	Oaks	L	41	70.7%	Bronze
George	Day	Buxted	P	39	67.2%	Bronze
Jacob	Milner	Buxted	P	39	67.2%	Bronze
Abigail	Maw	Buxted	P	33	56.9%
Kevin	Maw	Buxted	.22	30	51.7%
Richard	Gallop	Buxted	R	DNF
Sam	Robinson	Buxted	R	DNF
Chris	Silcock	Horsham	O	DNF

Three new Platinum Badges today – awarded for winning their 5^th Gold of the year – went to Steve Light, Phil Jacobs and Alex Noakes. Well done to you all

Score cards drawn out of the hat (bag) resulted in Dave Standing winning the £29 cash followed by (keeping it in the family) Carla Chambers the Air Arms goody bag.

I will be posting the full and final Individual results table very shortly. As mentioned to those of you there for today’s badge ceremony, there ARE moves at the top of the Open Class. Watch this space – soon.

Team scores today and cumulatively are :

Club	Round 10	Total
Oaks	281	2794
Buxted	274	2645
Swallows	262	2568
Horsham	257	2612
Iden Fern	246	2211
Ford	240	2484

Both Iden Fern and Ford were short of team players so both clubs had additions to their scores, care of randomly drawn cards from the deck.

So that it – for now – and you’ll know the already known (see above) news that Mile Oak have just sneaked a win for this year’s Team Trophy. The rest of the clubs are really going to have to raise their game if the Oakies are not to pull off the triple in 2015.

Our end-of-year SIHFT Awards event and fun shoot will be hosted by this year’s Team Winning club – Mile Oak (for anyone who’d forgotten) - in three weeks; that’s on Sunday 2^nd November.

Biggles