Hi everyone

BIG thanks to the crew at Horsham, who had clearly put in a lot of effort to find new lanes for us to throw a pellet at a target.

What a MONSTER turnout – 82 entries in total and rarely beaten in SIHFT history. Much of that down to a significant number of visitors from, well, all over the place. This included a big contingent from Meon Valley with no fewer than 16 (!!), plus MAD (3), Cambridge (1), Wendover (4) and Springfield (1) and resulted in a somewhat richer than usual bonus bunny ‘pot’. Lots and lots of you to have fun in Horsham Hawks woodland, and to weep in the field – it sure made me cry, after dropping just two from pegs 11 to 30 I then plated pegs 1 to 4 inclusive, only slightly made up for by knocking over the free stander. Hey ho … that’s shootin for you.

Exceptional result for Chilly (58) Bad day in the office for Rudy (58) How very dare they

And here, along with the rest of us, they are …..
Name Club Class Score % Badge T(eam)
Gary Chillingworth Buxted O 58 100.0% Gold T
Rudy Goldslade Oaks O 58 100.0% Gold T
Geoff Ryder Visitor O 57 98.3% Gold
Steve Edmundson Visitor O 56 96.6% Gold
Steve Light Horsham O 56 96.6% Gold T
Chris Silcock Horsham O 56 96.6% Gold T
Nigel Buchan Buxted O 55 94.8% Gold T
Kim Lum Swallows O 55 94.8% Gold T
Charles Peal Oaks O 55 94.8% Gold T
Andy Simpson Buxted O 55 94.8% Gold T
Glen Breadmore Buxted O 54 93.1% Gold T
Jon Fairman Oaks O 54 93.1% Gold T
Simon Hammond Visitor O 54 93.1% Gold
Lewis Hodges Oaks O 54 93.1% Gold T
Mike Burgess Swallows O 53 91.4% Silver T
Mike Byford Oaks O 53 91.4% Silver
Graeme Cargan Oaks O 53 91.4% Silver T
Jean Greatrex Visitor L 53 91.4% Gold
John McDonald Buxted O 53 91.4% Silver T
Derek Watson Horsham O 53 91.4% Silver T
Colin Wilson Buxted O 53 91.4% Silver
Terry Aiken Oaks O 52 89.7% Silver
Don Berrington Horsham O 52 89.7% Silver T
Spencer Bailey Buxted O 51 87.9% Silver
Ian Clark Visitor O 51 87.9% Silver
John Cooper Visitor O 51 87.9% Silver
Luke Davies Visitor O 51 87.9% Silver
Kevin Hills Buxted O 51 87.9% Silver
Lawrence Ray Oaks R 51 87.9% Gold
Justin Rayner Buxted O 51 87.9% Silver
Chris Tyhurst Oaks R 51 87.9% Gold
Don Vickers Visitor O 51 87.9% Silver
Lewis Cooper Visitor O 50 86.2% Silver
Steven Haworth Visitor O 50 86.2% Silver
Russel Inns Visitor O 50 86.2% Silver
Colin Medway Visitor O 50 86.2% Silver
Kevin Catt Visitor O 49 84.5% Silver
Richard Chase Ford O 49 84.5% Silver T
Kevin Maw Buxted O 49 84.5% Silver
Chris Roberts Oaks O 49 84.5% Silver
Justin Roberts Ford O 49 84.5% Silver T
Mike Seagrave Visitor O 49 84.5% Silver
Simon Williams Oaks O 49 84.5% Silver
Pat Fitzgerald Ford R 48 82.8% Silver T
Aaron Friend Oaks O 48 82.8% Bronze
Vince Guy Swallows O 48 82.8% Bronze T
Gary Morrison Buxted O 48 82.8% Bronze
Bob Pattenden Oaks O 48 82.8% Bronze
Anthony Smith Horsham O 48 82.8% Bronze T
Stuart Tennent Visitor O 48 82.8% Bronze
Nigel Tostevin Oaks O 48 82.8% Bronze
Kevin Wickson Buxted O 48 82.8% Bronze
David Henderson Visitor O 47 81.0% Bronze
Dave Martin Visitor O 47 81.0% Bronze
Maciek Pajek Horsham O 47 81.0% Bronze
Stuart Peal Oaks O 47 81.0% Bronze
Barry Blackham Ford O 46 79.3% Bronze T
Bob Morris Ford O 46 79.3% Bronze T
Dave Pickett Buxted O 46 79.3% Bronze
Gert Spoelstra Visitor O 46 79.3% Bronze
Terry Trott Visitor O 46 79.3% Bronze
Peter Epps Ford O 45 77.6% Bronze
Steb Martinez Ford O 45 77.6% Bronze
Steve Noakes Swallows O 45 77.6% Bronze T
Jon Kelly Buxted O 44 75.9% Bronze
Abigail Maw Buxted J 44 75.9% Silver
Dave Standing Swallows R 44 75.9% Silver T
Chris Allum Visitor O 43 74.1%
Martin Armstrong Visitor O 43 74.1%
Nick Byrne Visitor .22 43 74.1% Bronze
Carla Chambers Swallows O 43 74.1%
Paul Corbett Visitor O 43 74.1%
Roger Dibbens Buxted O 43 74.1%
Nigel Hammond Buxted O 43 74.1%
Malcolm Martin Horsham O 42 72.4%
Scott Stanley Visitor O 41 70.7%
John Kirkwood Horsham .22 39 67.2% Bronze
Gerry Jellicoe Swallows O 37 63.8%
Alex Noakes Swallows J 37 63.8%
Lucas Seagrave Visitor O 34 58.6%
Max Wiltshire Swallows J 29 50.0%
Damion Walker Oaks O DNF

The above table reflects correction to one error I spotted while compiling this report. Dave Standing (Swallows FTC) shot in Recoiling Class but was initially down as Open. This means he should have been granted a Silver rather than Bronze badge. Please remind me to swap colours for you, Dave, and well done.

Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you spot anything else you think is amiss.

Prize drawer winners today were :

  • Nick Byrne – the £41 cash prize, and
  • I Can’t Remember Who – the Air Arms goody bag


Team scores today and points won under our new scheme are :
Club Round 4 Total Points
Oaks 274 47
Horsham 265 43
Buxted 275 42
Swallows 245 35
Ford 238 30
Iden Fern 138 31

Iden Fern no showed again and had 3 cards drawn to avoid a zero in the above results.

Happy and safe shooting to you all ahead of Round 5 at Buxted in 2 weeks’ time on Sunday 5th July. In the meantime, go get-em Sussex/Oakies at the UKAHFT round at Rivington next weekend.

Biggles