Cambridge HFT WINTER DIABOLICAL

[Mrs. H]

Cambridge HFT WINTER DIABOLICAL results 2015

A beautifully bright, clear, and suspiciously calm morning awaited us today for this annual shootis horribilis. 30 targets (plus a ‘Golden bunny’) all set out to a spec so far removed from UKAHFT that UKIP are probably adding it to their manifesto hit-list as I type.

General guidance for the WINTER DIABOLICAL;
1. Can you see the target clearly?
-It’s probably the wrong target.
2. You thought you could see the target, but when you got down on the peg it disappeared?
-It’s the right target. Bet you wish you’d added Yoga to your New Years resolution now eh.
3. I think I can see a target, but it looks ever so small. And its behind a tree. In the next field.
-Yes, that’s the target.
Added fun this year included the dreaded drainpipe; a section of which was laid in front of the target, only not pointing in quite the same direction so as to obscure 99.97% of it.
Congratulations to all those who survived with nerves and fingernails intact and it was wonderful to see our Dutch and Czech contingent back in such force again.

So the scores....
Hmmm. Well, as you can see there are always a *few* people who frankly just don’t give a course like this the respect it deserves. If they’d thrown in the odd “oooh”, “Ahhh” or “ummmm” every so often for good measure just to give a faint sense of uncertainty it’d make those of us collecting enough donuts to make a paperchain feel a little better. But no. Instead Simon Vant and Jeff Westley have to pitch up with an unnerving 48 in the open class, only to be trounced overall by Kyle springing his way to an astonishing *49*.
Pass. I don’t know. Clearly he sacrificed something. Keep a close eye on him next year, any sign of ritualistic dancing around a pellet pouch whilst emitting “boinging” noises before the shoot let us know and we’ll make sure we outlaw it.

Recoiling
Kyle Hampton 49 :lev:lev
Neil Wakelin 42
Rex Bennet 39
Anne Higgins 36
Ralph Presland 35
Jim Leaman 31
Kev Turner 31
Chris wells 30
Jake Day 30
Leon Peute 27
Andy Day 22


Open
Simon Vant 48
Jeff Westley 48
Roger Bentley 46
Alex Larkin 46
Tony Haas 45
Don Hartness 43
Chris Boulton 43
Jill Cochrane 42
Jon Houghton 42
Ray Hampton 41
Alex Honeywell 41
Steve Willingham 40
Matt Rawlings 40
Keith Sutton 40
Martin Slane 40
Bill Chaplin 40
Vince Holland 40
Colin Wilson 39
Steve Martin 39
Steve Austin 39
Richard Lander 39
Finn Cochrane 38
Peter Van Gemert 38
James Free 38
Geoff Ryder 38
Justin Rhone 38
Miriam Stark 38
Mike Carney 38
Mark McCarthy 38
Gary Chillingworth 36
Brigitte Vant 36
Wayne Marriott 36
Mike Isaac 36
Jirka Jiraut 37
Rick Rolfe 37
Clive Presland 36
Roger Lait 36
Steve Hermitage 35
Jack Houghton 35
Dean Auger 35
Graham Mason 34
Mike Averill 33
Jean Greatrex 33
Kieran Hoban 33
Ingrid Van Germert 32
Matt Jackson 33
Jonathan Hobbs 31
Mick Salmon 31
Mark Minchin 30
Jan Rijneveld 30
Keith Warburton 29
Andy Ireland 28
Ralph Currie 28
Liam Ellis 27
Noordt Michel 26
Dave George 26
Penny Holland 23
Luke Hermitage 15

.22
Steve Youngs 42
Lee Hartness 35
Des Morris 30

Junior
Nia Preston 32
Tom Willingham 32
Jerden Noordt 30

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It would appear somebody can't count.