Hi All
Final (probably) SIHFT 2016 thread, to publish a big thank you to Phil and the whole of the Horsham crew for agreeing at relatively little notice to host this year's SIHFT Grand Finale and to show the results of today's 'different' and fun comp. Just to explain the amazing scores (well over 60), today's comp allowed people to have a 2nd go if they failed to knock a target over on the 1st. If you got it 1st time, you scored 3 points, 2 points if knocked over on the 2nd attempt. Otherwise 1 point for plates or a doughnut if you missed it. 'Buddies' were also allowed to coach one another and discuss estimates of range and wind; the latter of which there was very little, but interestingly tricky in the field at times.
Here they are .....
Firstname Surname Club Score in Finale Philip Jacobs Horsham 90 Andy Simpson Buxted 90 Roger Dibbens Buxted 88 Kevin Hills Buxted 88 Kevin Catt Meon Valley 87 Aaron Friend Oaks 86 Justin Rayner Buxted 86 Rick Bowell Iden Fern 85 Mike Burgess Swallows 85 Mike Byford Oaks 85 Gary Morrison Buxted 85 Maciek Pajek Horsham 85 Charles Peal Oaks 85 Stuart Tennent Meon Valley 85 Graeme Cargan Oaks 84 Peter Goodwin Iden Fern 84 Simon Whittick Horsham 84 Richard Chase Ford 83 Kim Lum Swallows 83 Steve Miller Meon Valley 83 Mike Seagrave Meon Valley 83 Kevin Maw Buxted 82 Kevin Wickson Buxted 82 Darren Hynes Iden Fern 81 Nigel Wood Buxted 81 Pat Fitzgerald Ford 80 Howard Kalisch Buxted 80 Abigail Maw Buxted 80 Phil Moody Horsham 80 Nigel Buchan Buxted 79 Ewan Hobbs Iden Fern 79 Vince Guy Swallows 77 Steb Martinez Ford 77 Roy Pearce Iden Fern 77 Lisa Bowell Iden Fern 76 Roddy Pettit Swallows 76 Paul Somerville Meon Valley 76 Justin Roberts Ford 75 Daisy Dibbens Buxted 71 Barbara Pearce Iden Fern 70 John Browning Visitor 69 Glen Turner Ford 58 Anthony Leonard Iden Fern 57 Gabriel Hobbs Iden Fern 50 Dan Hawes Iden Fern 47 Alasdair Ridley Swallows 46 Connor Leonard Iden Fern 37
A few results worthy of note, starting with the blindingly obvious pair of clearances by Phil and Andy (very well done guys) and, at the very other end of the scale, the 37 by Connor. Why is his score mentioned ...... 'cos it was his first time ever trying HFT and he was using a CO2 Ratcatcher - the perfect size for his very youthful frame. At this rate, he'll be out scoring lots of us in the coming years
All the 2016 SIHFT trophies were issued to smiling winners (bar a couple who were unable to be present on the day)
Even more smiles followed as we drew numbers out of the 'hat' for our special end-of-year prize draw. Winners of the latter were:
An Air Arms S400 rifle - Kevin Wickson (an already devoted AA fan)
£125 cash - Phil Jacobs
£75 cash - Gary Morrison
£50 cash - Paul Somerville
£50 cash - Kevin Hills
Well done one and all and see you in 2017 if not before.
Biggles