Sussex Interclub HFT 2015 - Round 1 Results

[biggles]

Hi everyone

Well …. What can one say? The new 2015 SIHFT is under way and we have survived 1 round hosted – as brilliantly as ever – by the Mile Oak crew. The sun shone, there were little puffy white clouds in the sky, and the breeze blew sufficiently to do very nasty things to any of us (me – for sure) who failed to read it correctly.

Entry totalled 75 for our 2015 ‘starter’, which is well above the 2014 average. I’m sure that some of this growth is down to the encouragement given for a bunch of people from north of the border to join some of our clubs and others still attending as Visitors.

There were clearly a few issues with interpreting the new rules, with a couple of our younger competitors not having realised that we have now followed the UKAHFT and have Junior class as those age 14-16 while Primary class is for those age UNDER 14 (age calculated on today’s date and will not change during the season). This has been taken into account in the table you see below.

There were also rather a lot of you (nearly a 1/5^th!!) who had failed to get one of your shooting partners to sign off your card as a witness. The place for this to be done is very clearly marked and needs doing before the card is handed in to our scorers. We have generously (Andy, take note) overlooked this for Round 1, but we will be enforcing the rule – which is not new this year – from Round 2. Cards missing the witness signature will be subject to disqualification, so please don’t disappoint yourself and check that it’s been requested – and done – before handing in your card.

In spite of the wind’s tricksy nature, some managed to ‘dope’ it, most notably little and large (shooting together – as usual – Hmmmmm) and Eric, after his lengthy break from the sport.

Here are the scores on the doors. Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you spot anything you think is amiss.

Name		Club	Class	Score	%	Badge	(T)eam
Andy	Simpson	Buxted	O	57	100.0	Gold	T
Mike	Byford	Oaks	O	57	100.0	Gold	T
Eric	Bynum	Horsham	O	56	98.2	Gold	T
Chris	Roberts	Oaks	O	55	96.5	Gold	T
Richard	Woods	Horsham	O	55	96.5	Gold	T
Rudy	Goldslade	Oaks	O	54	94.7	Gold	T
Bob	Pattenden	Oaks	O	54	94.7	Gold	T
Colin	Wilson	Visitor	O	54	94.7	Gold
Vince	Holland	Visitor	O	52	91.2	Silver
Steve	Light	Horsham	O	52	91.2	Silver	T
Lawrence	Ray	Oaks	R	52	91.2	Gold	T
Jenny	Stone	Horsham	O	52	91.2	Silver	T
Chris	Tyhurst	Oaks	R	52	91.2	Gold
Jason	Wells	Buxted	O	52	91.2	Silver	T
Simon	Williams	Oaks	O	52	91.2	Silver
Tony	Archer	Iden Fern	O	51	89.5	Silver	T
Peter	Pacer	Iden Fern	O	51	89.5	Silver	T
Charles	Peal	Oaks	O	51	89.5	Silver
Glen	Breadmore	Buxted	O	50	87.7	Silver	T
Jon	Fairman	Oaks	O	50	87.7	Silver
Alex	Larkin	Visitor	O	50	87.7	Silver
Justin	Rayner	Buxted	O	50	87.7	Silver	T
Derek	Watson	Horsham	O	50	87.7	Silver	T
Terry	Aiken	Oaks	O	49	86.0	Silver
Rick	Bowell	Iden Fern	O	49	86.0	Silver	T
Nigel	Buchan	Buxted	O	49	86.0	Silver	T
Ian	Clark	Visitor	O	49	86.0	Silver
Jean	Greatrex	Visitor	L	49	86.0	Gold
Lewis	Hodges	Oaks	O	49	86.0	Silver
Geoff	Ryder	Visitor	O	49	86.0	Silver
Gary	Chillingworth	Buxted	O	48	84.2	Silver
Maciek	Pajek	Horsham	O	48	84.2	Silver
Richard	Chase	Ford	O	47	82.5	Bronze	T
Kevin	Hills	Buxted	O	47	82.5	Bronze
Eli	McCullough	Swallows	O	47	82.5	Bronze	T
Roy	Pearce	Iden Fern	R	47	82.5	Silver	T
Tim	Clark	Oaks	O	46	80.7	Bronze
Pat	Fitzgerald	Ford	R	46	80.7	Silver	T
Mike	Burgess	Swallows	O	45	78.9	Bronze	T
Aaron	Friend	Oaks	O	45	78.9	Bronze
Vince	Guy	Swallows	O	45	78.9	Bronze	T
Steve	Noakes	Swallows	O	45	78.9	Bronze	T
Philip	Jacobs	Horsham	O	44	77.2	Bronze
Jon	Kelly	Buxted	O	44	77.2	Bronze
Bob	Morris	Ford	O	44	77.2	Bronze	T
Justin	Roberts	Ford	O	44	77.2	Bronze	T
Gary	Friend	Oaks	O	43	75.4	Bronze
Kim	Lum	Swallows	O	43	75.4	Bronze
Gary	Morrison	Buxted	O	43	75.4	Bronze
Dave	Pickett	Buxted	O	43	75.4	Bronze
Simon	Whittick	Horsham	O	43	75.4	Bronze
Barry	Blackham	Ford	O	42	73.7		T
Lisa	Bowell	Iden Fern	L	42	73.7	Bronze	T
Peter	Epps	Ford	O	42	73.7
Steb	Martinez	Ford	O	42	73.7
Phil	Moody	Horsham	O	42	73.7
Dean	Stride	Horsham	O	42	73.7
Nigel	Hammond	Buxted	O	41	71.9
Carla	Chambers	Swallows	O	40	70.2
Greet	Hopper	Ford	L	40	70.2	Bronze
Alex	Noakes	Swallows	P	40	70.2	Silver	T
Roger	Dibbens	Buxted	O	39	68.4
Gerry	Jellicoe	Swallows	O	39	68.4
Norbert	Pajek	Horsham	O	39	68.4
Spencer	Bailey	Buxted	O	38	66.7
Don	Berrington	Horsham	O	38	66.7
Maria	Fitzgerald	Ford	O	38	66.7
Damion	Walker	Oaks	R	38	66.7	Bronze
Bradley	Hoelger	Horsham	O	37	64.9
Penny	Holland	Visitor	L	37	64.9	Bronze
Dave	Standing	Swallows	R	37	64.9	Bronze
Abigail	Maw	Buxted	P	34	59.6	Bronze
Anthony	Smith	Horsham	O	34	59.6
John	Kirkwood	Horsham	.22	33	57.9
Kevin	Maw	Buxted	.22	33	57.9

Subject to their arrival as promised (tomorrow!) the badges earned today will be available to you at Round 2. A list will be with the booking-in crew.

Prize drawer winners today were :

• Eric Bynum – the £38 cash prize, and
• Dave Pickett – the (new style and content) Air Arms goody bag

Team scores today and points won under our new scheme are :

Club	Round 8	Points
Oaks	272	12
Horsham	265	11
Buxted	258	10
Iden Fern	240	9
Swallows	226	8
Ford	223	7

All 6 clubs were able to field a full team (at least 5 members), which bodes well for the new SIHFT year.

Happy and safe shooting to you all ahead of Round 2 at Ford HFT on Sunday the 10^th May. In the meantime, I expect a bunch of us will be present at Quarry next weekend for the 1^st round of this year’s UKAHFT series.

Biggles

[Herp]

Well what can I say?

1) Super course Oakies

2) Outstanding shooting MANDY

3) Good to see you back Eric!

4) See you all on the 10th for the SIHFT at Ford.

Latters,

Steb

[blackscale]

I echo the above!

I would also like to thank our organisers and stats men!

A BIG thanks to every Oakie that helped make this weekend happen, i applaud you!!

I do feel really bad for any of you (looking at the scores quite a few..) that thought some of the targets were in a completely different place to where you shot them....
When i looked at some of the woodland targets (which almost had a new kill zone shot through..) i had to stifle a Giggle...i mean Sigh... Ha!

Great stuff, good to see Old faces and new!

Good shooting Simmy and Eric!

Again Thankyou for all you have done, that is why we are the best Club in Sussex

Ps. was Colin there?

XX

[si7777777]

Duck of doom! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good shooting with you Eric and Derek

[anubis]

Thank you Oakies, really enjoyed the shoot despite my score!

[moestavern]

Had a great time today, just happy with a bronze.

[tugg]

well done to batman and Robin for their victory today and also a well done to Eric who's put another good score in .
I was there but not all there.

[blackscale]

Had a great time today, just happy with a bronze.

Bronze is so underrated!

Has there ever been a Gold age?!!

(I thought that was quite clever...)

[anubis]

Bronze is so underrated!

Has their ever been a Gold age?!!

(I thought that was quite clever...)

You have done it now Mike, Simmo will be selling stones instead of badges at the next one!

[blackscale]

Ha! i would agree but as he doesn't even answer his emails regarding the normal badges, it ain't much of a threat!

We keep him quiet and out of harms way at the end of each shoot, counting 1's and 2's....he's getting quite good with the 1's but struggling with the 2's ...(he's from up North!). Anyway as his Chief carer, i have to say he is becoming more domesticated every year!

Chief carer Spongey!

[Rift]

Chief carer Spongey!

Thought I could smell wee and lavender.

[risingfriend]

Thought I could smell wee and lavender.

More like Talc and Newbury fruits and wee

Cheers lads great course i could not even by a target LOL enjoyed it all the same top shooting Mike Simmo and Eric and great score Lawrence and Topher with the boingers

[Spannerb]

Thank you guys for such a lovely challenging shoot on Sunday ...
The company was great and the gentle breeze fantastic..
After my last two shooting performances ..
I shall now be fixing my new scope on the wrong way round and
see if that works a little better
Looking forward to Buxted very much...

[blackscale]

Thank you guys for such a lovely challenging shoot on Sunday ...
The company was great and the gentle breeze fantastic..
After my last two shooting performances ..
I shall now be fixing my new scope on the wrong way round and
see if that works a little better
Looking forward to Buxted very much...

We love watching the smiling happy faces drive away....

Also it's Ford next....now you REALLY don't want it windy there....

[NSRH]

We love watching the smiling happy faces drive away....

Also it's Ford next....now you REALLY don't want it windy there....

I had such a big smiley face as I drove away I love the Oakies wind, was a great morning though

I think it's Buxted Open on the 3rd before Ford as well as 3 pos next Sunday (for anyone unable to go to the Nationals)