Sussex Interclub HFT 2016 - Round 6 Results

[biggles]

Hi One and All

BIG thanks go to the hard working crew at Ford HFT for setting out a challenging course for us and then adding some dampness and plenty of wind; well, it wouldn’t be Ford without all of these three elements.

A few managed to figure out the wind better and more often than the majority and special “well done”s go to the Gold Badge winners, led by today’s top shot – Charles – coming in with an excellent 55.

The total number of entries was down today. Perhaps due to the weather or early Summer (whatever that is) holidays, the Grand Prix or the tennis, which I’m watching while typing up these notes. There were also other shooting attractions to divert attention, one of which was the big Poppy Shoot hosted by Misfits and we know that this was where a significant number of absentee MADites went. Hope you guys and gals had a good day too.

In recognition of today’s Poppy Shoot and the Sussex absentees from the UKAHFT and Misfits organised event, the SIHFT too decided to host a collecting bucket. I am pleased to announce that we raised £84.42 for the Royal British Legion cause. Charles has already been in touch with Pete Sparkes and the crew to let them know of our contribution.

Here is the full set of results …..

Firstname	Surname	Club	Class	Score	%	Badge	T(eam)
Charles	Peal	Oaks	O	55	100.0%	Gold	T
Richard	Chase	Ford	O	54	98.2%	G	T
Lewis	Hodges	Oaks	O	54	98.2%	G	T
Stuart	Tennent	Meon Valley	O	54	98.2%	G	T
Mike	Byford	Oaks	O	53	96.4%	G	T
Graeme	Cargan	Oaks	O	52	94.5%	G	T
Steven	Haworth	Meon Valley	O	52	94.5%	G	T
Andy	Simpson	Buxted	O	52	94.5%	G	T
Nick	Byrne	Meon Valley	O	51	92.7%	G	T
Kevin	Catt	Meon Valley	O	51	92.7%	G	T
Justin	Roberts	Ford	O	51	92.7%	G	T
Don	Vickers	Meon Valley	O	51	92.7%	G	T
Roger	Dibbens	Buxted	O	50	90.9%	S	T
Justin	Rayner	Buxted	O	50	90.9%	S	T
Chris	Tyhurst	Oaks	R	50	90.9%	G	T
Mike	Burgess	Swallows	O	49	89.1%	S	T
Philip	Jacobs	Horsham	O	49	89.1%	S	T
Tom	Keene	Meon Valley	O	48	87.3%	S
Kim	Lum	Swallows	O	48	87.3%	S	T
Gary	Morrison	Buxted	O	48	87.3%	S	T
Terry	Trott	Meon Valley	O	48	87.3%	S
Vince	Guy	Swallows	O	47	85.5%	S	T
Adam	Longhurst	Buxted	O	47	85.5%	S	T
Steb	Martinez	Ford	O	47	85.5%	S	T
Neil	Parrott	Meon Valley	O	47	85.5%	S
Simon	Whittick	Horsham	O	47	85.5%	S	T
Kevin	Hills	Buxted	O	46	83.6%	S
Paul	Somerville	Meon Valley	O	46	83.6%	S
David	Henderson	Meon Valley	O	45	81.8%	B
Justin	Parrott	Meon Valley	O	45	81.8%	B
Glen	Turner	Ford	O	44	80.0%	B	T
Ivan	Edmiston	Buxted	O	43	78.2%	B
Pat	Fitzgerald	Ford	.22	43	78.2%	S	T
Nigel	Hammond	Buxted	O	42	76.4%	B
Dan	Hawes	Iden Fern	R	42	76.4%	S	T
Nigel	Buchan	Buxted	O	41	74.5%	B
Mike	Seagrave	Meon Valley	O	41	74.5%	B
Anthony	Smith	Horsham	O	39	70.9%		T
Kevin	Wickson	Buxted	O	39	70.9%
John	Meekin	Meon Valley	O	38	69.1%
Derek	Watson	Horsham	R	38	69.1%	B	T
Sophie	Smith	Horsham	L	37	67.3%	B	T
John	Kirkwood	Horsham	R	36	65.5%	B
Ioannis	Michalakis	Ford	O	35	63.6%
Howard	Kalisch	Buxted	R	30	54.5%
Shaun	Willson	Oaks	R	23	41.8%

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

Prize drawer winners today were :

• Justine Rayner – the £23 cash prize, and
• Kevin Catt – the Air Arms goody bag

Team scores today and cumulative points for Rounds 1-6 are:

Club	Round 5	Points
Oaks	264	68
Meon Valley	259	63
Buxted	247	60
Ford	239	47
Swallows	229	41
Horsham	210	50
Iden Fern	143	34
Maldon	120	45

MAD and Iden Fern (each receiving the maximum 3 drawn cards) and Swallows FTC (2 cards) had to rely on ‘lucky-dips’ for the shortage of team members.

Happy and safe shooting to you all ahead of round 7 of the 2016 SIHFT, which is in two weeks on the 24^th July at Swallows FTC.

Biggles

[blackscale]

Five Oakies 'Walked the Walk!' yeehaa!!

Need some more Oakies for two weeks time otherwise we won't have a full team!!...please come on boys XX where have i said that before?...

Think i am away in the carry van next weekend, great shooting Charles and the rest of you Oaks! Cool!!

UP THE OAKS!!

[NSRH]

Thanks Fordies for a challenging course, some really tricksy targets and even trickier wind.

Thanks to Kim and Vince for the company a pleasure as always guys.

Really would like to thank Gary Morrison for the transport it's really appreciated and Kev Wickson for transporting my rifle

Finally congratulations to Charles and all the top shooters.

Hope to see you soon

ATB
No Hope

P.S. Steb you lied Fk. Ford.

[fastnick]

I love shooting at Ford - so different from any other ground; throw in a great course and a tricky wind, and it all made for a cracking day's shooting. Thank you to Richard (he of the new kinky boots) and the rest of the Ford contingent.

Well done Charles and the rest of The Oaks team - can't see Meon catching you guys now, but we'll be there if you do slip.

Finally, massive thanks to fellow MVAC member Steve Haworth for the loan of his spare jacket, after I stupidly decided that it wasn't raining that much when I left home this morning and didn't bother bringing my own waterproofs ("You stupid boy, Pike!)

See you all at Swallows in a couple of weeks

[Topher]

Well done Charles and the rest of The Oaks team - can't see Meon catching you guys now, but we'll be there if you do slip.

Ha!! we are just warming up,
did you notice we where slightly outnumbered today, we only had a 5 man team and still took home the points


UP THE OAKS

Thanks To all the Ford crew, Lovely

[Enthusiast]

Despite, or because of, the weather I thought that went rather well!

My boots and I thought that was one of the best courses we have set, so a big thanks to our totally functional crew of Barry(who set out but didn't shoot), Steb, Justin, Pat and Glen. Setting a course like that totally from scratch is hard (but very rewarding!)work, so I take my hat off to all the hosting clubs and Swallows in particular who have the same Herculean(not Machiavellian this time!)task as us. Well done chaps!

Charles and Biggles - as ever, you are heroes! Mikey Byford for checking the course, Andy for looking threatening and not mentioning the rat or even distorting the facts...much!

Thanks for coming along when there were other distractions about on a rainy day

Well shot Charles, damn you!

Regards

Richard

[Jelly38]

Great course Fordies, thank you for all your efforts it's much appreciated. Not sure I can thank the one who set the sprinkler and wind settings though.😃

Well done to everyone who gained Gold, great shooting Charles.

See you all soon, already looking forward to the next SIHFT instalment.

Cheers everyone,
Justin

[Heckler]

Thanks Fordies for a great day out.

Best fun I've ever had laying on a wet runway!

If targets fell over when harsh language is used, I'm sure I'd have done much better.