Sussex Interclub HFT 2015 - Round 8 Results

[biggles]

Hi all

Big thanks are due to the Horsham Hawkes crew for putting out a great course for today’s SIHFT Round 8.

Good shoot all round, with no one getting too close to a clearance, but – with an average score of exactly 50 and just 0.1 below this year’s highest average – giving hope and expectation to our newer members. Spot on, Hawkies.

It was also an almost entirely windless morning and, thankfully, rainless day – even a bit of sunshine toward the end. But, oh boy, were there some dark alleys in them there woods. Not sure about the rest of you, but I failed to find the light switch on those couple of lanes between the clubhouse and car park. A very dingey spot.

Here is the full set of results …..

Name		Club	Class	Score	%	Badge	T(eam)
Jon	Fairman	Oaks	O	58	100.0%	Gold	T
Philip	Jacobs	Horsham	O	58	100.0%	Gold	T
Andy	Simpson	Buxted	O	58	100.0%	Gold	T
Mike	Burgess	Swallows	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Vince	Holland	Horsham	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Steve	Light	Horsham	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Steb	Martinez	Ford	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Charles	Peal	Oaks	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Justin	Rayner	Buxted	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Colin	Wilson	Buxted	O	57	98.3%	Gold	T
Gary	Chillingworth	Buxted	O	56	96.6%	Gold	T
Russell	Inns	Visitor	O	56	96.6%	Gold
Adam	Longhurst	Buxted	O	56	96.6%	Gold	T
Geoff	Ryder	Visitor	O	56	96.6%	Gold
Ian	Bainbridge	Visitor	O	55	94.8%	Gold
Aaron	Friend	Oaks	O	55	94.8%	Gold	T
Lewis	Hodges	Oaks	O	55	94.8%	Gold	T
Phil	Moody	Horsham	O	55	94.8%	Gold	T
Bob	Pattenden	Oaks	O	55	94.8%	Gold	T
Graeme	Cargan	Oaks	O	54	93.1%	Gold
Pat	Fitzgerald	Ford	R	54	93.1%	Gold	T
Damion	Walker	Oaks	O	54	93.1%	Gold
Simon	Williams	Oaks	O	54	93.1%	Gold
Kevin	Catt	Visitor	O	53	91.4%	Silver
Justin	Roberts	Ford	O	53	91.4%	Silver	T
Gary	Morrison	Buxted	O	52	89.7%	Silver
Simon	Whittick	Horsham	O	52	89.7%	Silver	T
Spencer	Bailey	Buxted	O	51	87.9%	Silver
Nigel	Buchan	Buxted	O	51	87.9%	Silver
Paul	Corbett	Visitor	O	51	87.9%	Silver
Roy	Pearce	Iden Fern	R	51	87.9%	Gold	T
Lawrence	Ray	Oaks	R	51	87.9%	Gold
Stuart	Tennent	Visitor	O	51	87.9%	Silver
Don	Berrington	Horsham	O	50	86.2%	Silver
Rick	Bowell	Iden Fern	O	50	86.2%	Silver	T
Gary	Friend	Oaks	O	50	86.2%	Silver
Dave	Pickett	Buxted	O	50	86.2%	Silver
Steven	Haworth	Visitor	O	49	84.5%	Silver
Kevin	Hills	Buxted	O	49	84.5%	Silver
Alex	Noakes	Swallows	P	49	84.5%	Gold	T
Dean	Stride	Horsham	O	49	84.5%	Silver
Terry	Trott	Visitor	O	49	84.5%	Silver
Steve	Edmundson	Visitor	O	48	82.8%	Bronze
Nigel	Hammond	Buxted	O	48	82.8%	Bronze
David	Henderson	Visitor	O	48	82.8%	Bronze
Jon	Newton-May	Buxted	O	48	82.8%	Bronze
Steve	Noakes	Swallows	O	48	82.8%	Bronze	T
Neil	Parrett	Visitor	O	48	82.8%	Bronze
Don	Vickers	Visitor	O	47	81.0%	Bronze
Nick	Byrne	Visitor	.22	46	79.3%	Silver
Dave	Standing	Swallows	R	46	79.3%	Silver	T
Scott	Stanley	Visitor	O	46	79.3%	Bronze
Kevin	Wickson	Buxted	O	46	79.3%	Bronze
Stewart	Elstone	Visitor	O	45	77.6%	Bronze
Derek	Watson	Horsham	O	45	77.6%	Bronze
Barbara	Pearce	Iden Fern	L	44	75.9%	Silver	T
Anthony	Smith	Horsham	O	43	74.1%
Lisa	Bowell	Iden Fern	L	42	72.4%	Bronze	T
Macie	Pajek	Horsham	O	42	72.4%
Justin	Parrett	Visitor	O	42	72.4%
John	Kirkwood	Horsham	.22	40	69.0%	Bronze

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

Prize drawer winners today were :

• Lawrence Ray – the £30 cash prize, and
• Me me me me me & moi – the Air Arms goody bag (pleased with that as I was in need of a new Air Arms bonce cover)

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

Club	Round 7	Total Points
Oaks	280	94
Buxted	284	86
Horsham	279	82
Swallows	251	70
Ford	257	65
Iden Fern	243	59

The above are slightly but importantly different from those read out during the end-of-shoot session as we (scorers) had mistakenly noted one Buxted member as a Visitor. This resulted in Buxted winning the round (rather than drawing with Mile Oak) and taking, rather than sharing, the 12 points. This has reduced the gap with Oakies by 1 point. Additional cards had to be drawn on behalf of a shortfall for the minimum team players for Iden Fern, Ford and Swallows FTC.

I expect that some of us will meet up again soon – at Mile Oak tomorrow, the Air Arms event on the 6^th, and/or Meon on the 13^th. There’s also the HFT Masters hosted by Horsham Hawkes on Saturday the 12^th. So many shooting opportunities – we are blessed indeed

Happy and safe shooting to you all ahead of the next SIHFT gathering for Round 9 at Swallows FTC in 3 weeks, on Sunday 20^th September.

Biggles

[fastnick]

Many thanks to Horsham and everyone involved in putting today together; all the chaps from Meon really enjoyed the shoot and are eagerly awaiting the next round at Swallows on Sept. 20th 😀

A goodly number of the "Meon Mafia" are all booked up for a trip to Fletching next week and a few of us will be at Mile Oak tomorrow, so I'm sure we'll bump into quite a few of you over the next week or so. I think that MVAC take the view that we are blessed to be so close to some excellent shooting and friendly clubs in Sussex - so much so that we'd love to come and join in next year's SIHFT on an "official" basis if you'll let us 😉

[biggles]

I think that MVAC take the view that we are blessed to be so close to some excellent shooting and friendly clubs in Sussex - so much so that we'd love to come and join in next year's SIHFT on an "official" basis if you'll let us ��

Hi Nick

The topic has already been 'loosely' discussed. I'll make sure the full set of heads-of-state are consulted and that the Meon Mafia has an answer soon.

Cheers

Biggles

[fastnick]

We'll keep our fingers firmly crossed in the meantime then ��

[Herp]

Many thanks to Horsham and everyone involved in putting today together; all the chaps from Meon really enjoyed the shoot and are eagerly awaiting the next round at Swallows on Sept. 20th 😀
A goodly number of the "Meon Mafia" are all booked up for a trip to Fletching next week and a few of us will be at Mile Oak tomorrow, so I'm sure we'll bump into quite a few of you over the next week or so. I think that MVAC take the view that we are blessed to be so close to some excellent shooting and friendly clubs in Sussex - so much so that we'd love to come and join in next year's SIHFT on an "official" basis if you'll let us 😉

Excellent!

We can declare the independence of Meon Valley from Hampshire.

MVAC,
Meon Valley,
West of West Sussex,
England,
UK

[fastnick]

Don't have an issue with that, Herp - in fact our ground at Hen Woods is so close to the county border, we're are literally on your doorstep already 😀

[NSRH]

Great course, fun shoot, thanks Hawkies..... even the Burger van turned up, your ground must be blessed

Thanks Graham for the company and good shooting mate, wonder what you'll turn up with next time

Really well done to Adam Longhurst (Buxted) on a superb score, you put some of us (well me) to shame.

Thanks to Simmo and Fluffy for the transport, truly appreciated.

ATB
No Hope (out of oil, but using chip fat)

[scutter]

Great day today guys, brilliant course,nice people :-)

Is there a leaderboard anywhere, I want to see if I'm beating Geoff :-)

[biggles]

Great day today guys, brilliant course,nice people :-)

Is there a leaderboard anywhere, I want to see if I'm beating Geoff :-)

HERE you go Chilly.

You are currently beating Geoff ... but only 'cos you've shot one more round than he has

Hope to see you both for Round 9 at Swallows FTC on the 20th.

Biggles

[177silentsniper]

Thanks for a great day Horsham
Big thanks to Steve light for the company today
Not bad for my first sihft, a Nigel 😵

[simmmo]

Sorry about the free kneeler people but even God makes mistakes.

Monkey.

Yep missed it to.

[scutter]

Sorry about the free kneeler people but even God makes mistakes.

Monkey.

Yep missed it to.

It happens mate.

I think this rule 7 is a good idea :-)

Chilly

[biggles]

It happens mate.

I think this rule 7 is a good idea :-)

Chilly

Nearly but not quite. Part of rule 1 was applied yesterday .....

Course Checking
Before the commencement of each round, the course set by the host club will be checked visually for compliance with current UKAHFT rules. Checking will be conducted by one experienced member from each of two visiting clubs, nominated in agreement with the host. If any doubt is identified on any aspect of the course, the host will be asked to check for distance, position, obstacle, etc., and rectify any confirmed non-compliance.
Once this check is complete and the course approved, then unless there is a majority decision by at least 3 senior marshals, NO target may be withdrawn from the competition for rule violation and all targets will count for all competitors.

Rule 7 is our backstop, sitting on a page all on its own .......

RULE 7

NO WHINGING !!

We like this one. Has to be invoked fairly frequently, but nowhere near as often as before it was written in to the book. Firmly believe that ALL serious HFT rule books should include it.

Biggles

[si7777777]

Good course as usual Hawkies Thanks to all involved
Si

[shootingmad]

Brilliant result Steb
ATB Eddie

Excellent!

We can declare the independence of Meon Valley from Hampshire.

MVAC,
Meon Valley,
West of West Sussex,
England,
UK